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Dear all The following may be of interest to members of the list. Early in 2008 there was a lot of excitement around the announcement that Google was about to launch a free service for hosting research datasets. Less widely reported so far - and I had missed it until I saw it in the Open Access News - was the report by Wired that Google has withdrawn the proposed service first known as Palimpsest (and later re-named Google Research Datasets). Unfortunately the proposed service seems to have fallen prey to the credit crunch. The story throws the issue of sustainable funding for long-term services for datasets and the challenges of doing this in the current commercial environment into stark relief. Neil Beagrie Charles Beagrie Ltd Digital Access and Preservation Management and Research Consultancy Website: <http://www.beagrie.com/> www.beagrie.com Blog: <http://www.blog.beagrie.com> www.blog.beagrie.com