1. Category which best describes respondents?,2.Respondents' years of research experience,3.Respondents' rate of their understanding of RDM on a scale of 1-4.,"4.	Thinking of the research data fothe last research projectâ. Respondents most valid option. ",5a. Respondents' rate of their knowledge on  the following RDM related area. [Awareness of Research Data Management], 5b. Respondents' rate of their knowledge on  the following RDM related area. [Data Management Plan],5c.  Respondents' rate of their knowledge on  the following RDM related area. [Long term digital preservation],5d. Respondents' rate of their knowledge on  the following RDM related area. [Metadata standards for describing data],5e. Respondents' rate of their knowledge on  the following RDM related area. [Trusted data repositories],5f. Respondents' rate of their knowledge on  the following RDM related areas. [Funders' RDM mandates],5g. Respondents' rate of their knowledge on  the following RDM related areas. [Copyright and other IP rights for data],6a. Respondents' rate of their skills in addressing the following RDM-activities. [Data Management Planning],6b. Respondents' rate of their skills in addressing the following RDM-activities. [Data appraisal and selection],6c. Respondents' rate of their skills in addressing the following RDM-activities. [Preparing data for deposit to a repository],6d. Respondents' rate of their skills in addressing the following RDM-activities. [Data licensing],6e.Respondents' rate of their skills in addressing the following RDM-activities. [Organizing and documenting data],6f.Respondents' rate of their skills in addressing the following RDM-activities. [Data storage and security],6g. Respondents' rate of their skills in addressing the following RDM-activities. [Accessing/retrieving data from repositories],7. Respondents storage of their research data,8. Circumstances that respondents would be willing to share their research data. ,9. Respondents' research funder category.,10. If research funder demand Research Data Management practices,11. Respondents' research funder data management requirements,12. Respondents' opinion on whose responsibility should it be to implement RDM at the University.,13. If respondents would like the library to support researchers in their RDM activitie.,14. Research Data Management services that respondents would like the University of Dodoma library to support ,15. Research Data Management training  that respondents would like to receive ,16. Respondents willingness to share their research data without the mandates of the funder or University,17. Respondents' explanations of the answer given in question 16,18. Respondents' concerns regarding Research Data Management.
Researcher (Post-Doc),6-10 Years,4,I have stored my data in my personal devices and no-one else can access the data.,4-Excellent,2,3,3,3,3,3,2,2,2,2,3,3,4-Excellent,"Personal repositories such as personal computers and laptops, USB drives, External hard drives, CDs and DVDs","After I have exhausted publishing all the research data. Once the publications are online, I can be comfortable to expose my research data.",Public funder,No,No data management requirement,Research office,Yes,A guide on the use of a Data Management Plan;Training on good RDM practices;A well develop RDM policy;Establishing a trusted data repository;Guiding data appraisal and selection for long term preservation,A general overview and introduction to RDM;The effective use of Data Management plans;How to select data for preservation;How to store data for long term access;Ensuring efficient data access and re-use,Yes,"I can share the research data after publication is out, so I do not need the University or the funder to direct the research data management.",My concern is the use of data by other people and claim ownership.
