February 1, 2023

91̽»¨Libraries Joins Dryad: an open data publishing platform and development community

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91̽»¨Libraries Joins Dryad

91̽»¨Libraries has announced its official membership with the generalist data repository Dryad, an open data publishing platform and development community. The Dryad Data Platform is a curated resource that makes research data discoverable, freely reusable, and citable. Dryad provides a general-purpose home for a wide diversity of data types and now counts over 75 institutions and publishers in its membership. A is available with information on how 91̽»¨researchers can get started with the service.

• Dryad is the first open data publishing platform available to 91̽»¨users. It will serve as a companion to 91̽»¨Libraries .
• Dryad accepts data regardless of data type, format, content, or disciplinary focus.
• The National Health Institute’s new data management and sharing policy that went into effect January 23^rd named Dryad as one of the recommended by the National Institutes of Health.
• Because 91̽»¨Libraries is covering the full cost membership, 91̽»¨users will not have to pay a fee to deposit data in Dryad.

For more information visit the on 91̽»¨Libraries website, or contact Jenny Muilenburg,

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