Yes, very interested in an answer to this one here at Lancaster too. We have so far been lucky but we see some cases where we may have to retro-digitise outputs. Also worried about lots of data coming out of Engineering or large art based outputs.
Best,
Masud
On 19/10/2015, 11:25, "Research Data Management discussion list on behalf of Catharine Bailey" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Dear All,
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>We have had a email from a college research manager asking us what they should do with a box of paper questionnaires they have found in the office of a recently deceased academic. Our RDM policy states that the University is committed to preserving and storing research data for a minimum of 10 years, or as directed by the funder. We are using figshare for digital data but this is our first query about retaining paper records.
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>We would be very interested to hear whether anyone has had to deal with a similar query and how other institutions are handling the retention of physical research data, particularly where a researcher has died or left the University.
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>Catharine Bailey
>Research Data Manager
>Brunel University, London
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