[Rdap] Dryad news: redesigned website, membership meeting

[Peggy Schaeffer]

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We are delighted to announce some recent and 
upcoming developments at Dryad.

First, we recently launched a redesigned websiteat 
http://datadryad.orgwith lots of new content. Some 
of the highlights include:

  * Information about the recently announced
    submission fees and pricing plans which will
    become effective Sept. 2013:
    https://www.datadryad.org/pages/pricing
  * An Ideas Forum where you can let us know what
    features you'd like us to work on next, vote
    or comment on ideas submitted by others, and
    check back to see our responses:
    https://datadryad.uservoice.com
    <https://datadryad.uservoice.com/forums/197408-general>
  * An Integrated Journals page that helps
    depositors see which journals are coordinating
    the submission process with Dryad, figure out
    which stage in the publication process to
    submit data for your chosen journal, and more:
    https://www.datadryad.org/pages/integratedJournals



Second, all Dryad members, prospective members, 
and interested parties are invited to the first 
annual membership meetingin Oxford, UK on Friday, 
May 24. This is part of a series of exciting 
events in Oxford that week spotlighting trends in 
scholarly communication with an emphasis on 
research data, including a Symposium on the Now 
and Future of Data Publication on Wednesday, May 
22nd, and an ORCID Outreach Meeting with a special 
joint Dryad-ORCID Symposium on Research 
Attribution on Thursday, May 23rd. Remote 
attendance will be available.   For more 
information, please see: 
https://www.datadryad.org/pages/membershipMeeting


As you may be aware, Dryad is a nonprofit 
organization.  Membership is open to a diverse 
range of stakeholder organizations, including but 
not limited to journals, scientific societies, 
publishers, research institutions, libraries, and 
funding organizations. To learn more about 
becoming a member, please see: 
https://www.datadryad.org/pages/membershipOverview


If you work with a journal, society, publisher, 
library, funder or other research organization and 
would like to learn more about how Dryad can help 
you support the data publishing needs of your 
researchers, and how you can help support Dryad, 
please do not hesitate to contact us: 
http://www.datadryad.org/feedback.


Best regards,
Laura Wendell
lwendell at datadryad.org
Executive Director, Dryad


-- 
Peggy Schaeffer, Communications Coordinator, Dryad
pschaeffer at DataDryad.org

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