Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS), based in the Netherlands, promotes "sustained access to digital research data". DANS actively encourages researchers to archive research data through the online archiving system EASY.

Christine Borgman, of the UCLA Department of Information Studies, has written an interesting in-depth discussion paper on "the conundrum of sharing research data":

Librarians and researchers are becoming increasingly aware of the amount of shared data available online, and the plethora of data repositories available to researchers and the public in many different areas. Rarely though, is there a resource which seeks to simplify our investigation of data repositories and provide a central site to search. Welcome then, to Databib.

In the most recent issue of D-Lib Magazine, Natasha Simons examines the growing culture of data citation around use of the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) System. In discussing the recent collaboration between ANDS and DataCite to produce the Cite My Data Service, and the implementation of DOIs at Griffith University, she reveals the complexities and benefits of adopting DOIs for research data collections i

Despite the inevitable funding cuts that austerity budgets bring, it's really not a bad time to be a UK researcher - lots of organisations want to help you manage and share your data.

Jonathan Breezie, of Symplectic UK, uses prezi to introduce the subject of research data management.

The Guardian has made all the data it has reported in the Data Blog available for download.

A new fact sheet, Archiving Research Data, has been added to our set of data management fact sheets today. The fact sheets are part of the Library's Research Support service. Please feel free to comment on any of the fact sheets or to suggest new ones.

If you want free online training in managing research data, then Research Data MANTRA may be the site for you. It is a course designed for PhD students and anyone else who needs to plan a research project using digital data. The course is modular. Existing sections include: