Investigating Data Management Practices in Australian Universities

Abstract

It was in this environment of changing expectations for the provision of data management infrastructure that three Australian universities decided to investigate the needs of their own communities. The initiative came from The University of Queensland (UQ) and was taken up by The University of Melbourne (UM) and the Queensland University of Technology (QUT. All three are universities with an increasing focus on eResearch, and a desire to improve their support infrastructure. All three recognised that a first step towards this goal was to find out more about the current practices and training requirements of their research staff.