A long-term platform for research outputs: Impact of Figshare

3 July 2020

Monash University launched monash.figshare in 2016, providing a new tool for researchers to publish their data.

The Figshare team promoted monash.figshare widely and liaised with groups across the university, including, the central Research Office, faculty research managers, eSolutions (our IT support team), and the eResearch Centre, in order to spread the word and raise awareness. In more recent years this collaboration has increased and proven highly successful.

The goal has been to ensure research support staff across the university feel confident in providing information about the repository, and can point researchers to the Figshare team for further advice. The faculty research managers also provide us with invaluable information that help us tailor our promotion to discipline-specific researchers, and we are now working with the central Research Office to email recent grant recipients with information about the rebranded version of Figshare called Bridges, and who to contact for help.

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