Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is ReStore?
ReStore project is being funded by ESRC and undertaken at the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) hub in Southampton. The objective of this project is to establish an online service and play a leading role in sustaining online resources beyond their normal period of funding initially granted by ESRC.
What does ReStore do?
The ReStore project is involved in building a prototype of an online service for sustaining online resources primarily in the field of research methods. It also aims to lead the development of a long term strategy fro ESRC in sustaining online resources.
What is an online resource?
The online resources this project aims to sustain consist of collections of materials on web sites. These resources may comprise research publications, exemplar datasets, video, audio streams, images, software and links to other resources on third party web sites
Whose resource will be sustained?
All researchers who have created good research methods related online resources within their ESRC funded project(s) and would like to see their work sustained when the funding has ceased.
Who are immediate beneficiaries?
Users of resources sustained by the ReStore project will be mainly academic sector researchers and post graduate students who are looking for a specific tool or resource. Although the main audience will at least initially be the academic sector researchers, resources sustained within the ReStore service will be promoted to all social science researchers across public, third and commercial sectors.