February 28, 2016 Report Open Access

Income Streams for Data Repositories

RDA-WDS Interest Group on Cost Recovery for Data Centres; Dillo, Ingrid; Hodson, Simon; Waard, Anita de

Basic funding of data infrastructure may not keep pace with increasing costs. There is a need, therefore, to consider alternative cost recovery options and a diversification of revenue streams. In short: who will pay for public access to research data? The RDA/WDS Interest Group Publishing Data Cost Recovery for Data Centres aims to contribute to strategic thinking on cost recovery by conducting research to understand current and possible cost recovery strategies for data centres.