Alexandra Cooper
Data Services Coordinator
Meghan Goodchild
Research Data Management Librarian
Queen's University Library (QUL) can help you to enhance and simplify your Borealis experience.
We offer in-person and online consultation that includes training and instruction. Training and support can be developed for individuals, small groups, research labs, or classes.
In a mediated deposit you provide the RDM Team with your data and documentation and we deposit them into the Queen's Dataverse Collection on your behalf. As part of the service, we review your data and documentation to ensure all the files are properly described (see How we review data). The dataset will be published in the Queen's Dataverse Collection after you have reviewed our recommendations and submitted updates.
Embargoes allow users to publish their dataset record only, in order to make the metadata available, but the files remain inaccessible until a specified release date. The release date can correspond to article publication plans or agreements with funders or industry partners.
Embargoes make files inaccessible after a dataset is published until the embargo period end date. The effect of adding an embargo is similar to making one or more file restricted, meaning that the preview and download capabilities for the files are not functional until the embargo is over. Requests for file access cannot be made during this time.
You can configure a specific embargo on an individual file or a set of selected files. To set a dataset-level embargo, you would need to select the same embargo date for all files in the dataset.
Embargoes can only be set, changed, or removed before a file has been published.
One or more files within a dataset can be set as restricted. Once a dataset is published, users would have to request access to view and download those restricted files. We recommend that if you need to restrict files, at a minimum, the documentation describing the dataset be left unrestricted.
Once your thesis or dissertation is added to QSpace, it can be linked to your dataset in Borealis. Send the QSpace link to the RDM Team and we will add it under the Related Publications section in the metadata. The DOI link from your dataset can also be added to your QSpace record.
The dataset you've deposited may be related to a publication or scholarly output that you have published. We encourage you to list your related publications in Borealis so they are discoverable in your dataset.