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The Data Preservation Alliance for the Social Sciences aims to identify and preserve significant data collections, develop common standards and procedures, and make data available through a common catalog. This collaborative effort includes partners such as ICPSR, Odum Institute, and Roper Center.
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Data Preservation Alliance for the Social Sciences: Collaborating to Preserve At-Risk Data IASSIST 2007 Montreal, PQ May 18, 2007
“Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.” --H.G. Wells (1920) The Outline of History
The Partners • ICPSR • Odum Institute • Roper Center • Henry A. Murray Research Archive • Harvard-MIT Data Center • National Archives and Records Administration
The Plan • Identify significant data collections (classic) • Identify important contemporary data (“at risk”) • Develop common standards and procedures across partnership • Make data available through a common catalog and preserve the data through a syndicated storage system.
Guidelines and Procedures • Selection • Appraisal • Metadata • Data Security • Confidentiality • Guide to the Handling of Fragile Materials
What Are Our Content Targets? • Classics of Social Science • Federally-Funded Research Data: NIH & NSF • Federally Produced Data • United States Information Agency Data • Private Research Organization Data • Political Process Data • Vulnerable Data in Small Specialty Archives
Types of Selected Data • Macro- and micro-data • Respondent-level survey data • Data collected for research purposes • Data produced as a by-product of running or administering a public or private program • Methodologically innovative social science research data
Appraisal Guidelines • Significance of the data for research • Significance of the source and context of the data • Uniqueness of the information • Usability of the data
Appraisal Guidelines • Timeframe covered by the information • Relationship of the data to other data in the archives • Cost considerations • Volume of data
Federally-Funded Research Data: NSF & NIH • National Science Foundation (NSF) database • Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects (CRISP) • ICPSR – Leads Database
Proprietary Formats of Data Not Archived And Also… Bvh, DICOM, Brainvoyager, Dbase, REFLEX, TSP, iMovie, QDS, .DAT, Rich Text Format, Digital Voice Files, HTML, FLASH, Coldfusion database, GAUSS, MySQL, ArcView (ESRI), Trimble Pathfinder spatial coordinate raw data files, Binary (UWAR format) Last updated 1/25/2007
Storage Media of Data Not Archived Last updated 1/25/2007
Working with Data Producers/Users • Knowing the audience • Educating the audience • Maintaining relationships
Contact Information Website: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/DATAPASS/ E-mail: Data-PASS@icpsr.umich.edu