Identifying benefits arising from the curation and open sharing of research data produced within UK Higher Education and research institutes: exploring costs and benefits

TitleIdentifying benefits arising from the curation and open sharing of research data produced within UK Higher Education and research institutes: exploring costs and benefits
Publication TypeReport
Year of Publication2008
AuthorsFry, J., Lockyer S.., Oppenheim C.., Houghton J.W.., & Rasmussen B..
Date Published2008///
InstitutionLoughborough University, Victoria University
Keywordssg_data_costs, sg_data_economics
URLhttp://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20140615075522/http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/digitalrepositories/jiscdataproposal-public.pdf

Gap Area Study Type:

Purpose: 
Investigated the benefits of the curation and open sharing of research data and the development of a methodology and model for estimating the benefits of data curation and sharing in UK higher education
Method: 
Performed a literature review to provide illustrative examples of reuse and the views of stakeholders in various disciplines towards data curation and sharing; conducted two case studies to identify and illustrate benefits and costs in these areas