This report describes the methodology of research conducted during the first stage of the Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative, funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF), from 2021 to 2023, and should be considered supplemental to the additional final research reports (white papers) produced as a result of this research. As part of the RADS Initiative, institutional administrators and funded researchers were surveyed in 2022 and interviewed in 2023 on details related to research data sharing support services and practices, and their corresponding expenses. While the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is the administrative home of the RADS Initiative, the research was conducted with participants at the following institutions: Cornell University, Duke University, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, Virginia Tech, and Washington University in St. Louis.
To cite
Taylor, Shawna, Alicia Hofelich Mohr, Jonathan Petters, Jake Carslon, Lizhao Ge, Joel Herndon, Wendy Kozlowski, Jennifer Moore, and Cynthia Hudson Vitale. Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative: Research Methodology 2022–2023 Surveys and Interviews. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, January 2024. https://doi.org/10.29242/report.radsmethodology2023.
