Data Management Services for Researchers

• Brief white paper: Services for the Management and Preservation of Research Data
  • March 8, 2011 draft, presented to the Office of Research and SORC.

References

• UC3 Curation Foundations - Good overview of storage, preservation, and curation services  from the California Digital Library (CDL)
• DataSpace: A Funding and Operational Model for Long-Term Preservation and Sharing of Research Data - EDUCAUSE Live! presentation by Serge Goldstein of Princeton.
  • They do not currently charge for the service, but it would be about $6/GB (Pay Once Store Forever - POSF).  Cost calculations are in a paper by the same name:  DataSpace: A Funding and Operational Model for Long-Term Preservation and Sharing of Research Data .
• NSF references:
  • The original press release is at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116928.
  • The section of the Proposal Preparation Instructions about the Data Management Plan is at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf11001/gpg_2.jsp#dmp.
  • The FAQ about Data Management and Sharing is at http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/dmpfaqs.jsp.
  • Cyberinfrastructure Framework for 21st Century Science and Engineering (CIF21)
• Cornell's Research Data: Recording, Retention and Access Policy
• UCSD's Research Cyberinfrastructure (RCI)