Curating neuroimaging research data for sharing and re-use involves practical
challenges for those concerned in its use and preservation. These are exemplified in a
case study of the Neuroimaging Group in the University of Edinburgh’s Division of
Psychiatry. The study is one of the SCARP series encompassing two aims; firstly to discover
more about disciplinary approaches and attitudes to digital curation through ‘immersion’ in
selected cases, in this case drawing on ethnographic field study. Secondly SCARP aims to
apply known good practice, and where possible to identify new lessons from practice in the
selected discipline areas; in this case using action research to assess risks to the long term
reusability of datasets, and identify challenges and opportunities for change