As a non-profit repository dependent on support from members and users, Dryad is greatly concerned with the economics and sustainability of data services. Our business model is built around Data Publishing Charges (DPCs), designed to recover the basic costs of curating and preserving … Continue reading
We’re coming off of a big month which included a two-day Dryad board meeting, International Data Week in Denver, and the Open Access Publishers meeting (COASP) in Arlington, VA. Combined with Open Access Week, we’ve been basking in all things #openscience at Dryad. International Data Week … Continue reading
On May 24, we held the first virtual Dryad Community Meeting, which allowed us to connect both with our membership and with the larger open data community, far and wide. The theme was “Leadership in data publishing: Dryad and learned societies.” Following an introduction and … Continue reading
Over the last few years, we’ve learned a lot about what is needed to curate, preserve, and provide access to data for the long term, as well as to sustain an independent not-for-profit organization. We’ve also paid close attention to … Continue reading
The integration of data submission to Dryad for PLOS journals has been significantly expanded and enhanced. Continue reading
Molecular Ecology is now the first journal to surpass 1000 data packages in Dryad. Continue reading
Updates: The originally scheduled keynote address from Phil Bourne will instead be a session on “The Future of Open Data – What to Expect from US Funders” with Jennie Larkin, Deputy Associate Director for Data Science at NIH and Peter … Continue reading
The Data Citation Synthesis Group has released a draft Declaration of Data Citation Principles and invites comment. This has been a very interesting and positive collaborative process and has involved a number of groups and committed individuals. Encouraging the practice … Continue reading
As we announced earlier, Dryad will be introducing data publishing fees at the beginning of September. Here’s why we are doing this, and what it will mean for you as a submitter. Why? The Data Publishing Charge (DPC) is a … Continue reading
The following guest post is from Tim Vines, Managing Editor of Molecular Ecology and Molecular Ecology Resources. ME and MER have among the most effective data archiving policies of any Dryad partner journal, as measured by the availability of data … Continue reading