JISC DataPool Project

Some services already provide support for research data management, often serving specific disciplines or subjects, but these are not designed to provide comprehensive coverage of funded research. Complementing this is the institutional approach, to collect and store all research data produced across disciplines within the institution. Institutions are aligned with their researchers in wanting to support high quality research, so it is natural for the institution to seek to develop a framework to assist its researchers in managing their research. Supporting the management of data is an increasingly important component of this framework.

The development of institutional research data services is at an early stage. Where these have been piloted the scope of the required services has been identified, but full implementation, feasibility and viability still have to be demonstrated. By extending this work at the University of Southampton, the DataPool Project will produce an evidence base for establishing and scaling-up these services to meet whole-institutional needs.