I think the academic library has a major role to play in defining, managing, and possibly hosting a data repository for its community. ACRLog has a pointer to some discussion on this topic
Have you given much thought recently to the amount of data your researchers generate? Probably not. Where’s it going and who’s archiving it? Thanks to digital technology, scientists are generating vast amounts of valuable data that, months later, may be irretrievable or indecipherable. This could be a job for the academic library. This week’s Chronicle [of Higher Education] has a feature article about the “data deluge” and how some institutions are dealing with the challenges it brings.
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