The research investigated the practices and perceptions associated with data management by researchers in Brazilian postgraduate programs in the Information Science (IC) area. A semi-structured survey was used as the research instrument, it was sent by e-mail to 341 researchers linked to the Brazilian postgraduate programs in CI. The data was analyzed through descriptive statistics techniques and thematic analysis. It was found that the data management practices conducted by the researchers need to be improved and that they have a favorable approach regarding data sharing, provided there is some formal control over them.