Les pratiques exemplaires en gestion de données de recherche en vue d’établissement de services de gestion de données de recherche en milieu collégial
This report makes recommendations for establishing research data management services in college institutions in Quebec, particularly for libraries of the college network. Like Canadian universities, college institutions in Quebec will need to comply with future research data management (RDM) requirements from Canadian research funding agencies. Furthermore, having good RDM practices provide benefits and reduce different kinds of risks for researchers and institutions. This study calls to explore and take actions about research data management with concerted actions by colleges and college technology transfer centres (CCTT). For example, consultative RDM services could be offered locally in college libraries with support of a college network RDM service according to the principle of subsidiarity. Also, colleges and CCTTs could be studying the possibility to join or implement shared RDM infrastructures (Canadian data repositories or common college institutional data repository). This work emphases the importance to understand and respect particularities (scholarly production, resources and needs) of college network actors in implementing RDM services. To formulate recommendations in this report, a literature review of best practices in RDM, principally in higher education institutions (colleges and universities) around the world has been done. Modes of scholarly productions in colleges in Quebec are substantially different from those of universities in terms of goals, infrastructures and dissemination. Hence, a literature review of modes of scholarly productions in the college educational system is realized. Using Web of Science, a bibliometric analysis of CEGEP and CCTT publications covering the period from 2008 to 2017 is also achieved. This analysis only includes public colleges and CCTTs officially recognized by ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur in 2018.
Research data management Research activities in colleges College libraries Scientific output CEGEPs College technology transfer centres