Research Data Management in Institutions of Higher Education in Uganda: A Neglected Business

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dc.contributor.authorOngaya, Kizito
dc.contributor.authorBagarukayo, Emily
dc.contributor.authorOyo, Benedict
dc.contributor.authorOkello-Owiny, David
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-01T10:57:36Z
dc.date.available2024-02-01T10:57:36Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-06
dc.descriptionOngaya_NCHE_RDM_article_2023en_US
dc.description.abstractThis research examines research data management (RDM) in six Ugandan universities, its awareness, existence, and management, as well as ownership questions among senior staff members. The paper hypothesises that research data management is a new concept in Uganda universities and explores views on potential locations suitable for setting up the system within university structures. The stratified purposive sampling and snowballing methods were used over Google Forms. The key findings are that at least 74.8% of the staff believe it is a new concept and that their universities do not have initiatives to establish it; while 52.6% of the staff believe the ownership of research data should rest with the authors. There are varying views on the roles of various departments and potential host locations for research data management. The research limitation was that much as practices are not properly established in departments within university structures in Uganda, more research could be done to find out how research data is managed by individuals, projects or departments. The practical implication is the need for the establishment of a model research data management centre from which universities, government parastatals as well as organisations can learn. The paper makes a strong case for Ugandan higher education institutions to establish a department for research data management.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipGulu Universityen_US
dc.identifier.citationOngaya, K., Bagarukayo, E., Oyo, B. and Okello-Owiny, D. (2023). Research Data Management in Institutions of Higher Education in Uganda: A Neglected Business. The Uganda Higher Education Review. https://doi.org/10.58653/nche.v11i1.06en_US
dc.identifier.issn1813-2243 (in print)
dc.identifier.issn2958-5473 (in electronic)
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14270/441
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe Uganda Higher Education Reviewen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectResearch data managementen_US
dc.subjectInstitutional repositoryen_US
dc.subjectLibrary sciencesen_US
dc.subjectData science.en_US
dc.titleResearch Data Management in Institutions of Higher Education in Uganda: A Neglected Businessen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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