Libraries makes Dryad data repository available to NC State

The Libraries is excited to announce a new institutional membership in Dryad—a nonprofit, community-governed research data repository that allows NC State researchers to make their data discoverable, freely reusable, and citable—all for free. The membership continues the Libraries’ efforts to support researchers in data management and data sharing.

With this service available through one’s Unity ID, NC State researchers can deposit datasets into Dryad without paying data publishing charges. Datasets in Dryad are fully accessible by both the research community and the public, fulfilling grant requirements for data sharing and discoverability. Integrated with ORCID, Dryad is also fully searchable and shows useful metrics such as the number of views, downloads, and citations of each dataset.

You may access Dryad using your Unity ID at https://datadryad.org/stash. 

Dryad originated from an initiative among a group of leading journals and scientific societies to adopt a joint data-archiving policy for their publications that prioritized open access and ease of use. Every submitted dataset goes through a curation process to ensure that data is organized and documented in a way that enhances discovery, citation, and re-use. 

For more information about Dryad, or to ask the Libraries for help, visit https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/data-management/dryad.