About ReStore
Bakcground
The delivery of technology-enhanced learning is of increasing relevance to the training and development of researchers in the social sciences. Online resources not only provide a valuable personal development resource for researchers unable to participate in face-to-face training, but also provide an important repository of social science knowledge. There has been a considerable ESRC investment in online resources through initiatives such as the Research Methods Programme (RMP), the Researcher Development Initiative (RDI), Quantitative Methods Initiative (QMI) and the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM).
Who We Are ?
We are a team of social scientists, researchers, developers and academicians primarily involved in the restoration and maintenance of ESRC funded online resources in the ReStore repository site. click here to know more about us and access our profile
What We Do ?
We are involved in the restoration of online research method resources as part of ESRC's ReStore project.
The ReStore project aims to
- Build a prototype of a service for sustaining online resources
- Establish a service to sustain online resources in the field of research methods
- Lead the development of a long-term strategy for ESRC in sustaining on-line resources.
Approach
Resources will be selected for sustaining within ReStore via academic and technical review processes designed to ensure high quality and technical robustness. These processes will be developed by the ReStore team in consultation with the Advisory Group. The online resources that are selected for maintenance will be transferred to a supported web architecture on NCRM server for ongoing support. External service providers will be commissioned to do the required work if the original resource author(s) and ReStore team are unable to update the content or technology. To ensure the sustained nature of the resources, all resources within ReStore service will be subject to further update reviews by regular intervals.
If your ESRC project is creating an online resource and you are considering sustianing the resource beyond the projected end date, please get intouch with the ReStore team at k.puustinen@soton.ac.uk. Alternatively, you can either write to us by post or contact us through our online form should you have any feedback or suggestion about anything on this site.