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Hi Catharine Interesting, no policies as yet but this is a conversation I am starting to have too! An imaging machine, but same thing in that it is a shared resource that is generating a lot of data. So, who owns what, who should manage, where do you store? Does that not depend on who funding and collaborating with? What is general advice that those managing the facility should give? I, too, would be interested to hear if anyone else has dealt with such a situation already. Regards Judith Research Data Manager University of Liverpool. -----Original Message----- From: Research Data Management discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Catharine Bailey Sent: 01 December 2017 11:35 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Specific RDM policies for institutes/centres within an Institution Hello! At Brunel we have a research Institute/centre which specialises in high resolution physical and chemical analysis for consultancy and research. Brunel researchers use the instruments for their own research and may or may not transfer all or subsets of the instrumental data to their own storage. The Institute to date, has kept hold of all the data generated as a back up but also so that researchers can return to the data for further analysis, if required. Recently however, they have introduced instruments which are starting to generate very large sets of data and are not sure how this can be sustained, particularly if they need to adhere to Brunel's RDM policy, which states that research data should be preserved for a minimum of 10 years. Whilst we may be able to tackle the physical storage side of things, I am interested to know whether anyone else with similar institutes or centres have their own specific policies/agreements on RDM and data retention. What agreements are made between the researcher and the centre as to who is responsible for the instrumental data outputs? Should researchers expect the centre to keep everything? If anyone has examples of such policies or agreements and how these align with the broader Institutional RDM policy and would be willing to share them - I would be most grateful! Many thanks, Catharine Bailey Research Data Manager Brunel University London