New Dataverse Site Supports Data Sharing and Discovery for USC Researchers | USC Libraries

"A new USC Dataverse will help USC researchers share, preserve, and discover data across a wide range of disciplines. Thanks to a collaboration between the USC Libraries and the USC Center for Advanced Research Computing (CARC), the USC Dataverse will advance open data initiatives and support the full research lifecycle from data creation and analysis to publication and preservation.

The USC Libraries’ Research Data Services team of Andy Rutkowski and Eimmy Solis worked closely with Cesar Sul and other data infrastructure specialists at CARC to launch the USC Dataverse, which provides a secure, standards-based platform for storing datasets, assigning persistent identifiers (Digital Object Identifiers, or DOIs), and facilitating data citation and reuse. 

The USC Dataverse is open to all USC-affiliated researchers, faculty, and graduate students. Individual and group datasets can be deposited; shared publicly or restricted to collaborators; and linked to publications, grants, and ORCID profiles. The USC Dataverse gives research groups and departments a dedicated space where they can feature their research and helps in collaborations and project work. 

The resource helps USC researchers meet stringent data management requirements outlined by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the 2023 Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy. The policy requires NIH-funded researchers to develop robust data management plans that will make their data findable and accessible for analysis and reuse by other researchers."