Research Data Management Services in Academic Libraries of India: A Survey

The collection, storage, preservation, and sharing of data gathered and used in a research project is referred to as research data management (or RDM). It entails the day-to-day administration of research data during the course of a research project's lifespan. It also entails deciding how data will be stored and shared once the project is finished (for example, depositing the data in a repository for long-term archiving and access). The National Science Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, and many other international research funding bodies have made the production of a data management plan (DMP) as part of improving RDM a requirement for receiving research funding.
Foreign academic libraries throughout Europe, America, and Australia provide Research Data Management services, which are regarded as one of the most important library services. However, in Asian and African libraries, such services are either unavailable or in the early stages of development.
The purpose of this survey is to gather information on the present state of Research Data Management services at India's academic libraries. The data were collected from the working LIS professionals (Librarians, Deputy Librarians, Assistant Librarians, Library (and Information) Assistants, Information Scientists, Professional Assistants, Semi-Professional Assistants, etc.) of academic libraries (N= 186 (n1 + n2)) in India which includes Central Universities (CUs) (n1=54) and Institutions of National Importance (INIs) (n2=132). We have sent the questionnaire to all the working professionals of these academic libraries.

研究数据管理（Research Data Management, RDM）指对研究项目中收集与使用的数据进行收集、存储、保存与共享的全流程工作。其既涵盖研究项目全生命周期内研究数据的日常管理事务，也包括项目结项后的数据存储与共享方案制定——例如将数据存入数据仓储库以实现长期归档与访问。美国国家科学基金会（National Science Foundation）、惠康信托基金会（Wellcome Trust）及诸多其他国际科研资助机构，已将编制数据管理计划（Data Management Plan, DMP）作为优化研究数据管理工作的必要环节，并将其作为申请科研资助的硬性要求。欧洲、美洲与澳洲的海外高校图书馆均提供研究数据管理服务，此类服务被视为图书馆最重要的服务之一。然而，亚洲与非洲的高校图书馆要么尚未提供此类服务，要么其发展仍处于初期阶段。本调研旨在收集印度高校图书馆研究数据管理服务的现状信息。调研数据采集自印度高校图书馆的在职图书馆与信息科学（Library and Information Science, LIS）从业人员，包括馆员、副馆员、助理馆员、图书馆（信息）助理、信息科学家、专业助理、半专业助理等，总样本量为186名（n1 + n2），其中中央大学（Central Universities, CUs）样本量为54名（n1），国家重要院校（Institutions of National Importance, INIs）样本量为132名（n2）。本次调研已向上述高校图书馆的全体在职从业人员发放问卷。