Figshare for Institutions is an open platform for hosting and sharing the raw material of Smithsonian research. It is jointly administered by the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives and OCIO's Office of Research Computing, who are committed to caring for your data, including any future platform migrations, long after it is deposited. Citations for published datasets are provided to Smithsonian Research Online (SRO) and the SI research dashboard. Citations can be reused along with other publication citations on your SI Profiles or departmental webpage using the SRO api. |
Any of the raw material used for your research whether it be sensor data, species lists, genome sequences, text, images, or video.
Everyone has data, not just the sciences. If you do research, you have data.
Figshare is file-format agnostic, however some types of research data are more appropriate for figshare than others. Figshare is great for:
Peer-reviewed publications should be deposited in Smithsonian Research Online (SRO).
Very large quantities (> 1TB) of photos and/or video - these should first be deposited in SI DAMS for safe keeping. Contact Keri Thompson to coordinate deposit of photos and video into DAMS.
Video with audio that requires captioning, e.g., narrated tours or presentations. Though figshare supports video it is not a streaming platform that supports creation and display of accessible captions. If you have such video, contact Keri Thompson to discuss the many other options there are for sharing.
Datasets that are not intended to be publicly available - any data, regardless of format, that cannot be made public due to any of the "Allowable Restrictions" as listed in SD 609, Digital Asset Access and Use such as:
If you have restricted data that needs a secure repository, contact the Office of Research Computing for advice.
Go to https://smithsonian.figshare.com/ResearchData and click on the "log in" link in the upper right hand corner. If prompted, use your SI network credentials to log in, but gif you are on campus or connected to the SI network via VPN or remote desktop, it will authenticate you automatically. If you are off-campus, you will be prompted for your username, password, and MFA token.
If there are problems contact Keri at thompsonk at si dot edu
Check out the How-to guides for step-by-step instructions and tips on using figshare.
contact via email Keri Thompson thompsonk at si dot edu or message me on Teams