Post-graduate student (Masters/PhD),1-5 Years,2,I have stored my data in my personal devices and no-one else can access the data.,2,2,3,1-Poor,1-Poor,1-Poor,1-Poor,2,1-Poor,2,1-Poor,1-Poor,1-Poor,3,"Personal repositories such as personal computers and laptops, USB drives, External hard drives, CDs and DVDs",When am sure that my data will not be tampered with,I mainly self-fund my research,No,No data management requirement,Research office,Yes,A guide on the use of a Data Management Plan;Training on good RDM practices;A well develop RDM policy;Establishing a trusted data repository,A general overview and introduction to RDM;Writing research data management plans that impress funders;The effective use of Data Management plans;How to manage active data sets;How to select data for preservation;How to store data for long term access;Ensuring efficient data access and re-use,Yes,I believe it is good to publicize research data in order to let people know ,Many researchers are not aware of what to do with their research data and end up loosing it
Post-graduate student (Masters/PhD),6-10 Years,2,I have stored my data in my personal devices and no-one else can access the data.,2,2,2,2,2,2,1-Poor,2,1-Poor,2,1-Poor,2,2,2,"Cloud storage such as Dropbox, Google drive, Onedrive",Ready to share with any one so long as the copy right is adhered,Public funder,I am not sure,No data management requirement,Research office,Yes,A guide on the use of a Data Management Plan;Training on good RDM practices;A well develop RDM policy;Establishing a trusted data repository;Guiding data appraisal and selection for long term preservation,A general overview and introduction to RDM;Writing research data management plans that impress funders;The effective use of Data Management plans;How to manage active data sets;How to select data for preservation;How to store data for long term access;Ensuring efficient data access and re-use,Yes,I will so long as it is a part of dissemination what is going on,None
Post-graduate student (Masters/PhD),1-5 Years,3,I have stored my data in my personal devices and no-one else can access the data.,3,2,2,2,2,2,3,2,2,2,1-Poor,2,2,2,"Cloud storage such as Dropbox, Google drive, Onedrive",on request from my institution,I mainly self-fund my research,I am not sure,No data management requirement,University library,Yes,A guide on the use of a Data Management Plan;Training on good RDM practices;A well develop RDM policy;Establishing a trusted data repository;Guiding data appraisal and selection for long term preservation,A general overview and introduction to RDM;Writing research data management plans that impress funders;The effective use of Data Management plans;How to manage active data sets;How to select data for preservation;How to store data for long term access;Ensuring efficient data access and re-use;I do not wish to receive training,Yes,Research data should be made open and accessible,None
Post-graduate student (Masters/PhD),6-10 Years,3,My research data were captured on paper.,3,3,4-Excellent,3,3,2,4-Excellent,3,2,3,2,3,3,4-Excellent,"Personal repositories such as personal computers and laptops, USB drives, External hard drives, CDs and DVDs","I would share my research data if my findings can provide answers to avilable  circimstancefoe example health, academic research etc",Public funder;I mainly self-fund my research,No,Data management plan,Research office,Yes,A guide on the use of a Data Management Plan;Training on good RDM practices;A well develop RDM policy;Establishing a trusted data repository;Guiding data appraisal and selection for long term preservation,A general overview and introduction to RDM;Writing research data management plans that impress funders;The effective use of Data Management plans;How to manage active data sets;How to select data for preservation;How to store data for long term access;Ensuring efficient data access and re-use,No,Because I have to abide by the terms and conditions of the funder to maintain good funding relationships and support. (Mantaing ethical standards and discipline in research).,"The use if updated technology to support research data management and
Continued training regarding research data management"
Post-graduate student (Masters/PhD),1-5 Years,3,I have stored my data in my personal devices and no-one else can access the data.,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,4-Excellent,"Personal repositories such as personal computers and laptops, USB drives, External hard drives, CDs and DVDs","a) When consent has been sought
b) If data sharing is not harmful/will not harm anyone ",Private company funder;I mainly self-fund my research,No,No data management requirement,Research office,Yes,A guide on the use of a Data Management Plan;Training on good RDM practices;A well develop RDM policy;Establishing a trusted data repository;Guiding data appraisal and selection for long term preservation,A general overview and introduction to RDM;Writing research data management plans that impress funders;The effective use of Data Management plans;How to manage active data sets;How to select data for preservation;How to store data for long term access;Ensuring efficient data access and re-use,Yes,I think it is wise to share data so that results can be understood and used by others,None
