Archive Policies

Follow these links for the policies of the University of Reading Research Data Archive.

• Service Policy
• Collection Policy
• Submission Policy
• Preservation Policy
• Data Policy
• Metadata Policy
• Takedown Policy
• Glossary of terms

Legal information

Follow these links for the terms and conditions of use of the Archive.

• Deposit Agreement
• Terms and Conditions for Registered Users

Instructions and useful information

The Research Data Archive web page provides information to help you deposit your data, including a guide to preparing data for sharing, guidance on recommended formats for data files, a readme template that can be used to preapre your dataset documentation, data deposit instructions and a short video walk-through of the deposit process, and a data deposit checklist. We also offer appointments if you wish to book a data deposit consultation with us.