The work we do to make data findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable and to bring it to life for the benefit of future users is Publishing. Video recording of the FAIR Data in Practice event, organized by Open Research London, … Continue reading
Category: data curation
Facilitating data sharing in times of crisis
Dryad has long committed to the sharing of open data, supporting authors in depositing data and providing FAIR curation to improve metadata and data quality. We believe this mission is important always, supporting the advancement of science, but in light … Continue reading →
Dryad & Zenodo: Our Path Ahead
In July, 2019 we were proud to announce a funded partnership between Dryad and Zenodo. Today, we are excited to give an update on our future together. Dryad and Zenodo have both been leading the way in open-source data, software, … Continue reading →
NSF Workshop Overview: Focusing on Researcher Perspectives
Since its founding, Dryad has hosted a researcher-led, open data publishing community and service. With the California Digital Library partnership in 2018, and reflecting on a decade of Dryad’s existence, we have spent time exploring what it means to remain … Continue reading →
Five-ish Minutes With: Charles Fox
In our latest post, our Executive Director Melissanne Scheld sits down with Dryad’s Board of Directors Chair, Professor Charles Fox, to discuss challenges researchers face today, how Dryad is helping alleviate some of those pain points, why Dryad has had … Continue reading →
Dryad celebrates international data
There’s been important discussion lately about how to make research more inclusive, equitable, diverse, and global. See the recent 2018 International Open Access Week, and International Data Week, happening now in Gaborne, Botswana, with the theme “Digital Frontiers of Global Science.” Dryad … Continue reading →
Open data tips from the Dryad curation team | Part 2: Endangered species
This is the second in a series of blog posts highlighting new guidance from the Dryad curation team. Part 1 covered human subjects data. Part 2, from curator Shavon Stewart, focuses on best practices for sharing data associated with endangered … Continue reading →
Dryad partnering with CDL to accelerate data publishing
Dryad is thrilled to announce a strategic partnership with California Digital Library (CDL) to address researcher needs by leading an open, community-supported initiative in research data curation and publishing. Continue reading →
Dryad to join launch of the Data Curation Network
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant will fund implementation of shared staffing model across 7 academic libraries and Dryad We’re thrilled to announce that Dryad will participate in a three-year, multi-institutional effort to launch the Data Curation Network. The implementation — led by the University of Minnesota Libraries and backed by a $526,438 grant from the […]
Open data tips from the Dryad curation team | Part 1: Human subjects
Dryad is a general purpose repository for data underlying scholarly publications. Each new submission we receive is reviewed by our curation team before the data are archived. Our main priority is to ensure compliance with Dryad’s Terms of Service, but we also strongly believe that curation activities add value to your data publication, since curated […]