Figures
Figure 1 – A timeline of the UK Data Archive and UK Data Service: 1963-1970.
| Year | Event |
| 1963 | SSRC co-funded the Social and Economic Archive Committee (SEAC) |
| 1967 | Foundation of SSRC Data Bank |
| 1969 | Fire on campus destroys wooden building housing administration and clerical records of the Data Bank |
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Figure 2 – A timeline of the UK Data Archive and UK Data Service: 1970s – 1980s.
| Year | Event |
| 1972 | SSRC Databank renamed Survey Archive |
| 1973 | Labour Force Survey starts and other landmark surveys follow |
| 1976 | Council of European Social Sciences Data Archives (CESSDA) established |
| 1982 | Survey archive renamed as the SSRC Data Archive |
| 1984 | SSRC becomes the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) SSRC Data Archive renamed the ESRC Data Archive |
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Figure 3 – A timeline of the UK Data Archive and UK Data Service: 1990s – 2000s.
| Year | Event |
| 1990 | 1970 Birth Cohort Study published |
| 1992 | i-Cem published, Formation of History Data Unit |
| 1996 | Funding from Jisc and renamed to The Data Archive |
| 2000 | The Data Archive renamed to UK Data Archive, |
| 2003 | Formation of ESDS, Creation of History Data Service |
| 2007 | Relocated to new building on the University of Essex Campus, Histpop launched, NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit accreditation, Digitising all historical documentation |
| 2009 | Safe Room established, Creation of Secure Data Service (now SecureLab), ISO 27001 certification |
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