Surveybanken

The work of making scientific processes and results more transparent, replicable, and reusable through open access to research data reflects a strategic priority at both national and global levels.

The National Strategy for Accessibility and Sharing of Research Data (regjeringen.no) states: "Research data should be shared and reused more widely."

Funding source guidelines and requirements for open research.

By archiving data in Surveybanken, the requirements for transparency and FAIR data management are met. At the same time, the solution provides easy access to data and analyses from surveys for other researchers, students, journalists, and the general public.

Datasets made available in Surveybanken should be:

• Quantitative data from surveys within the social sciences that deal with individuals, organizations, or administrative, political, or geographical units.
• Processed data.
• Anonymized datasets.
• Data in Norwegian or English.

Criterias for the data (sikt.no).

Surveybanken utilizes Sikt's archiving solution. On Sikt's website, you can find user guides on preparing and archiving data. The checklist for quantitative data, which can be found on the data preparation page, should be used for research data that will be made available in Surveybanken.

• Prepare your research data for deposit (sikt.no)
• How to archive data in Surveybanken (sikt.no)

Information about the process Sikt follows to handle submitted data for archiving (sikt.no).

The service is the result of a collaboration between Sikt and OsloMet. It is a further development of the research data infrastructure from NSD, Norwegian Centre for Research Data, over several decades (NSD is now part of Sikt).

The starting point was an identified need among researchers at OsloMet to archive and make survey data available.

Project groups at OsloMet and Sikt have been working together since the start in 2020 to further develop the existing digital infrastructure for archiving, curation, and dissemination of social science research data.

• Types of data to be archived at Sikt (sikt.no)
• Prepare your research data for deposit (sikt.no)
• What happens after data is deposited? (sikt.no)
• Privacy and information security for researchers at OsloMet
• Research data storage at OsloMet
• OsloMet's storage guide
• University Library support services for researchers, instructors, and PhD (oslomet.no)
• Open access at OsloMet
• Dissemination at OsloMet
• Spreading your research
• Research and innovation support at OsloMet

OsloMet has an interdisciplinary management team that assists researchers in archiving and making research data from surveys available.

The support service is part of OsloMet's research support infrastructure. It is staffed by research advisors, contact persons from IT, R&D and the University Library, who are responsible for the service.

Questions can be sent to the Forskningsstøtte channel in the Digital Kollegastøtte team. You can also contact your lokal R&D adviser:

• Faculty of Health Sciences (mail)
• Faculty of Education and International Studies: Nina Hestnes (oslomet.no)
• Faculty of Social Sciences: Inger Johanne Flatland (oslomet.no)
• Centre for the Study of Professions (SPS): Torbjørn Ottersen (e-post)
• Work Research Institute (AFI): Kjersti Stabell Wiggen (oslomet.no)
• Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR): Bianca-Violeta Haugland (oslomet.no) and Christine Pålsrud (oslomet.no)
• Norwegian Social Research (NOVA): Linn Birgit Sørensen Holst (oslomet.no)
• Consumption Research Norway (SIFO): Stian Andreassen (oslomet.no)