Depositing your data enhances transparency and reproducibility, enabling others to validate and build upon your research findings
UBC Library supports two robust repositories for your data:
- UBC Dataverse Collection (at Borealis):
Borealis is Canada’s bilingual, multidisciplinary, and secure national research data repository built on the open-source Dataverse platform, hosted by Scholars Portal at the University of Toronto and supported by regional academic libraries consortia and the Digital Research Alliance of Canada. It enables researchers at UBC to deposit, manage, share, and preserve data with features like DOI assignment, multilingual metadata, granular access controls, version tracking, in-browser data previews, and monthly integrity checks—all while complying with FAIR principles and ensuring Canadian jurisdiction over data. Use it for small to medium-size research data.
- The Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR) :
FRDR is a national, bilingual data repository platform developed by the Digital Research Alliance of Canada to support Canadian researchers in sharing and preserving large-scale research data. Designed for high-capacity data management, FRDR accommodates datasets too large for Borealis, offering secure storage, DOI minting, and metadata support. Use it for large datasets (in TBs).
re3data.org, the Registry of Research Data Repositories, provides information about other available repositories, worldwide. Your subject librarian can advise on available repositories in your field.
Download "Where Should I Deposit My Data?" guide as a PDF
There are other topics related to depositing your data, beyond just the repositories:
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Need help? Contact research.data@ubc.ca