Event box

Getting Better All the Time: Metadata Enhancements in the ICPSR Catalog

Getting Better All the Time: Metadata Enhancements in the ICPSR Catalog Online

ICPSR is enhancing our metadata – the information we provide about each study, like its title, time period, and subject – to make our data easier to find, use, and share. These improvements have been designed as part of ICPSR’s Research Data Ecosystem (RDE) platform, supported by the National Science Foundation, and are now being introduced to some live ICPSR data collections. Enhancements include:

  • addition of persistent identifiers (PIDs) for people and organizations, to support connections across systems;
  • improved controlled vocabularies to search by data characteristics such as format and collection method – like survey, panel, or GIS data;
  • new required fields to clearly indicate where, when, and what each data collection is about;
  • better handling of geographic coverage and new fields that help users find data from small towns to entire continents, including nationally representative data.

In this presentation, members of ICPSR’s metadata team will show these enhancements, which are already live in some ICPSR data collections. We’ll also share practical tips for attendees who deposit data with ICPSR or support people who do – ideas to help depositors prepare to make the best use of these new fields as they roll out to more collections within ICPSR. 

Presenters: 

  • Megan Chenoweth, Metadata Manager, Metadata and Preservation, ICPSR
  • Mike Shallcross, Senior Associate Archivist, Metadata and Preservation, ICPSR
  • Jeannette Jackson, Managing Director, Research Data Ecosystem, ICPSR
  •  Jared Lyle, Archivist & Director, Metadata and Preservation, ICPSR

This webinar is free and open to the public. This webinar will be recorded and the recording will be sent to all registrants.

Register here.
 

Date:
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Time:
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Online:
This is an online event.
Event URL:
https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5gB7arOTQBisOSFaN-sUhA#/registration
Audience:
  Faculty & Staff     General Public     Students  
Categories:
  Library Partner Events     Project Management & Publishing > Data  
Browse/Search for more events