Data management policy
- The facility does not take responsibility for the user data stored on local acquisition PCs or image analysis workstations.
- For data transfer, all users have access to a shared network storage space called the ‘Transfer’. This storage is mapped to all local PCs, workstations and user’s PCs within the IEM network. Additionally, the institutional ‘Team’ storage is also directly accessible by internal users from most microscope PCs and workstations.
- Users are strongly advised to upload data to the ‘Transfer’ drive immediately after acquisition and subsequently save it to their own storage space. For long term storage, each internal user is provided access to institutional secured storage capacity.
- External users can utilize one of the data analysis workstations to transfer data to portable physical storage devices. Additionally, data can be temporarily uploaded to cloud storage upon request.
- Data from the ‘Transfer’ drive is deleted on the first Tuesday of every month. In special cases, users can ask for prolongation.
- We encourage users to adhere to the FAIR data principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) when publishing their research.
- As part of our commitment to supporting FAIR data practices, we share our training materials in our Zenodo community available on this link (opens in a new window).
- Data handling is further governed by the institutional research data policy, which is available on this link.
