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ACROSS THE DECADES – 40 YEARS OF DATA ARCHIVING

Cover of UK Data Archive 40th Anniversary booklet

In 2007 the UK Data Archive celebrated 40 years of data archiving with a series of events, a publication and a website chronicling the changes over the years

The booklet and the web pages include:

  • an introduction by Ian Diamond, past Chief Executive of the ESRC
  • descriptions of the origins of the Archive
  • the social science environment across the years
  • profiles of people who worked at the Archive
  • processing and preservation activities with details of media used over the years

The journey concludes with a forward look by Kevin Schürer, then Director of the Archive.

READ ACROSS THE DECADES

VISIT THE WEBSITE

Readers who would like to share any memories of the Archive can email us with comments or suggestions.

A QUICK GUIDE TO THE ARCHIVE  

1 of 8: We provide continuous access to the UK’s largest collection of digital research data in the social sciences
2 of 8: We hold thousands of data collections for social science research and teaching, quantitative and qualitative
3 of 8: We hold the only copy of many of the UK's large national surveys charting social research back decades
4 of 8: We are an established national archive at the forefront of managing, preserving, sharing and delivering data
5 of 8: We are a collaborative organisation supporting emerging and existing creators and users of data
6 of 8: We provide best practice guidance and training in managing and sharing research data
7 of 8: You won’t be able to find your family records on our site. You should visit a genealogical site instead
8 of 8: We don’t provide ready-made statistics, but using Nesstar you can view frequencies from popular surveys

OUR SERVICES  

ESDS 
providing access to key economic and social data
RELU-DSS 
supporting rural research data management
Census.ac.uk 
providing a gateway to 1971- 2001 UK censuses
HDS 
enabling access to a range of historical resources
SDS 
enabling safe and secure remote access to data
SQB 
providing access to key survey questionnaires
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