Table 1.
Selected Features of Several Public Repositories Hosting Educational Data
| Name | Focus | Self- deposit |
Private storage possible? |
Access restrictions possible? |
Data types | Storage limit |
Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DASH | Data from NICHD funded studies, including biospecimen catalogues | No, submissions are reviewed by content support team | No | Yes. Registered users can request data and will only obtain after approval. No embargos possible. |
Raw data in standard office documents or statistical data format. | No | None |
| Databrary | Video data and other dense streams of data | Yes | Yes | Yes. Only registered users can submit and use data | Video files, images, graphs. | No | None |
| Figshare | None | Yes | Yes, up to 20GB | Yes. Data can also be embargoed | Any type of data (video, audio, raw data sets, presentations, etc.) | Unlimited space, but a maximum number of projects and files | None |
| ICPSR (members only) | Social and behavioral research, with a specialized collection on education | Yes | Yes | Yes. Data is only available to ICPSR members. Data can also be embargoed. | Raw data in standard office documents or statistical data format. | No | None |
| ICPSR (open) | Social and behavioral research, with a specialized collection on education | Yes | Yes | Yes. Data can also be embargoed. | Raw data in standard office documents or statistical data format. | Up to 2GB | None |
| LDbase* | Data on studies including students with learning disabilities | Yes | Yes | Yes. Data can also be embargoed | Raw data in standard office documents or statistical data format. | No | None |
| NDAR | Data on studies including students with autism. Part of the National Institute of Mental Health Data Archive | No, submissions are reviewed by content support team | No | Yes. Registered users can request data and will only obtain after approval. No embargos possible. |
Raw data in standard office documents or statistical data format, MRI imaging, genomics data, phenotypic data | No | None |
| OSF | None | Yes | Yes | No | Raw data in standard office documents or statistical data format | None | None |
| QDR | Qualitative and multi-method data in social sciences | No, curating assistance is provided and submissions are reviewed by content support team | No | Yes | Text type, video, audio, and images. | None | There are individual deposit fees ($300-$600). Fee waivers may apply. |
Note.
*
LDbase will be ready for self-depositing in 2021