Research Guides: Research Data Management Guide: Data Sharing: Why Consider It?

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Open Data Mandates - Am I Required to Share My Data?

Some funding agencies mandate that the data produced with their funding be made openly available. This has become more common following a 2013 memo from the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) which directed many federal agencies to make federally funded research articles and data freely available to the public within one year of publication. (Learn more.)

The resources below will help you determine whether your data may be subject to a mandate.

Jisc Open Policy Finder (formerly Sherpa Romeo / Sherpa Juliet)
"Searchable database of publisher's policies regarding the self- archiving of journal articles on the web and in Open Access repositories. Each entry provides a summary of the publisher's policy, including what version of an article can be deposited, where it can be deposited, and any conditions that are attached to that deposit."
Browse Article & Data Sharing Requirements by Federal Agency
From the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)
CENDI list of Federal Agency public access plans
From CENDI, a working group of the U.S. federal government representing scientific and technical information managers in many federal agencies.

NEW! April 2021: AAU-APLU Guide to Accelerate Public Access to Research Data

AAU-APLU Guide to Accelerate Public Access to Research Data
The Association of American Universities (AAU) and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) have collaborated and led national discussions to improve public access to data resulting from federally funded research. The current Guide to Accelerate Public Access to Research Data builds on many prior efforts and is consistent with national and global open science efforts as well as international declarations, such as the Sorbonne declaration on research data rights.

Sorbonne Declaration on Research Data Rights

Sorbonne Declaration on Research Data Rights (2020)
"On 27 January [2020], the International Summit on Research Data Rights was held at the Sorbonne University, where the “Sorbonne Declaration” on research data rights was signed. The text affirms the willingness of universities to share data and make appropriate use of it, and calls on governments to adopt a legal framework to regulate this exchange and provide the means to implement it. The aim is to make data accessible to accelerate scientific discovery and economic development."

Public Trust in Open Data

According to a report by the Pew Research Center, the majority of Americans say they are more likely to trust research when the data is openly available.

Credit: Pew Research Center