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

<p dir="ltr">Recording of a Figshare webinar held on January 23, 2024. Presented by Mark Hahnel, Figshare Founder and Andrew Mckenna-Foster, Figshare Product Specialist. </p><p dir="ltr">Figshare now provides repository infrastructure to over 150 organizations worldwide, across 22 countries.</p><p dir="ltr">This webinar discusses 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.</p><p dir="ltr">We showcase how and why Figshare added functionality to:</p><ul><li>Support a huge variety of diverse research outputs</li><li>Integrate effectively and efficiently with research management workflows</li><li>Reduce the administrative burden of research management for both library teams and researchers themselves</li><li>Ensure compliance with a growing number of funder and publisher open research policies</li></ul><p dir="ltr">We heard from Figshare Founder, Mark Hahnel and Product Specialist Andrew Mckenna-Foster, as they talked us through the evolution of Figshare and its journey to becoming the repository of choice for institutions looking to share, showcase and manage their research effectively.</p>