Where should I store my non-digital data?

When deciding where to store your data, consider:

• Who needs to access the data?
• How is the physical asset managed?
• How secure do you need your data to be?
• Where will the metadata for your non-digital data live? I.e. where is the digital data that describes how the physical collection is organised catalogued?
• Is it easy to locate from a storage record?
• Who handles backing up the data?

Original non-digital data should be stored in your school or institute. The Head of School or Director of Institute will ensure availability of facilities. Read Research Data Management Procedure.