Following successful webinars in 2021, the Research Lifecycle Programme and Library team are holding another webinar with Figshare, the University’s institutional research data repository.

This will take place on Tuesday, 3 May (2pm – 3pm). This session will introduce Figshare, provide a demo of its features, and answer your questions about this powerful platform.

About Figshare

Figshare, the University’s institutional research data repository, provides flexible publishing options for research data and resources at every stage of a project, alongside private and collaborative storage.

Figshare can securely store and organise your research data and publish selected datasets that support your research, making these discoverable and citable. Figshare also allows you to store your outputs in any file format, provides a citable DOI for public outputs and adheres to funder compliance (many funders mandate that projects they fund must publish supporting data). It can also help to make your data outputs Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) and reflects the University’s commitment to Open Research.

Figshare is an easy to use cloud-based platform, accessible using your University credentials to login. To get started, go to the UOM Figshare webpage and create your Figshare profile. For further information about how to use Figshare you can browse the site user guides or contact the Library RDM Team for more information.

Key Figshare features

• Upload and share your data in any file format

• Preview text, images, audio, video, 3D models and many other files in browser

• Accessible anywhere, from any device

• Track citations, reuse and engagement with published data, including via Altmetrics

• Improve the visibility, reach and impact of your data

• Integration with ORCID, GitHub and Pure Research Explorer profiles

• Project space and private link functions for use with collaborators

• Get a DOI for your files and data outputs

• Create collections of data and showcase your research

• Make your data FAIR

Showcase your data with Figshare

Our Figshare research data repository already has several hundred active users and researchers at Manchester are publishing ever increasing numbers of data resources. The Library RDM team are here to help you use Figshare to publish and showcase your research data, for specialist advice contact us at researchdata@manchester.ac.uk.

You can also find out more about sharing your research data via www.manchester.ac.uk/researchdata.

Webinar: Figshare research data repository at UOM