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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"research data management"”.
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Research data management services in selected public universities in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Research data is thought to be an essential component that assists researchers in forming the foundation of research output. To increase the amount of reproducibility in research data, the data should be accompanied by extensive documentation, making it more accessible and secure. As a result of …
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Research data management services in selected public universities in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Research data is thought to be an essential component that assists researchers in forming the foundation of research output. To increase the amount of reproducibility in research data, the data should be accompanied by extensive documentation, making it more accessible and secure. As a result of …
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Research Data Management Practices And Impacts on Long-term Data Sustainability: An Institutional Exploration
<p>With the 'data deluge' leading to an institutionalized research environment for data management, U.S. academic faculty have increasingly faced pressure to deposit research data into open online data repositories, which, in turn, is engendering a new set of practices to adapt formal mandates to …
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Readiness for research data management in the life sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand
Because of the importance of Research Data Management (RDM) in the life sciences, where vast amounts of research data in different complex formats are being produced, this study aimed to assess the state of RDM readiness in the life sciences at Wits to ascertain what support is needed with regards …
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Adopting research data management (RDM) practices at the University of Namibia (UNAM): a view from researchers
This study investigated the extent of Research Data Management (RDM) adoption at the University of Namibia (UNAM), viewing it from the researcher’s perspective. The objectives of the study were to investigate the extent to which RDM has been adopted as part of the research process at UNAM, to …
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Competency requirements of academic librarians in providing research data management services: the case of two university libraries
… requirements of academic librarians in providing research data management services. The following research questions guided the study: What knowledge, skills and other competencies do librarians at MUT and UKZN currently possess to support research data management services?; What knowledge, skills …
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Understanding the Research Data Management Practices of Researchers in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Cape Town
… aim of the study was to investigate the current research data management practices in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Cape Town. The purpose of the study was an exploration of the research data management practices in the Department particularly in light of the …
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Enhancing the role of the libraries in South African Higher Education Institutions through Research Data Management: A case study of Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Research Data Management (RDM) is one of the top trends in academic libraries. Academic libraries are faced with the challenge of implementing RDM services. Libraries that are not yet offering support for research data may be at the stage of developing RDM services. The main objective of this study …
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Research data management practices in climate change research: A quantitative study of Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management, Namibia
The purpose of this study was to assess how research data is managed at the Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL) in order to increase the understanding of current research data management (RDM) practices and inform future RDM procedures …
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Research Data Management and Sharing Practices in the Digital Humanities with a Focus on Publisher Support: A Case Study in the Field of Web Archive Studies
The research problem at the centre of this study is twofold. First, not enough Research Data Management studies have been conducted in either the humanities or the Digital Humanities that present a well-developed understanding of the nature of data in these fields, or the appropriate management …
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The adoption of research data management practices by emerging researchers: A case study of emerging researchers at a higher education institution in the Western Cape, South Africa
Research Data Management serves a crucial role in navigating the intricate landscape of contemporary research. This study, comprising five chapters, adopts a qualitative approach and leverages Activity Theory to explore the factors that influence researchers' Research Data Management practices and …
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From Socio-Technical Challenges to Transferable Recommended Actions in Interdisciplinary Research Environments
Research data management is increasingly recognised as a necessary component of good scientific practice, yet often perceived as an administrative burden rather than a structurally integral part of interdisciplinary research. This dissertation addresses that gap through sustained empirical …
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Data archiving, management initiatives and expertise in the Biological Sciences Department, University of Cape Town
Researchers produce large amounts of data during their research investigations and have a variety of interventions for the management of these data. It has not been the responsibility of academic institutions to manage research data, this responsibility has resided with the researchers and their …
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Operationalizing research data services in Academic libraries in Africa: case of the University of Namibia
This study investigated operationalising research data services in academic libraries in Africa by using a case of the University of Namibia (UNAM). The purpose of the study was to enquire the extent to which librarians have the necessary knowledge and skills which will enable them to provide …
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The role of academic libraries in implementing research data services: a case study of the University of KwaZulu-Natal Libraries
… the role of academic libraries in implementing research data services, UKZN being the case study. The objectives of the study were to identify the need for research data services among UKZN researchers, to identify the major challenges associated with introducing research data services at UKZN, …
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Accuracy In Reporting Of Kentucky Certified Nurse-Midwives As Attendants In Birth Registration Data
… <p>Introduction: Birth certificate data is used nationally to determine healthcare policy, allocation of funds, and to demonstrate the legitimacy and value of Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNMs) in maternal and neonatal outcomes. However, the validity of birth certificate data is …
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An assessment of the eResearch Knowledge Centre's support practices in the Human Sciences Research Council in Pretoria, South Africa
… of this study was to determine whether the eResearch Knowledge Centre's (eRKC) research support services are in line with the needs of Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) researchers. It was also intended to identify gaps in services that could be filled by additional services. The …
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The shape and form of the 21st century academic library in South Africa : the case of the University of Cape Town libraries
… alia, open access, MOOCs, digital humanities and research data management. Further data was collected via interviews and a questionnaire survey of purposively sampled library staff. Stratified random sampling was used to extract samples from the targeted user population (UCT undergraduates, …
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Crystal structure prediction for rechargeable battery anodes
… structure searching, evolutionary algorithms and data mining approaches with high-throughput density-functional theory calculations, accurate predictions of the chemical and dynamical stability of possible atomic configurations are made across several promising phase diagrams. Firstly, the …
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