Open Research & Scholarly Publications

Love Data Week - Research Data Preservation

Your data are genuinely open only if others can access, comprehend, and reuse them. It is acknowledged as good research practice by researchers and institutions to manage and retain data, ensuring compliance with any legal requirements that may arise upon the conclusion of research projects.

Preservation guarantees the long-term availability and accessibility of your data. While it may seem like an additional task, it is an essential component of the data life cycle. You might choose to preserve your data to ensure future access, but it could also be a mandate from your funding agency.

At Coventry University, we have the option to utilise the institutional repository, Pure, for data and dataset storage. A short demonstration video, 'Uploading Datasets to the Pure Repository,' illustrates the process of adding data to the repository. Once validated, deposited datasets will be automatically archived for long-term storage by Preservica, which is connected to the repository. The Repository's Terms of Use and Take Down Notices are available via LibGuides, via the link above.