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Hi Dom, From my perspective, the answer depends on what stage of research and data you are referring to. E.g., storage of and access to in-process project data, or final data that should be preserved and made publicly available? Your reference to DOI and citation makes me think it's the latter, so I'll just comment on that. I can't say that my university has a "unified approach" to data (on any level), but all grad students, post-docs and faculty are welcome to deposit their final datasets in our institutional repository and will receive a DOI for each one. If, for some reason, they don't want to use our IR, I point them toward services like figshare: they'll take anything (from a single figure to an entire dataset) from anyone, store it for free and provide a DOI. We could have a long conversation about the benefits and drawbacks of a platform like figshare, but if a grad student/post-doc wants to share their work with the public and obtain a DOI (and a citation), figshare is very convenient. If the data are associated with a publication, I recommend something more like Dryad, or our IR. But, again, the only centralized resource that we offer to graduate students and post-docs is our open access repository. We are considering requiring all graduate students to deposit the dataset(s) associated with their thesis or dissertation in our IR (we currently require deposit of the MS/PhD manuscript), but that's something that will take time to properly assess and implement. Student uptake on this resource is low, mainly because most students don't know that we will ingest, preserve and share their data (and give them a DOI). I am working on addressing this lack of awareness, but it takes time. I hope that perspective helps somewhat, but let me know if I was answering the wrong question. Cheers, amanda --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amanda L. Whitmire, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Data Management Specialist ORCID: 0000-0003-2429-8879 Research Data Services Center for Digital Scholarship & Services Oregon State University Libraries & Press | http://bit.ly/OSUData 121 The Valley Library | http://bit.ly/GRAD521 Corvallis, OR 97331 | 541.737.3133 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________ From: Research Data Management discussion list [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Dom Fripp [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 01:43 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: research data storage and access for PhD students Apologies if this has been round before but I'm fairly new to the list and this is an issue that has generated some discussion with my colleagues here at the University of Bristol lately. We've been looking at the post graduate researcher experience and how it can be aligned with the data management advice we give to RCUK funded researchers. One of the divergences of interest is the facility for storing and sharing the research data. It got us wondering if there were any novel solutions out there that go beyond the notion of using cloud storage / Google drive / network drive. For instance, are there any institutions or independent data storage facilities that offer PhD students the chance to store the data and mint a DOI for future access and citation? I'd be interested to hear from others about what they offer, even if, like for us, there is no unified approach just yet. Many thanks and kind regards Dom Fripp Assistant Research Data Librarian Research Data Service Library Services Tyndall Avenue Bristol BS8 1TJ [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] http://data.bris.ac.uk/ Follow us on Twitter @databris Follow the University of Bristol Library Service on Twitter @BristolUniLib