In the spring of 2011, the UNC-Chapel Provost formed the Task Force on the Stewardship of Digital Research Data and charged its members with exploring the implications of data management for the University and making recommendations for University policy. The Task Force investigated
the data management landscape through research in the literature, conversations
with faculty and staff, and an in-depth faculty survey designed and
administered by the Odum Institute. The resulting report was submitted to
administrators in mid-February 2012 with recommendations for university policies and
procedures. While the recommendations specific to UNC have been
redacted, the rest of the report is now publicly available. Although the
main body of the report reiterates material with which many in IASSIST will
already be familiar, the appendices may be of interest. Appendix 5
provides the interview questions for the group’s initial case studies of how
faculty manage their research data, some of which are profiled in the text of
the report. Appendix 6 provides the instrument for the faculty survey;
and Appendix 7 presents the summarized results of the survey, with a total of 2,765 respondents.
