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Mind the Gap: Reflections on Data Policies and Practice
1. UKOLN is supported by: Mind the Gap: Reflections on Data Policies and Practice Dr Liz Lyon, Director, UKOLN, University of Bath, UK Associate Director, UK Digital Curation Centre JISC/CNI Conference, Edinburgh, July 2010 . This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Licence Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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5. “ Departments don’t have guidelines or norms for personal back-up and researcher procedure, knowledge and diligence varies tremendously. Many have experienced moderate to catastrophic data loss” Incremental Project Report, June 2010 http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattimattila/3003324844/
6. “ While many researchers are positive about sharing data in principle, they are almost universally reluctant in practice. ..... using these data to publish results before anyone else is the primary way of gaining prestige in nearly all disciplines.” INCREMENTAL Project “ Data sharing was more readily discussed by early career researchers.”
7. Heather Piwowar … but many researchers don’t share… … and are reluctant to re-use data…
8. “ They found the documents ....to be dense, wordy, theoretical, ambiguous and un-engaging.” “ Interviewees were often unaware of existing guidance, resources.... and policy documents.” Incremental Project Report, June 2010
9. “ Many people are suspicious of ‘policies’ which sound like hollow mandates, but are receptive to ‘procedures’ or ‘advice’ which may be essentially the same thing, but convey a sense of purpose and assistance rather than requirement.” Incremental Project Report, June 2010 The majority of people felt that some form of policy or guidance was needed....
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