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--></style>More than two dozen data repositories serving the social,
natural, and physical sciences today released a white paper recommending new
approaches to funding the sharing and preservation of scientific data. The document
emphasizes the need for sustainable funding of domain repositories -- data
archives with ties to specific scientific communities.
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<p class=""><a href="http://datacommunity.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/default/files/WhitePaper_ICPSR_SDRDD_121113.pdf">“Sustaining Domain Repositories for Digital Data: A WhitePaper” (PDF 52KB)</a>, is an outcome of a meeting convened June 24-25, 2013, in Ann Arbor. The
meeting, organized by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social
Research (ICPSR) and supported by the <a href="http://www.sloan.org">Alfred P. Sloan Foundation</a>, was attended
by representatives of 22 data repositories from a wide spectrum of scientific
disciplines.</p>
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<p class="">Domain repositories accelerate intellectual discovery by
facilitating data reuse and reproducibility. They leverage in-depth subject
knowledge as well as expertise in data curation to make data accessible and
meaningful to specific scientific communities. However, domain repositories
face an uncertain financial future in the United States, as funding remains
unpredictable and inadequate. Unlike our European competitors who support data
archiving as necessary scientific infrastructure, the US does not assure the
long-term viability of data archives.</p>
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<p class="">“This white paper aims to start a conversation with
funding agencies about how secure and sustainable funding can be provided for
domain repositories,” said ICPSR Director George Alter. “We’re suggesting ways
that modifications in US funding agencies’ policies can help domain repositories
to achieve their mission.”</p>
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<p class="">Five recommendations are offered to encourage data
stewardship and support sustainable repositories:</p>
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<ul><li><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style></span></span>Commit to sustaining institutions that assure
the long-term preservation and viability of research data</li><li><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span>Promote cooperation among funding agencies,
universities, domain repositories, journals, and other stakeholders</li><li><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style></span></span>Support the human and organizational
infrastructure for data stewardship as well as the hardware</li><li><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span>Establish review criteria appropriate for data
repositories</li><li><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span>Incentivize Principal Investigators (PIs) to
archive data</li></ul>
<p class="">While a single funding model may not fit all disciplines,
new approaches are urgently needed, the paper says.</p>
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<p class="">“What’s really remarkable about this effort -- the meeting
and the resulting white paper -- has been the consensus across disciplines from
astronomy to archaeology to proteomics,” Alter said. “More than two dozen
domain repositories from so many disciplines are saying the same thing: Data
sharing can produce more science, but data stewards must know the needs of
their scientific communities.”</p>
<p class=""></p>
<p class="">This white paper is a must read for anyone who wants to
understand the role of scientific domain repositories and their critical role
in the advancement of science. The paper and additional information about the Building Community Engagement project can be viewed at <a href="http://datacommunity.icpsr.umich.edu">http://datacommunity.icpsr.umich.edu.</a></p>
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