DEPOSIT DATA

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We acquire data from many sources - from researchers to public sector and commercial organisations

DEPOSIT YOUR DATA

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I'm Melanie Wright. I'm Associate Director, Head of Data and Support Services here at the UK Data Archive.

Since its establishment over 40 years ago, the UK Data Archive has acquired, managed and preserved a vast range of data.

Since 2005 our archive has been a designated place of deposit by The National Archives.

Our collection encompasses a whole range of data about society, both historical and contemporary, covering a broad range of disciplines. We accept data from many sources - from the public sector, such as government departments, to researchers and research institutions - and commercial data.

Sharing your data with the Archive ensures that not only will it be preserved for posterity, but it will be used.

We enhance your data by creating catalogue records and including it in our online catalogues. We manage the licensing and access arrangements for your data and we ensure that the data are promoted among appropriate user groups.

Depositing data is easy. Get in touch with us if you would like to offer us your data.

WHO CAN DEPOSIT?

We acquire data from government departments, researchers and other organisations
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WHY DEPOSIT?

Sharing your data with us ensures that they will be professionally curated and easily accessible
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HOW TO DEPOSIT

You have data you wish to deposit with the Archive. We guide you through the process
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OUR DATA IN USE

Read about what other researchers have been doing with our data
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USED OUR DATA?

If you have used our data let us know. We'd like to share your experience as a case study.

DATA LIFECYCLE  

CREATING DATA: designing, planning consent, collection and management, capturing and creating metadata
PROCESSING DATA:  entering, transcribing, checking & validating, anonymising and describing
ANALYSING DATA: interpreting, deriving, producing outputs & publishing, preparing for sharing
PRESERVING DATA: migrating, backing-up, storing, creating metadata and documentation, archiving
ACCESS TO DATA: distributing, sharing, controlling access, promoting
RE-USING DATA: for follow-ups, new research, research reviews, scrutinising, teaching & learning
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