Digital sustainability is a growing concern in all areas of research.
With the accelerating pace of technological change, how can researchers ensure that their digital outputs – images, datasets, documents, multimedia and more – remain accessible beyond the funded lifetime of a project?
Bespoke websites can all too quickly and easily become obsolete, or fall offline when funding expires or colleagues move on.
Digital sustainability is therefore vital to ensure that your data continues to be available to the research community and wider public, and not least to meet funder requirements for open access and long-term preservation.
Find out more about digital sustainabiliy on the SDS platform: Watch 'What is Digital Sustainability?'
Oxford's Research Data Management Services
Whether your digital materials are in active daily use, ready for permanent archiving, or anywhere in between, Oxford has a service to help.
- Contact us at the Sustainable Digital Scholarship service (SDS) to discuss options for open-access sharing and updating of ‘warm’ data.
- Explore the Research File Service (RFS) solution for active data management, analysis and collaboration.
- Deposit your final outputs with ORA (Oxford University Research Archive), the core university repository for deep-freeze perpetual storage.
- Ask Research Data Oxford (RDO), a cross-disciplinary expert advice group, for all your data management queries and concerns.
- Consult the Office for Open Research for specialist guidance on open-access publishing, copyright and licensing, open research tools and methods, and more.
- For your project website, get in touch with the team at Oxford Fresco, the University's new web publishing platform.
- Find out more about Copyright at the Bodleian Libraries or contact the Copyright team with your queries.
