Data that are to be saved for the long term should conform to quality standards which include quality metadata, appropriate file formats, etc. See: Library of Congress Recommended Formats Statement 202-2021 – https://www.loc.gov/preservation/resources/rfs/

Archiving Options at UF

• Large data, small data with limited access
  • Gatorcloud offers shorter-term storage that may be helpful while identifying a long-term solution.
  • UF Research Computing offers affordable storage options.
  • Datasets up to 50GB per record – Zenodo generalist repository (approved by UF Integrated Risk Management (IRM) Fast Path Solutions (FSP) for for open datasets)
  • Contact us for discussion and referrals: datamgmt-l@lists.ufl.edu
• Small data that can be publicly accessible
  • Permanent, Open Access storage from the UF Libraries’ Institutional Repository (IR@UF): http://ufdc.ufl.edu/ufirg
  • Generalist  Repositories –  https://www.nlm.nih.gov/NIHbmic/generalist_repositories.html

Archiving Options beyond UF

• Discipline repositories — see options on the Datasets guide
• Journal publishers may offer archival storage for data that are supplementary to published articles.  Examples:
  • Elsevier (ScienceDirect) Content Innovation
  • Mendeley Data – https://data.mendeley.com/
  • Wiley-Blackwell Supporting Information
  • Springer Manuscript preparation — scroll to “Electronic supplementary material”