Survey on the Needs for Chemistry Research Data Management and Sharing

• DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2017.06.006
• Publication Date: 2017-06-21T07:31:13Z
• Authors: Xiujuan Chen; Ming Wu
• Keywords: 05 social sciences; 0509 other social sciences

Abstract This paper aims to reveal the situation of research data in chemistry research process and chemistry researchers' need for data management support from five perspectives, i.e., data generation and collection, data recording and processing, data preservation and backup, data publication and sharing, needs for data management and sharing services. Our survey is based on a questionnaire carried out among 119 subjects, i.e., researchers and graduate students in chemistry of Chinese Academy of Science. The analysis results provide us with a better understanding on the current attitudes and needs of researchers and graduate students about data management and sharing in chemistry. Although this survey was implemented in chemistry, it could provide us with some inspirations for designing a range of library services for other disciplines, particularly in promotion, consulting and training of research data management and sharing, and research data storage.