Hi Krista, 

You might want to check out OwnCloud. It offers a viable Dropbox alternative that you can host locally, with sync clients for all major operating systems (even Blackberry cough). 

Mark 

----- Original Message -----

> Thanks for the response so far. I'll definitely be looking into your
> suggestions. I should note, we're Canadian, so cloud options (ie. syncing
> to gdocs, dropbox, etc) are problematic for us.

> K r i s t a G o d f r e y

> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Interim Head, Library Information Technology Services/
> Web Services Librarian
> Library IT Services
> Queen Elizabeth II Library
> Memorial University of Newfoundland
> St. John's, NL
> A1B 3Y1
> t:709-864-3753

> ------------------------------------------------------------
> "He's like Super Librarian, y'know?
> Everyone forgets, Willow, that knowledge is the ultimate weapon."
> - Buffy the Vampire Slayer

> On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 10:32 AM Reid Boehm <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> > Hi Krista,
> > We have several researchers that are using Open Science Framework. It seems
> > to work well for collaboration across institutions and it gives the owner
> > control of granting access. It also syncs with Google Drive, Box, Dropbox
> > and Github which is nice.
> > Hope that helps!
> >
> > *--Reid *
> >
> > *Reid I Boehm, PhD*
> > CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow in Data Curation for the Sciences and Social
> > Sciences
> > Hesburgh Libraries – Center for Digital Scholarship
> >
> >
> > *University of Notre Dame*131 Hesburgh Library
> > Notre Dame, IN 46556
> > o: 574-631-3461
> > e: [log in to unmask]
> > OrCiD: 0000-0002-5474-0253
> >
> > <http://library.nd.edu/>
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 8:25 AM, K. Godfrey <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all
> > >
> > > We've been approached by a researcher who would like our assistance in
> > > storing data (various file types) on an on-going project (not at a data
> > > preservation stage yet). The researcher wants to be able to access, add
> > and
> > > change this data from their project site and allow her fellow research
> > > partners (not necessarily at our institution) access as well. Are any
> > other
> > > folks offering this kind of service? Have you partnered with campus IT to
> > > make this happen? Are you using particular software, such as DataVerse or
> > > Pydio to facilitate such a service? Thanks!
> > >
> > > Krista
> > >
> > > K r i s t a G o d f r e y
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > > Interim Head, Library Information Technology Services/
> > > Web Services Librarian
> > > Library IT Services
> > > Queen Elizabeth II Library
> > > Memorial University of Newfoundland
> > > St. John's, NL
> > > A1B 3Y1
> > > t:709-864-3753
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > "He's like Super Librarian, y'know?
> > > Everyone forgets, Willow, that knowledge is the ultimate weapon."
> > > - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
> > >
> >