Sharing, showcasing and managing creative works: how Figshare institutional repositories support non-traditional research outputs

Faculty and students at academic institutions produce more than peer reviewed papers and datasets. From performances and exhibits to research infographics and portfolios, there are innumerable born-digital objects that deserve to be stored, shared, showcased, and referenced. Catch up on our webinar on non-traditional research outputs.

Diving into data: exploring ways to leverage your institutional repository metadata

In this webinar, we’ll explore some of the ways in which institutions can leverage the data behind their repositories and research outputs and use this information as a tool to help understand their research impact, recruit faculty and attract students.

How it started and how it's going: Figshare as an institutional repository

This webinar will discuss how the Figshare repository platform has evolved from its start as a data-sharing platform for researchers to the full institutional repository platform it is today and how this fits into Figshare’s vision for the future of repositories.

Streamlining reviews: upcoming improvements to the Figshare review workflow

Catch up with this Figshare webinar showcasing our planned updates to the Figshare review workflow.

Meeting the NIH and OSTP “desirable characteristics for data repositories”

In this webinar we go over how Figshare meets the NIH and OSTP “desirable characteristics for data repositories”. We discuss both the global figshare.com repository and institutional repositories based on the Figshare platform.

Using projects and collections in Figshare

In the fast-evolving landscape of research data sharing and publishing, it can be challenging for researchers to manage and showcase a varied set of research outputs.

Advocating for data sharing: messaging frameworks for repository engagement strategies

Watch this webinar with Lara Skelly, Open Research Manager at Loughborough University, where we discuss the application of traditional marketing messaging frameworks to engagement and advocacy strategies.

Figshare API: New resources for researchers and administrators

The Figshare API is available for researchers and repository administrators to provide flexibility in handling records. This webinar reviews some new resources that will help non-experts get started and to make the most of Figshare’s adaptable interface.

Figshare product updates webinar: July 2023

Watch as we cover the latest additions to the platform and how they benefit our users. Led by Figshare’s Product Director, Chris Blumzon - this session is perfect for those looking to stay in the know about how the Figshare platform is evolving and see our latest features in action.

From the ground up: How one librarian can build and sustain an active research data management community

During this webinar, we’ll be joined by Dr. Aamir Hussain, Research Data Project Officer at De Montfort University. Aamir will discuss how he ‘pitched’ the Figshare repository to researchers across the university, building enthusiasm and growing usage from the ground up.

The Library's role in readying researchers for Open Data

During this webinar, we will discuss the ways in which Libraries can support their researchers in the context of these policies as well as the growing momentum of the global shift towards Open Science and Open Data.

Figshare Metadata: the Metadata Schema and how you can extend and map it

This webinar will cover Figshare’s efforts to support a flexible and usable metadata schema that is broadly applicable to all the outputs an institution needs to store.

Figshare's role in FAIR workflows

With the rising tide of funder policies around research sharing, institutions and researchers themselves need to be thinking ‘FAIR’ from the beginning of the research process. With that in mind, FAIR workflows are becoming a topic of interest as researchers and their institutions look to address policy compliance.

Is it worth it? Weighing the benefits of research data management infrastructure for the library

Join us for this ACRL webinar where we discuss the challenges libraries are facing in regards to data sharing, how institutions are approaching them, and, crucially, what the benefits of those approaches really are.

Sharing, showcasing and understanding the impact of non-traditional research outputs

Research outputs are no longer just academic papers and datasets. Arts performances, conceptual designs, music scores, costumes, models and all other non-traditional research outputs can and should be shared, showcased and tracked.

NIH Data Sharing with Figshare: a demonstration of getting started with data documentation and publishing

During this webinar we discuss how Figshare meets the NIH’s ‘Desirable Characteristics for Data Repositories’, what types of data and other outputs to share in Figshare, and how to incorporate data sharing in Figshare into your own data management and sharing plans.

Create efficiencies in your repository workflow: Figshare's batch management tool

This 30 minute webinar gives an overview of the tool and its key uses and benefits.The batch management tool is for institutional administrators. It saves time for administrators and creates efficiencies within repository workflows.

Figshare: the open research repository platform

This webinar describes Figshare’s open features and also covered future aspects of Figshare that are planned as open source. Topics included community driven development, planned open source features, and free accounts for researchers around the world to further collaboration.

Navigating the REF: Workflows and infrastructure to support the community

With speakers from Figshare, Symplectic and Loughborough University, we cover how specially created workflows and infrastructures can support REF submissions, and the benefits of having them in place.

