This readme file was generated on 2024-03-22 by Catherine Barber


GENERAL INFORMATION


Title of dataset: 


Rice Research Data Services and Center for Research Computing Needs Assessment 


Author Information
Name: Catherine R. Barber
Institution: Rice University
Email: cb88@rice.edu


Author Information
Name: Lisa Spiro
Institution: Rice University
Email: lspiro@rice.edu


Author Information
Name: Melissa Cragin
Institution: Rice University
Email: mc183@rice.edu


ABSTRACT


This needs assessment involved surveying the Rice University research community to determine key areas of current and projected need related to data and research computing. The results will be used to inform services and support provided by Fondren Library, Research Data Services, and the Center for Research Computing.  Although the results of the needs assessment may not generalize outside of Rice, we also hope to learn about the opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration between the library and research computing and to share those insights with the greater research community. 


Data were collected through an online survey administered to all faculty, research staff, and graduate students at Rice. 


Date of creation: 2023-09-23


Geographic location of project: Rice University, Houston, TX, USA


Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: The project was internally funded.


Language: English


SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION


Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: CC-By license; attribution required.


FILE OVERVIEW


File list:


file_1_quant_data_clean.csv: Clean version of the raw quantitative data, de-identified
file_2_data_practices.csv: Summary of participants’ data types and practices
file_3_data_computation_needs.csv: Summary of participants’ data computation needs
file_4_training_needs.csv: Summary of participants’ training needs
file_5_resource_needs.csv: Summary of participants’ resource needs


Are there multiple versions of the project? No