The Canadian National Research Council Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, NRC-CISTI, has announced the launching of an online Gateway to Scientific Data / Passerelle vers les données scientifiques

Visit the Gateway to Scientific Data

The NRC-CISTI announcement states:

“L'accès aux données scientifiques est de plus en plus important pour la recherche en collaboration. Cette section vise à améliorer l'accès aux données de la recherche scientifique au Canada et à appuyer l'utilisation et la réutilisation d'ensembles de données, et ce, en fournissant une passerelle centrale ainsi que des ressources d'orientation des activités de gestion de données.

“Scientific data generated during the research process can be an important resource for researchers, but only if it is accessible and usable. Thanks to a new initiative of the NRC Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI) researchers now have a central gateway for easier access to Canadian scientific, technical and medical (STM) data sets and other important data repositories.

The Gateway to Scientific Data will help ensure that the valuable data generated by Canadian researchers is more easily accessible so that it can be re-used for other research endeavours. With the ability to access and use data from a multitude of sources, researchers will be better positioned to turn research into discoveries and innovations.”

Along with links to data sets, the new Gateway provides links to selected policies and best practices guiding data management and curation activities in Canada. It also includes links to selected journals and upcoming conferences and meetings.

Data Sets Planned (* Subject category with no data sets currently available)

• Aerospace
• Agriculture
• Astronomy and astrophysics
• Biochemistry
• Biological sciences
• Biotechnology*
• Chemistry
• Climatology
• Construction engineering*
• Crystallography
• Environment
• Forestry
• Fuel cells and Hydrogen*
• Genomics
• Geosciences
• Health sciences
• Information communication technology*
• Magnetic Resonance*
• Manufacturing technologies*
• Marine sciences
• Materials*
• Meteorology
• Metrology*
• Nanotechnology*
• Nutrition sciences*
• Oceanography
• Physics
• Plant Sciences*
• Thermodynamics
• Water Quantity Data

The Gateway to Scientific Data is part of NRC-CISTI’s contribution to a broader national initiative undertaken by the Research Data Strategy (RDS) Working Group to address the challenges and issues surrounding the access and preservation of data arising from Canadian research.

Related News

Canada sets the example!

Canadian best practice

Datalibre