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For researchers: Preparing your data for submission

Are you preparing your data for submission to a repository or a journal? This DataWorks! Salon hosted by FASEB features Dryad data curator Laura Bowman on best practices for preparing datasets and how to make them accessible to facilitate reuse. Topics discussed in the recording include data documentation, creating ReadMe files, metadata, data standards, and data accessibility. 

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Leaders in open data: Welcoming four new Dryad members

Our Dryad member community is expanding with the recent addition of three academic institutions and one publishing organization. The new members include Temple University, University of Arkansas, University of Oklahoma, and the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB). 

Read more about our growing membership program

Community partnerships: Dryad endorses Open Climate Campaign

Dryad is pleased to endorse the Open Climate Campaign a 4-year initiative launched by Creative Commons, SPARC and EIFL to make open sharing of research outputs the norm in climate science.

Learn more about the Open Climate Campaign

Webinar recording: Why we all need good funding metadata

Learn about how and why Dryad incorporates funding metadata using the Research Organization Registry (ROR) in this event recording.

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Data highlights: Open Data Digest special editions

International Year of the Camelid

In honor of 2024 being proclaimed the Year of Camelids, this month we highlight a selection of datasets from recent years that share a focus on the biology of camelids and their close association with humans. Guest edited by Dr. Todd Vision, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Read the January Open Data Digest

Sleep Awareness Month

For Sleep Awareness Month, we rounded up reusable data about sleep from across the animal world.

Read the March Open Data Digest

From the community: Curator kudos

Our curators work hard behind the scenes to help make Dryad data FAIR and support our authors in the data publication process. Here are a few notes of appreciation they’ve received lately from our community.

“I hope I can take this opportunity to thank you for your service to the field in making data open and available – it’s an important endeavor catalyzing discovery.”

“Thanks so much for your help. It is great to get to talk to an actual knowledgeable human about these issues instead of trying to find the answers to our questions on the internet. Much appreciated!”

“Thank you for your patience and for helping improve the accessibility of the data!”

“I am writing to express my sincere gratitude for the assistance you provided me with recently. Your prompt and helpful response to my inquiry was truly appreciated. The support and guidance I received from the Dryad Helpdesk team have been invaluable in resolving my issue.”

Tips for data creators

Guidance and resources that help researchers make the most of their data.

• Creating a README for rapid data publication
• Including Dryad in your data management plan
• For data creators: Top 5 reasons we can’t publish your dataset (yet)