Research Data Management

General information on research data management at the University of Calgary

Where Should I Deposit My Data?
A decision tree for where to deposit datasets for long-term preservation and sharing

PRISM Dataverse: The University of Calgary's Data Repository

Does it make sense for me to use PRISM Dataverse?
- Any UofC faculty member, staff or student may submit data files of up to 3GB each to our institutional Data Repository. If your files are larger, consider a compressed format such as .zip or .tar.
Instructions for depositing in PRISM Dataverse.
Everything else you need to know about PRISM Dataverse
Can I use PRISM Dataverse to store data during a project, or to store sensitive data?

Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR) - A national repository for larger datasets, managed by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries' Portage Network

Disciplinary Repositories

You may find that a disciplinary repository designed with your discipline's specific data needs is a better fit for your data.

Directories of disciplinary repositories	A selection of popular disciplinary repositories
Re3data.org: a comprehensive listing of disciplinary and institutional repositories to host and share research data. Use the Repository Finder tool to do a more focused search for an appropriate repository. CoreTrustSeal List of Certified Repositories: a list of repositories that been certified by CoreTrustSeal or a similar organization. Certification indicates that a repository meets certain criteria for trustworthiness and long-term sustainability. Most repositories are not certified, so while certification is an indicator of quality, the lack of it does not necessarily indicate that a repository should not be used. Nature Scientific Data - Recommended Data Repositories	Dryad - frequently used for scientific and medical publications ICPSR - a repository commonly used for social sciences data Figshare - a general purpose repository often used in partnership w/ PLOS publications. NCBI Gene - repository for genetic information, managed by the United States' National Center for Biotechnology Information. OMERO for Scientists - for microscopy data Open Science Framework - OSF offers researchers an active data and project management platform, as well as a repository for data sharing. The service is free of charge. PANGAEA - data from earth and life sciences. RCSB Protein Data Bank - data repository for the 3D structures of large biological molecules, including proteins and nucleic acids. SIMBAD (Set of Identification Measurements, and Biliography for Astronomical Data) - observational data on astronomical objects that are located outside our solar system. SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) - covers data and publications in Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Physics. Zenodo - a repository associated with CERN that is open to research outputs from all fields of science.

Directories of disciplinary repositories

A selection of popular disciplinary repositories

Re3data.org: a comprehensive listing of disciplinary and institutional repositories to host and share research data. Use the Repository Finder tool to do a more focused search for an appropriate repository.
CoreTrustSeal List of Certified Repositories: a list of repositories that been certified by CoreTrustSeal or a similar organization. Certification indicates that a repository meets certain criteria for trustworthiness and long-term sustainability.

Most repositories are not certified, so while certification is an indicator of quality, the lack of it does not necessarily indicate that a repository should not be used.
Nature Scientific Data - Recommended Data Repositories

Dryad - frequently used for scientific and medical publications
ICPSR - a repository commonly used for social sciences data
Figshare - a general purpose repository often used in partnership w/ PLOS publications.
NCBI Gene - repository for genetic information, managed by the United States' National Center for Biotechnology Information.
OMERO for Scientists - for microscopy data
Open Science Framework - OSF offers researchers an active data and project management platform, as well as a repository for data sharing. The service is free of charge.
PANGAEA - data from earth and life sciences.
RCSB Protein Data Bank - data repository for the 3D structures of large biological molecules, including proteins and nucleic acids.
SIMBAD (Set of Identification Measurements, and Biliography for Astronomical Data) - observational data on astronomical objects that are located outside our solar system.
SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) - covers data and publications in Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Physics.
Zenodo - a repository associated with CERN that is open to research outputs from all fields of science.

A repository should follow the FAIR Principles: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable.

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Last Updated: Feb 2, 2021 10:58 AM
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Subjects: Data and Statistics, Research

Tags: data curation, data management, data preservation, data repository, research data