[okfn-discuss] JISC data preservation costs study

Fri Oct 5 11:06:25 UTC 2007

On 5 Oct 2007, at 11:23, Rufus Pollock wrote:

> Jordan Hatcher's lists wrote:
>> <http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2007/10/  
>> datacostsitt>
>> Don't know if this is OT or not, but I saw this funding call for  
>> a  study into the costs of storing research data for 5-10 years,  
>> and  thought that issues such as open formats and open data  
>> licensing  would be relevant to the cost analysis, and thus of  
>> possible interest  to the list.
>
> Certainly looks interesting -- though I note that ironically for a  
> study about preservation the docs are in Word format [1]. I don't  
> think the OKF is in a position to conduct such a study but it would  
> certainly be good to talk to whomever does.
>
> ~rufus
>
> [1]:<http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/funding/2007/10/ 
> datacostsitt.doc>

Would it be useful to submit something like a 1-2 page letter  
explaining who OKFN is and what they can offer to whomever gets the  
grant?

~Jordan

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