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| Formation | 1967 |
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| Legal status | Government-funded digital repository for research data |
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Region served | UK and abroad |
Director | Prof Matthew Woollard |
| Affiliations | ESRC, University of Essex, UK Data Service |
| Website | data-archive |
The UK Data Archive is a national centre of expertise in data archiving in the United Kingdom. It houses the largest collection of social sciences and population digital data in the UK.[1] It is certified under CoreTrustSeal as a trusted digital repository.[2] It is also certified under the international ISO 27001 standard for information security.[3][4] Located in Colchester, the UK Data Archive is a specialist department of the University of Essex,[5] co-located with the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER). It is primarily funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the University of Essex.
Many of the data services formerly hosted by the UK Data Archive joined the ESRC-funded UK Data Service, established 1 October 2012.[6]
The UK Data Archive is listed in the Registry of Research Data Repositories re3data.org.[7]
- ^ Costs of Digital Repositories, Science as an Open Enterprise, The Royal Society, June 2012
- ^ Data Seal of Approval assessment, 8 March 2011
- ^ UK Data Archive recommended for registration for ISO/IEC 27001, UK Data Archive, 28 June 2010
- ^ ISO 27001 standard requirements, International Organization for Standardization
- ^ University of Essex website
- ^ "New national digital repository for social and economic data". Economic and Social Research Council. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
- ^ "UK Data Archive entry in re3data.org". www.re3data.org. Retrieved 21 August 2014.