DataShare | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 05 2009 | Australia, storage, policy, guidelines, legal, data repositories
This government document (2007) guides institutions and researchers in responsible research practices, endorsed by both national research funders: National Health and Medical Research Council and the Australian Research Council.
Significantly, it says that INSTITUTIONS MUST: "... have a policy on the retention of materials and research data; ... provide facilities for the safe and secure storage of research data and for maintaining records of where research data is stored; ... have a policy on the ownership of research materials and data during and following the research project; ... have a policy on the ownership of, and access to, databases and archives that is consistent with confidentiality requirements, legislation, privacy rules and other guidelines."
- DataShare | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 27 2008 | open access, research data, guidelines, service
As promised, SHERPA's Juliette service (compliments Romeo) now lists and rates the open access policies of research funders (UK and beyond) not only for peer reviewed outputs but for research data. Policies are given a pass-fail rating based on the following criteria: 1) Data archiving is required. 2) Data must be deposited within five years.
- DataShare | Shared With: Everyone - May 14 2008 | guidelines, report, social science data, research data, data archives, data sharing, data curation, data management, data repositories, KNAW
The Social Science Data Archive, DANS, Netherlands, has published quality guidelines for data archiving and "making data future-proof." An innovation is that the 17 guidelines apply in turn to data archives, but also data producers and data users.
- DataShare | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 04 2008 | project, institutional repositories, open access, LSE, guidelines, JISC
The VERSIONS project - funded by JISC and has produced a Toolkit to address the issues and uncertainties relating to versions of academic papers in digital repositories.
- DataShare | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 09 2008 | research data, intellectual property, legal, guidelines
A useful fact sheet from the DCC on copyright in databases and the database right.
- DataShare | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 03 2008 | open data, science, intellectual property, legal, guidelines
the protocol is meant to be a basis for creating a legal tool to facilitate data re-use and data integration across international jurisdictions.
- DataShare | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 10 2007 | research data, preservation, guidelines
Best practices for producing datasets - deepblue
- DataShare | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 11 2007 | institutional repositories, guidelines
University of Glasgow (DAEDALUS Project) - setting up a repository: practical advice
- DataShare | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 11 2007 | Edinburgh, Open Access, guidelines
University of Edinburgh Open Access Guidelines for Research
- DataShare | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 08 2007 | institutional repositories, guidelines
Budapest Open Access Initiative -Guide to Institutional repository Software
