Open Exeter Data Asset Framework Survey, is a recently published study by The University of Exeter, on data management practice and attitudes to Open Access. The findings for the University has helped them to gain a better understanding of current research data management practices across different disciplines and with different levels of research experience.

Findings included:

• How researchers created data.
• Where they stored their data.
• Whether they backed up their data.
• What happened to their data when the project was finished.
• Few researchers had experience of completing a data management plan.
• Recognised the significant complexity of data, from file formats to the size of data.

Read the full article or follow the blog by the project team.