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Abacus is a repository of open and licensed data hosted by UBC Library and used by the academic communities at SFU, UBC, UNBC, and UVic. The repository contains more than 2,100 datasets with significant collections of geospatial data, linguistics data, and survey microdata.

The Abacus collection includes both open and licensed data: - Open data may be downloaded by anyone who visits the Abacus website. - Licensed data is available to faculty, staff, and students who login with their university credentials.