This Data Guide is aimed at those engaged in the cycle of social science
research, from applying for a research grant, through the data
collection phase, and ultimately to preparation of the data for deposit
in the DANS data archive, or any other data repository.
This publication is an adaption of the 4th edition of the Guide to
social science data preparation and archiving of 2009, published by the
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at
the University of Michigan in the United States. The publication is
intended to help researchers manage and document their data to prepare
them for archival deposit, as well as think more broadly about the types
of digital content that should be deposited in an archive.
DANS (Data Archiving and Networked Services) is the national
organization in the Netherlands for storing and providing permanent
access to research data from the humanities and social sciences. DANS
comprises existing data archives but also works on further developments
of the data infrastructure in new fields.