CONNECTING DATA TO CONTENT: A GECON S EARCH A ND D ATAVERSE ™ L INDA E ELLS, A MY W EST A ND J ULIE K ELLY, U NIVERSITY O F M INNESOTA A G E CON S EARCH - AN OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORY OF INTERNATIONAL APPLIED ECONOMICS LITERATURE. A CADEMIC S OCIETY PARTNER (AARES) WANTS A HOST FOR RESEARCH DATA ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR ARTICLES IN A G E CON S EARCH. T HEIR PUBLISHER DECLINES TO HOST THE DATA, SO A G E CON S EARCH AGREES TO PURSUE A SOLUTION. A G E CON S EARCH - AN OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORY OF INTERNATIONAL APPLIED ECONOMICS LITERATURE. A CADEMIC S OCIETY PARTNER (AARES) WANTS A HOST FOR RESEARCH DATA ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR ARTICLES IN A G E CON S EARCH. T HEIR PUBLISHER DECLINES TO HOST THE DATA, SO A G E CON S EARCH AGREES TO PURSUE A SOLUTION.  A G E CON S EARCH SOFTWARE ( D S PACE ) AND METADATA ( MODIFIED D UBLIN C ORE ) ARE NOT IDEAL FOR D ATA DESCRIPTION  N O CENTRAL REPOSITORY CURRENTLY EXISTS FOR E CONOMICS D ATA  M INIMAL LOCAL RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE - PRIMARILY STAFF TIME  LIKELY VOLUME OF DATA TO BE SHARED ? L OW RELATIVE TO POTENTIAL EFFORT  A G E CON S EARCH SOFTWARE ( D S PACE ) AND METADATA ( MODIFIED D UBLIN C ORE ) ARE NOT IDEAL FOR D ATA DESCRIPTION  N O CENTRAL REPOSITORY CURRENTLY EXISTS FOR E CONOMICS D ATA  M INIMAL LOCAL RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE - PRIMARILY STAFF TIME  LIKELY VOLUME OF DATA TO BE SHARED ? L OW RELATIVE TO POTENTIAL EFFORT “A N OPEN SOURCE APPLICATION TO PUBLISH, SHARE, REFERENCE, EXTRACT AND ANALYZE RESEARCH DATA.”  LOCAL BRANDING  F REE - N O F EES  S TANDARD METADATA OPTIONS  P ERMANENT URL S  NSF DATA M GMT P LAN T EMPLATE AVAILABLE  N O LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS (H OSTED OPTION )  DATA RECORDS CAN BE LINKED TO RECORDS FOR PAPERS IN A G E CON S EARCH  U SE HOSTED SITE, OR DOWNLOAD AND HOST LOCALLY  R ANKS HIGHLY IN G OOGLE  E ASY TO USE – M INIMAL TECHNICAL SKILLS REQUIRED  E XCELLENT SERVICE / SUPPORT – M AINTAINED BY THE IQSS AT H ARVARD “A N OPEN SOURCE APPLICATION TO PUBLISH, SHARE, REFERENCE, EXTRACT AND ANALYZE RESEARCH DATA.”  LOCAL BRANDING  F REE - N O F EES  S TANDARD METADATA OPTIONS  P ERMANENT URL S  NSF DATA M GMT P LAN T EMPLATE AVAILABLE  N O LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS (H OSTED OPTION )  DATA RECORDS CAN BE LINKED TO RECORDS FOR PAPERS IN A G E CON S EARCH  U SE HOSTED SITE, OR DOWNLOAD AND HOST LOCALLY  R ANKS HIGHLY IN G OOGLE  E ASY TO USE – M INIMAL TECHNICAL SKILLS REQUIRED  E XCELLENT SERVICE / SUPPORT – M AINTAINED BY THE IQSS AT H ARVARD 1.AARES INSTANCE ESTABLISHED IN D ATAVERSE 2.AARES A UTHORS ( JOURNAL ARTICLE AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATION ) SOLICITED FOR THEIR DATA OUTCOME 2 AARES M EMBERS HAVE DEPOSITED DATA 33 DOWNLOADS V ERSIONING UTLIIZED C USTOM METADATA ( E. G. JEL C ODES FOR E CON ) U PCOMING ADDITIONAL SMALL - SCALE DATAVERSES AT THE UMN MN L AND E CONOMICS D EPARTMENT OF A PPLIED ECONOMICS U NDERGRADUATE HONORS THESES M ODEL FOR APPROACHING OTHER SMALL ASSOCIATIONS NOT WELL SERVED BY MAJOR VENDORS 1.AARES INSTANCE ESTABLISHED IN D ATAVERSE 2.AARES A UTHORS ( JOURNAL ARTICLE AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATION ) SOLICITED FOR THEIR DATA OUTCOME 2 AARES M EMBERS HAVE DEPOSITED DATA 33 DOWNLOADS V ERSIONING UTLIIZED C USTOM METADATA ( E. G. JEL C ODES FOR E CON ) U PCOMING ADDITIONAL SMALL - SCALE DATAVERSES AT THE UMN MN L AND E CONOMICS D EPARTMENT OF A PPLIED ECONOMICS U NDERGRADUATE HONORS THESES M ODEL FOR APPROACHING OTHER SMALL ASSOCIATIONS NOT WELL SERVED BY MAJOR VENDORS P ROBLEM CONSIDERATIONS SOLUTION: HOSTED DATAVERSE™ I MPLEMENTATION