Information on Digital Preservation for Researchers

Selecting research data for preservation

A researcher interested in preserving their data in DPS for Research Data can contact the support services of their organization, such as research services, data support or library services. As a researcher, you will receive support from your organization in defining the suitable data set.

The organization assesses the suitability of the data. The assessment should consider, for example:

      • Reuse of the data
      • Resources that have been spent on producing data
      • The data has been produced as part of research that would be difficult, expensive or impossible to replicate
      • The data is otherwise of national or organizational significance.

After finding the data to be preserved, the organization requests a preservation agreement for the data from the Ministry of Education and Culture and enters into a DPS contract with CSC unless a contract has already been concluded before. The data can then be prepared for transfer to the DPS.

Contact

A researcher interested in preserving their data in DPS for Research Data can contact the support services of their organization, such as research services, data support or library services.

Support requests regarding DPS to pas-support@csc.fi.