Western Archiving Options
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- Western University Repository on Borealis (Quick Guide)
Borealis is a project of the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) and other partners to provide a bilingual Canadian-hosted platform for sharing and archiving research data. It is implemented using the Dataverse platform, making it easy for researchers to deposit data, create appropriate metadata, and keep track of different versions of their data files. For assistance with creating a dataverse on Borealis, please contact the Research Data Management team by e-mail. Data can be made available openly, restricted, or only shared within a specific research team.
- Western Libraries Secure Data Archive
Western Libraries hosts a secure space for long term storage of small to medium size datasets (10 gigabytes or smaller). This was developed to provide an option to meet mandates for data preservation in cases where data has ethical or other restrictions on open sharing, or any other cases where researchers want their data stored for the long term. It is not an option for data which is still being actively used and updated. To add data to the archive, please fill out this form and submit it to the Research Data Management team by e-mail.
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The Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR) (FRDR Quick Guide)
FRDR is a national option for sharing Canadian research data at no cost. FRDR allows for larger datasets than Dataverse can handle with storage allocations in the terabytes available. Supported by Compute Canada. -
ICPSR, the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
ICPSR is the most prominent North American data repository for the social sciences, and provides access to a set of tools for various aspects of data management. Bit-level self-deposits are free through openICPSR site for individuals at ICPSR member institutions such as Western.
