Tools

The Best Practice Guide of GESIS gives recommendations and suggestions to the user to optimise the registration of data holdings via GESIS system da|ra. Additionally, many examples are provided and the use of various standards and best practices are described (DOI, metadata, versioning, citations...

This document covers the policy relating to data access for the UK Data Service, across all UK Data Service sites and access points. It does not cover access criteria relating to other UK Data Archive projects.

This webinar aims is to help participants to acquire basic knowledge on data licensing. The webinar explains why it is important that research data are provided with licenses. Content: (1) benefits of sharing research data; (2) challenges; (3) types of licenses; (4) data ownership and reuse; (5)...

This Archive Training Manual summarises the core processes and documentation that underpin a trusted digital repository. The manual links to a range of UK Data Archive documentation, as well as the documentation related to the processes at selected European data archives. Archive Training Manual...

UKDS provides a quick guide into how to cite data that is accessible in their data catalogue.

DANS provides expertise and consultancy in business process modelling and systems architecture.

Expert services of DANS, intended for researchers, research institutions, research funders, data professionals and other archives, to help with (background information about) the sustainable storage and sharing of data.

This Cost-Benefit Advocacy toolkit gathers factsheets on benefits, costs, and return on investment, as well as case studies, a user guide and supplementary tools designed to assist social science data archives with cost-benefit advocacy to funders and other stakeholders.

The CESSDA Technical Working Group aims to monitor and advise on needs regarding technical services.

The CESSDA Training Working Group offers training, advice and educational resources on: research data management, data discovery and use, digital preservation and data archiving, CESSDA tools and services.