Research Data Management 101
Sharing & Preserving Data
Storing data: repository options
1. Domain repositories
Advantages:
- Data is stored with similar datasets (by subject, format, or both)
- Other researchers will find your data easily
- The repository will understand what your data needs in terms of storage, archiving, and preservation
- Computational/online analysis tools may be available tailored to analyzing that particular kind of data Examples:
- GenBank (for genome data)
- ICPSR (for numeric social science data)
2. Institutional repositories
Advantages:
- Linked to your institution
- You can put all your datasets together (and collocate them with publications)
- University guarantees support of Institutional Repositories
- Some Domain Repositories may "go out of business" once their funding ends
Example:
• DSpace@MIT