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International networks & data archives |
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International data organisations were founded by national archives to promote cooperation on the multiple archival tasks and to foster a worldwide network of data services for the social sciences. The use of W3 facilities offers new options for a worldwide data service infrastructure. Professional data management for trans-national comparative analysis must be complemented with suitable retrieval systems. Arrangements to secure the quality of data and the common standards for distribution are on the agenda as well as the long-term storage of data. Expertise and solutions in these areas are also offered as support towards those countries whose infrastructure of the data archiving and distribution may be weak or in development. Both, worldwide cooperation as well as the exchange of data files and social science information between national archives around the world is a main goal of the IFDO network. The federation represents member organisations in Africa, America, Asia, Australia and Europe. In continental context archives founded trans-national organisations such as CESSDA in Europe. Its archives maintain a broad network concerning all areas of data services. Overview of about thirty IFDO and CESSDA member archives listed by country with access to manuals of their internet resources. They give a compact overview and offer direct access to the archive online facilities structured by the categories:
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