Sustainable Digital Scholarship (SDS)

Sustainable Digital Scholarship (SDS)

The Sustainable Digital Scholarship (SDS) service is designed to address challenges to the sustainability of digital research projects.

The SDS platform, provided by Figshare, is an online, open access repository that allows researchers to store, work with, sustain, and share research data. It can be used for collecting and editing live data, and as a way of keeping research data safe for the medium term and making it available to a wider public.

The SDS platform is free to use for all Oxford researchers and accessible using your Oxford SSO credentials, with an initial storage allowance set at 15GB.

The platform is also open to new grant-funded projects from across the University: quotations for support and hosting can be provided for inclusion in grant applications.

For more information, see Sustainable Digital Scholarship (SDS) service

Key service details

Available to: Whole University, via SSO

Capacity: 15GB free tier; further storage as part of planned project costing

Suitable data:  Public: data can be kept private to begin with, but the system is designed for data to be shared eventually

Storage management: Individuals and groups

Student access: Yes, via SSO

External user access: Yes

Access methods: Web interface and API options

Costs: Some free provision; quotations available on request

Authentication / ID used: SSO

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