Archiving South African digital research data: How ready are we?

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https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2016/20150316

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research data management, long-term ecological data, data repositories, data sharing, data preservation

Abstract

Digital data archiving and research data management have become increasingly important for institutions in South Africa, particularly after the announcement by the National Research Foundation, one of the principal South African academic research funders, recommending these actions for the research that they fund. A case study undertaken during the latter half of 2014, among the biological sciences researchers at a South African university, explored the state of data management and archiving at this institution and the readiness of researchers to engage with sharing their digital research data through repositories. It was found that while some researchers were already engaged with digital data archiving in repositories, neither researchers nor the university had implemented systematic research data management.

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2016-07-27

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Research Article

How to Cite

Koopman, M. M., & de Jager, K. (2016). Archiving South African digital research data: How ready are we?. South African Journal of Science, 112(7/8), 7. https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2016/20150316
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