Identifying benefits arising from the curation and open sharing of research data produced by UK Higher Education and research institutes

Abstract

It is becoming increasingly clear that effective and efficient management and reuse of research data will be a key component in the UK knowledge economy in years to come, essential for the efficient conduct of research and its dissemination and use. In recognition of this, there have been many calls for access to science data at national and international levels. JISC and other UK funding bodies have developed a number of initiatives concerned with the management and curation of research data. The report by Lyon (2007) was pivotal in delineating the issues that need to be addressed and this project aims to take forward Recommendation 30: JISC should work in partnership with the research funding bodies and jointly commission a cost-benefit study of data curation and preservation infrastructure.