Building data capacity internationally through repository management training and collaboration

Research organizations and universities across the globe show increasing desire to disseminate and archive research data, although they often lack the training and resources to begin. This session will present case studies in training and collaboration between archives (the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), the Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research (CISER)) and African universities (the University of Cape Coast (Ghana), IFORD (Cameroon)). Experiences from the case studies point to the need to understand the country context and sequence of needs in relation to resources.