The first Keeping Research Data Safe study (Beagrie, Chrusczcz and Lavoie, JISC 2008) made a major contribution to understanding of long-term preservation costs for research data by developing a cost model and indentifying cost variables for preserving research data in UK universities. This aim of this follow-on project (2009/2010) was to provide a larger body of material and evidence against which existing and future data preservation cost modelling exercises could be tested and validated. This report presents the results of a survey of available cost information, validation and further development of the Keeping Research Data Safe activity cost model, and a new taxonomy to help assess benefits alongside costs.
