Multidisciplinary Survey of Research Data Management (RDM) Practices of University of Victoria Researchers

This dataset includes the results of a survey of research data management (RDM) practices distributed to researchers at the University of Victoria in 2017. In order to become better prepared to support the research data management (RDM) needs of their community, in 2017-2018 the University of Victoria Libraries conducted a mixed-methods study of the RDM practices of all ranks of faculty members, as well as postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, representing all major faculties across campus. As part of this study, UVic Libraries joined the Canadian RDM Survey Consortium and distributed a modified version of their common survey instrument to researchers at the University of Victoria to gather information about our respective researcher communities and to generate a richer understanding of our users’ RDM practices and attitudes. This public dataset has formatted to align with the national survey.