Patricia Riba is the Repository Manager at the IEU Library, where she specializes in open access and research data management. She manages content and metadata assets in the institutional repository, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and quality control in metadata entry. Patricia also defines and enforces best practices around metadata management. In addition to her work on repository operations, she provides research support and contributes to research evaluation through metrics and bibliometric analysis. With a background in Library Science, she played a key role in the creation of the university’s repository, designing its metadata schema, structure, and submission workflows from the ground up.