1.
David Clay
UKSG
April 2016
Research Data Management
Integrating figshare into your RDM
workflow
University of Salford

2.
Drivers
RCUK Common Principles on Data Policy:
‘Publicly funded research data are a public good, produced in the public interest,
which should be made openly available with as few restrictions as possible in a
timely and responsible manner’.
University Research Strategy aims:
‘to deliver a high quality research base by focusing support and investment on
areas of strength and research excellence, supporting growth of a strong research
portfolio and delivery of strong outputs and impact’.

3.
Requirements gathering
Functional requirements and Business case
Jan 2015
CARDIO
March 2013
UoS Data Audit
Survey
Jun – Sep 2014
Interview’s with
researchers
October 2014
Functional
Requirements
November 2014
Solutions
assessment
November 2014
Business case
January 2015

4.
Client Device
Windows PC, Mac, Linux
iOS, Android
Online Storage
££
Nearline Storage
£
UoS Data RepositoryUoS Institutional
Repository
DOI Proxy Service
Research Data Consumer
Data Repository
Harvester
USDR AdministratorFederated Identity
Provider
OAI-PMH Interface
Research Data Storage
Service
File Synchronisation
Web-based Access
Researchers and Collaborators
Online Storage
££
File Sync Client
DOI Minting
Service
ORCID Validation
External
preservation
services e.g.
CLOCKSS
Archive?
Web Browser
Other Interfaces?
Research Project
Collaboration Space
Project Landing Page
Document Collaboration (Async)
Real-Time Collaborative Editing
Web Conferencing
Wiki, Blog
Backup
£
Metadata
Standards
Deposit Data
External Data
Repositories
During Project End of Project
ISDADS (UoS)
Directory
UK Access
Management
Federation
Other IdP –
Google, Office 365,
Facebook,
LinkedIn, etc.
AuthZ and AuthN
AuthZ and AuthN
UoS Government
Agencies
Commercial
Organisations
Other Universities
(UK and Intl)
Source Code
Repository
Source Code in Development
Key
Existing Service
External Service
New Service
Solution Options
1. Syncplicity – on-premise or hosted
2. MS OneDrive for Business – on-
premise or hosted
3. Janet File Sync & Share Framework
supplier e.g. Box
4. Cloud Service with Linux client
support e.g. Dropbox
5. FOSS solution e.g. Dropoff
1. SharePoint/Office 365
2. Lync or Jabber for real
time video/audio
3. Figshare
4. Formalise use of
commonly used Cloud
services e.g. Google
Docs/Hangouts
Strategic option to develop
‘Community Portal’ platform,
adding DB, Big Data,
Visualisation, etc.
1. GitHub Enterprise
2. Mercurial with web front-end
3. MS TFS on Azure
4. etc.
1. Another backup product/license
2. Distributed replication rather
than traditional backup
1. Figshare – cloud or on-premise
2. Existing repository (FOSS or
COTS) e.g. Eprints, Dspace
3. SharePoint with bespoke
development
4. Shared Service/Partner with
another HEI
5. Other CMS e.g. TikiWiki CMS
used by the BBC
1. EMC isilon scale-out NAS
with Smartdedupe and
Smartpools
2. Amazon S3
3. MS Azure
1. EMC Isilon
2. Amazon S3
3. MS Azure
1. Nothing if online storage is cheap enough
2. EMC Isilon (with Smartpools)
3. Arkivum – cloud or on-premise
4. Amazon Glacier
1. Federation Services
2. Avoid through developing
Accman self-service
provisioning

5.
• Compliance with EPSRC expectations
• Enables research data publishing
• Facilitates discoverability and re-use of data
• Ability to control access to sensitive data
• Support for diverse file formats
• Simple curation workflow
• Large file upload limit
• DataCite integration
• Arkivum integration
Why Figshare?

6.
• Strong support from Senior Management
• Excellent Researcher engagement and culture
change
• Bringing together skills and expertise from across the
university
• Good vendor engagement
– Responsive and flexible to changing user needs
– Knowledgeable and supportive
– Positive response to the service
Our Experience

7.
• Pilot Research Data Management Service
• Evaluate and develop business case for scaling
service up and rolling it out across the University
• Learning, developing, growing!
• New territory for the University but an exciting
opportunity
Next steps