Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2026
Time: 3pm GMT / 10am EST
Journal articles, theses, datasets and code each need different metadata. For repository teams managing these outputs across separate systems, that can mean extra administration, inconsistent descriptions and more work for researchers.
Figshare’s new item-type-based metadata structure gives each research output the fields it needs. New stock fields better map to metadata standards for publications and research data, helping institutions bring different outputs together while maintaining the quality of their records.
Join Andrew Mckenna-Foster and Emily K Hart
for a practical walkthrough of these capabilities. They’ll show how the metadata structure works and explore how it can support institutions looking to manage publications and research data in one platform.
You’ll learn:
- How item-type-based metadata works in Figshare, including the new stock fields
- How the updated structure supports alignment with metadata standards for publications and datasets, and with CRIS systems
- How Figshare supports different disciplines and research output types in one repository
- What these changes mean for repository administration and the researcher experience
Who should attend?
Repository managers, research data librarians, scholarly communications staff and research office teams looking to simplify institutional repository services.
Meet the speakers
Andrew McKenna-Foster
Head of Pre-Sales Solutions – Academic / Publisher, Digital Science
Andrew has a background in ecology, natural history, and information science. Before joining Digital Science in 2020, he spent a decade managing a natural history museum and aquarium, including its research programmes and biological collections. He holds a master’s in Library and Information Science from the University of Washington, with a focus on data curation, and helps research organisations adopt tools that support open science, track impact, and enable innovation.
Emily K Hart
Product Specialist – Academic & Publisher, Digital Science
Emily works with universities and publishers to explore how Digital Science tools support research discovery and impact. Before joining Digital Science, she spent more than 20 years in higher education as a STEM and Research Impact Librarian. Her experience includes developing research impact services, supporting faculty and students, and managing research information systems. She holds a master’s in Library and Information Science.
