Platforms such as Github, Figshare and Zenodo have gone a long way to making this research FAIR, but what about artefacts that assist the dissemination of these outputs? (The perfect host β Why archiving research communication outputs is key to long term impact - Tattersall, Such, Langley - 2025, p. 1)
- Look up these platforms
Work that communicates and translates research can have significant afterlives, signposting and highlighting key aspects of studies that otherwise remain silent outside of academia. (The perfect host β Why archiving research communication outputs is key to long term impact - Tattersall, Such, Langley - 2025, p. 2)
Our activities are archived on Figshare and Google Drive, both of which are owned by a generic KNOW-PH NIHR-hosted email address. (The perfect host β Why archiving research communication outputs is key to long term impact - Tattersall, Such, Langley - 2025, p. 4)
This represents an interesting tension. Google is hardly a respectable steward, and Google Drive files may not be around in ten years. Yet a standalone DIY cloud storage solution also implies maintenance requirements and costsβ¦
A focus on the purely functional connections between the different parts of the machinery that drive our systems ignores deeper questions of meaning, purpose, and what really matters. (You Matter More Than You Think Quantum Social Change for a Thriving World - O’Brien - 2021, p. 23)