British Library leads the way for sharing research data in the UK as five major institutions sign up to DataCite

Five major research centres have expanded their commitment to make data more accessible through the British Library's DataCite service, a global initiative which addresses the problem of how to find, access and re-use the results of research. The Archaeology Data Service, the UK Data Archive, the Natural Environment Research Council, the Science & Technology Facilities Council and the Chinese genomics institute BGI have signed up to the service and are the first institutions to work with the British Library on this initiative