Research Data Services
RDS helps researchers to leverage resources from Research Technologies, UITS, IU, and beyond, while supplementing with non-duplicative services in research databases, restricted data enclaves, data and metadata management workflows, and geospatial and text data analysis.
The Research Database Complex (RDC) supports data-intensive research requiring MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB and Oracle databases. RDC databases are operated in collaboration with the UITS Enterprise Database Administration team, and therefore offer enterprise grade uptime, updates, and security. In all but the largest cases, RDC databases are available to researchers with no chargeback. The RDC is strictly devoted to supporting research, and it is not a database environment for instruction or administration.
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RDS provides expert consulting and a set of software tools and workflows to help IU researchers optimize their use of available data storage options. These storage options may include RT-operated resources (Geode 2, Slate, Scholarly Data Archive, Research Database Complex) as well as cloud-based and departmentally operated storage options. RDS data management services are available through short-, medium-, and long-term consultations.
The RDS geospatial data services are designed to complement and extend the rich set of services and resources provided through other units at IU and through state and national entities. RDS focuses on the management of geospatial data through the Indiana Spatial Data Portal, support for commonly used GIS toolsets such as ESRI and QGIS, and consulting on the effective use of these resources. Other available resources for GIS data and expertise include the Indiana Geological and Water Survey, the Polis Center, the Environmental Resiliency Institute, the IU Libraries, IndianaMAP, the Indiana GIO Office, and the Indiana Geographic Information Council.
Our work covers a wide variety of projects at IU and beyond.
