Research data management in Turkey: A survey to build an effective national data repository

DOĞAN G., TAŞKIN Z., AYDINOĞLU A. U.

IFLA JOURNAL-INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS, cilt.47, sa.1, ss.51-64, 2021 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 47 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/0340035220917985
  • Dergi Adı: IFLA JOURNAL-INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, FRANCIS, IBZ Online, Index Islamicus, Information Science and Technology Abstracts, INSPEC, Library and Information Science Abstracts, Library Literature and Information Science, PAIS International, Sociological abstracts, DIALNET, Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.51-64
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Data services, services to user populations, research data management, data repository, Turkey, data practices, open data, BIG DATA, INCENTIVES, PREVALENCE, TRUTH, NEED
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Research data management is an important topic for funding agencies, universities and researchers. In this context, the main aim of this study is to collect preliminary information for Aperta, which is being developed by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, to fulfil the following goals: determine the research data management awareness levels of researchers in Turkey; understand current research data management practices in their research environments; and find out their experiences of policy issues. For this, a questionnaire was distributed to 37,223 researchers, with 1577 researchers completing it. The results indicated that researchers who spend more time with data have more concerns about data management issues. The levels of experience of creating a data management plan were quite low. The importance of this study lies in how it is able to show the current research data management practices of Turkish scholars during the new repository's foundational development stage.