The next 10 years of Open Data

A Figshare webinar that looks ahead to the next 10 years of open data. What should the roadmap of open data uptake look like in academia?

Using Figshare to help meet the new NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy

The NIH’s new Policy for Data Management and Sharing takes effect on January 25, 2023. In this webinar, we go through the requirements set out in the policy and our tips for how Figshare as an established generalist repository can help you comply with the data management specifications for making your NIH-funded research data as open as possible and as closed as necessary.

Figshare API for end users

This webinar explores the tools available for end users to use Figshare’s API for programmatic upload, download, and editing of data.

Open Access Week at the University of Latvia: Effective research data management by using international repository Figshare

During Open Access week 2022, Figshare participated in a webinar at the University of Latvia, all about how effective research data management.

State of Open Data 2022

Find out the latest on researchers’ attitudes toward and practices of open data in the seventh installment of the State of Open Data survey and report. The longest running longitudinal survey and analysis on open data practices, this year’s report pulls together a host of contributive pieces addressing the challenges and opportunities found in the survey results.

An introduction to sharing big data on Figshare+

Figshare+ is Figshare’s repository platform for publishing big datasets, FAIR-ly. In this webinar, Figshare’s Head of Data Review, Ana Van Gulick, will present how researchers can use Figshare+ to publish larger datasets (over 20GB up to many TBs) to meet funder and publisher requirements for sharing data openly.

Springer Nature & Figshare: driving open science through data sharing

Researchers are increasingly encouraged to share data supporting their publications. The case for Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) data is reflected in a growing number of policies and initiatives to make this achievable while supporting data integrity and openness. In this panel discussion, members from across Springer Nature’s research data management, editorial, and community teams come together to discuss how Springer Nature is supporting authors in open science practices through data availability as well as reproducibility, quality and integrity.

Tips for sharing NIH-funded research on figshare.com

Figshare.com is Figshare’s free, generalist repository platform available for researchers to use to store, share, and cite their research outputs. In this webinar, Figshare’s Head of Data Review, Ana Van Gulick, will show how researchers can share their NIH-funded research on figshare.com including best practices for data quality and creating links between data and related funding information and papers for better discoverability.

How Figshare integrates with and augments Research Information Management Systems

In this webinar we will demonstrate why a Figshare repository multiplies the effectiveness of a CRIS/RIMS and provide examples of integrations. We will also cover how the openly documented Figshare API enables integration with almost any research information reporting workflow or system.

Effective Research Management

In this webinar, we will cover how using Symplectic Elements as a research information management system, integrated with Figshare for Institutions as a research repository, drives a holistic approach to research management. Together, Elements and Figshare provide a complete solution for collecting, storing, showcasing and reporting on all research outputs and scholarly activities, with a focus on open access compliance and engagement.

The role of funders in publishing and sharing research data, publications, and conference materials

In this webinar, hear from Figshare Founder and CEO Mark Hahnel on what significant role funders play in enabling their researchers — intramural and extramural — to make their research outputs citable, shareable, and discoverable.

Reporting and statistics in Figshare

Reporting on a repository’s contents and reuse is an essential component for assessing impact and value of the repository on the institution as a whole. This webinar will outline multiple ways to gather statistics that can be shared with researchers and administrators.

A Figshare fireside chat on publisher data availability policies

Using the State of Open Data survey to put the NIH Policy on Data Management and Sharing into practice

Figshare API for Librarians

Collaboration in Figshare

Lean in! Why publishers should be taking care of research data

10 Years of Figshare: a decade of progress in research management practices and community-driven product development

Figshare for Publication Plain Language Summaries (PLSs) and Supplemental Data

The linked Figshare record

King's College London's (KCL) Figshare Implementation & Migration

Submission and record management workflows in Figshare

State of Open Data 2021

The longest-running longitudinal survey and analysis on open data

The University of Hong Kong - DataHub: a place for research projects and supporting data for publications

FAIR Data on 4TU.ResearchData

Using Figshare to showcase and exhibit Arts outputs

Data Curation in the Cloud with the Figshare API: Presented by the University of Arizona

Using Figshare for non-traditional research outputs and assessment: featuring De Montfort University’s Aamir Hussain

University of Oxford Sustainable Digital Scholarship service: using Figshare for Digital Humanities projects

Figshare's API: a demonstration of its functionality

Figshare’s CTO, Adi Enasoaie, will demonstrate Figshare’s robust API, covering the basics of its documentation using Swagger and the possibilities when it comes to pushing and pulling content into Figshare, the applications and integrations that have been created using it, and more.