Researchers and their data in Austria: survey results report 2015 : OpenAIRE blog

"At the beginning of 2015 an Austria-wide survey was conducted, directed at the academic personnel of 24 universities and research institutions affiliated with the e-infrastructures Austria project. This survey aimed to gather information about how Austrian researchers deal with their data on an institutional, as well as a disciplinary level. This study is the first attempt on a national level in Austria to find out how academics work with data and how institutions and disciplines influence data usage and handling. The results will help to provide institutions with information about how to facilitate their researchers’ data needs by providing them with necessary infrastructure and enable repository managers to set up tools not only for research data storage but also for reusability. This paper is also highly relevant in the broader context of the European Commission’s Open Data Pilot and Open Science more generally ..."