Keeping Research Data Safe 2
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This web page has been set-up to support dissemination of information on the “Keeping Research Data Safe 2” project. The project aims to extend previous work on digital preservation costs for research data. It will identify long-lived datasets for the purpose of cost analysis and build on the work of the first “Keeping Research Data Safe” study completed in 2008. The first Keeping Research Data Safe study funded by JISC made a major contribution to the study of preservation costs by developing a cost model and indentifying cost variables for preserving research data in UK universities. That work has had considerable impact and received international interest. Over 3,400 copies of the report were downloaded from the JISC website during 2008 alone making it JISC’s most popular publication in 2008. The Keeping Research Data Safe 2 project commenced on 31 March 2009 and will complete in December 2009. The project will identify and analyse sources of long-lived data and develop longitudinal data on associated preservation costs and benefits. We believe these outcomes will be critical to developing preservation costing tools and cost benefit analyses for justifying and sustaining major investments in repositories and data curation. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.