David ClayUKSG

April 2016

Research Data Management Integrating figshare into your RDM

workflow

University of Salford

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’.

Requirements gathering

Functional requirements and Business caseJan 2015

CARDIO

March 2013

UoS Data Audit Survey

Jun – Sep 2014

Interview’s with researchers

October 2014

FunctionalRequirements

November 2014

Solutionsassessment

November 2014

Business case

January 2015

Client DeviceWindows 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 SynchronisationWeb-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 PageDocument Collaboration (Async)Real-Time Collaborative Editing

Web ConferencingWiki, 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 GovernmentAgencies

CommercialOrganisations

Other Universities(UK and Intl)

Source Code Repository

Source Code in Development

KeyExisting Service

External Service

New Service

Solution Options

1. Syncplicity – on-premise or hosted2. MS OneDrive for Business – on-

premise or hosted3. Janet File Sync & Share Framework

supplier e.g. Box4. Cloud Service with Linux client

support e.g. Dropbox5. FOSS solution e.g. Dropoff

1. SharePoint/Office 3652. Lync or Jabber for real

time video/audio3. Figshare4. 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 Enterprise2. Mercurial with web front-end3. MS TFS on Azure4. etc.

1. Another backup product/license2. Distributed replication rather

than traditional backup

1. Figshare – cloud or on-premise2. Existing repository (FOSS or

COTS) e.g. Eprints, Dspace3. SharePoint with bespoke

development 4. Shared Service/Partner with

another HEI5. Other CMS e.g. TikiWiki CMS

used by the BBC

1. EMC isilon scale-out NAS with Smartdedupe and Smartpools

2. Amazon S33. MS Azure

1. EMC Isilon2. Amazon S33. MS Azure

1. Nothing if online storage is cheap enough2. EMC Isilon (with Smartpools)3. Arkivum – cloud or on-premise4. Amazon Glacier

1. Federation Services2. Avoid through developing

Accman self-service provisioning

• 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?

• 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

• 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