For those interested in data management and curation - check out a recent report on data management from Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories (APSR).

APSR at the Australian National University Canberra has released a report on Investigating Data Management Practices in Australian Universities.

This report presents all the findings of the Data Management Survey conducted at The University of Queensland, The University of Melbourne and Queensland University of Technology in late 2007.

The report, based on the responses of 879 researchers, sheds light on all aspects of data management practice including data:

• management plans
• storage
• backup
• sharing
• ownership

The report also shows how the three participating Universities have used the results of the surveys to progress their own provision of support for eResearch.

You can find this report and other data information and resources at the APSR website.