Biodiversity report for the university of otago Library

the first part of Gillian Elliot's report can be found here: http://www.library.otago.ac.nz/pdf/2008_OBDMP_questionnaire.pdf it will be one of 4 reports outlining her findings of the interviews she has conducted with researchers "with an interest in biodiversity" from the following departments: Biochemistry; Chemistry; Clothing and Textiles; Design Studies; Geography; Geology;
HEDC9; History; Information Science; Law; Management; Maori Studies; Maths;
Philosophy; Political Studies; Surveying and Tourism (page 7). One notable part of the summary findings was the fact that researchers are working very closely upon their own data, and applying their own metadata, the result of this is likely to be considerable variations in how they apply metadata, emphasis upon which elements are used is likely to differ. Whether researchers would be interested in a more standardised approach to applying metadata is outside the scope of this report. Another aspect of note is whether researchers have a data management plan in place or not, few respondents did, others cited time constraints, although many expressed interest, also others were unclear about this. (pg.33)

Another aspect I found interesting was low amount of respondents who deposit data into a repository. One way of extending this in a report would be to investigate the reasons why they do not. Gillian Elliot's report suggests there are wider concerns than merely copywright, and ownership issues.