Dryad Data Repository
The Dryad Digital Repository is a platform to make research data discoverable, freely reusable, and citable. Dryad provides a general-purpose home for a wide diversity of data types, and can help make your data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) as encouraged by funders and journals.
All datasets published with Dryad are assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) so that the data are easy to cite. In addition, data publication with Dryad Promotes data quality by employing professional curators to ensure the validity of the files and descriptive information, and data visibility through usage and download metrics and by allowing content to be indexed, searched and retrieved.
Data deposited with Dryad are permanently archived and will be retained indefinitely, however Dryad promises only bit-level preservation and makes no claims about the long-term usability of deposited files. For further details regarding Dryad's preservation strategy, please see the California Digital Library's existing documentation.
| Who is eligible? | All NC State affiliates |
| Is there a cost? | Because NC State is an institutional member of Dryad, NC State researchers are eligible to publish their data with Dryad at no cost. |
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| Grant support | Publishing your data with Dryad may help you meet the terms of your grant funding obligations, and boilerplate text regarding the use of Dryad is available for inclusion in data management plans. |