Post-graduate student (Masters/PhD),1-5 Years,2,I have stored my data in my personal devices and no-one else can access the data.,2,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,2,2,1-Poor,3,3,3,"Personal repositories such as personal computers and laptops, USB drives, External hard drives, CDs and DVDs",when a researcher comes to me for assistance in the same research topic ,I mainly self-fund my research,No,No data management requirement,University library,Yes,A guide on the use of a Data Management Plan;Training on good RDM practices;A well develop RDM policy;Establishing a trusted data repository;Guiding data appraisal and selection for long term preservation,A general overview and introduction to RDM;The effective use of Data Management plans;How to manage active data sets;How to store data for long term access,Yes,Due to the need for more collaboration among researchers ,Its a new concept and there need for RDM awareness campaigns for the researchers
Researcher (Post-Doc),6-10 Years,2,I have stored my data in my personal devices and no-one else can access the data.,2,3,2,2,2,2,3,2,2,1-Poor,2,3,3,2,"Personal repositories such as personal computers and laptops, USB drives, External hard drives, CDs and DVDs",Unless it is mandatory,I mainly self-fund my research,No,No data management requirement,University library,Yes,A guide on the use of a Data Management Plan;Training on good RDM practices;A well develop RDM policy;Establishing a trusted data repository;Guiding data appraisal and selection for long term preservation,A general overview and introduction to RDM;The effective use of Data Management plans;How to select data for preservation;How to store data for long term access;Ensuring efficient data access and re-use,Yes,Will attract other researchers locally and internationally,More advocacy on this matter
Researcher (Post-Doc),11-15 Years,2,I have stored my data in my personal devices and no-one else can access the data.,2,1-Poor,1-Poor,1-Poor,1-Poor,2,1-Poor,1-Poor,2,1-Poor,1-Poor,3,2,3,"Personal repositories such as personal computers and laptops, USB drives, External hard drives, CDs and DVDs","Only when there is formal procedures for data sharing such as data policy, data security and copyright issues",Public funder,No,No requirements,University library,Yes,A guide on the use of a Data Management Plan;Training on good RDM practices;A well develop RDM policy;Establishing a trusted data repository;Guiding data appraisal and selection for long term preservation,A general overview and introduction to RDM;Writing research data management plans that impress funders;The effective use of Data Management plans;How to manage active data sets;How to select data for preservation;How to store data for long term access;Ensuring efficient data access and re-use,Yes,Sharing data will enable more discovery and increase collaborations,Should develop proper ways for sharing data
Researcher (Post-Doc),6-10 Years,2,I have stored my data in my personal devices and no-one else can access the data.,3,2,3,3,2,3,2,3,2,1-Poor,2,3,2,3,"Personal repositories such as personal computers and laptops, USB drives, External hard drives, CDs and DVDs",Only with collaborators,I mainly self-fund my research,No,No data management requirement,Research office,Yes,A guide on the use of a Data Management Plan;Training on good RDM practices;A well develop RDM policy;Establishing a trusted data repository,A general overview and introduction to RDM;Writing research data management plans that impress funders;The effective use of Data Management plans;How to manage active data sets;How to select data for preservation;How to store data for long term access;Ensuring efficient data access and re-use,No,It is only necessary sharing with collaborators,It is not clear on how to do this
Researcher (Post-Doc),11-15 Years,2,My research data were captured on paper.,2,2,2,2,1-Poor,3,3,2,2,2,3,3,3,4-Excellent,"Personal repositories such as personal computers and laptops, USB drives, External hard drives, CDs and DVDs",Only after I publish from my research,Public and private funders,I am not sure,No data management requirement,University library,Yes,A guide on the use of a Data Management Plan;Training on good RDM practices;A well develop RDM policy;Establishing a trusted data repository;Guiding data appraisal and selection for long term preservation,A general overview and introduction to RDM;Writing research data management plans that impress funders;The effective use of Data Management plans;How to manage active data sets;How to select data for preservation;How to store data for long term access;Ensuring efficient data access and re-use,No,They may steal the work,None
Researcher (Post-Doc),6-10 Years,3,I have stored my data in my personal devices and no-one else can access the data.,3,3,2,2,3,3,3,2,1-Poor,2,2,3,2,3,"Personal repositories such as personal computers and laptops, USB drives, External hard drives, CDs and DVDs","After I have exhausted publishing all the research data. Once the publications are online, I can be comfortable to expose my research data.",Public fund,No,No data management requirement,Research office,Yes,A guide on the use of a Data Management Plan;Training on good RDM practices;A well develop RDM policy;Establishing a trusted data repository,A general overview and introduction to RDM;The effective use of Data Management plans;How to select data for preservation;How to store data for long term access;Ensuring efficient data access and re-use,Yes,It validates the research undertaken,Institutions should act to show importance