Research Data Access & Preservation

RDAP (Research Data Access & Preservation) supports an engaged community of information professionals committed to creating, maintaining, advancing, and teaching best practices for research data, access, and preservation.

The RDAP community brings together a variety of individuals, including data managers and curators, librarians, archivists, researchers, educators, students, technologists, and data scientists from academic institutions, data centers, funding agencies, and industry who represent a wide range of STEM disciplines, social sciences, and humanities.

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The proposal submission form for the 2026 Summit is now open! Please submit your proposal by Friday, November 14, 2025. We’ll see you all April 13 through 16, 2026!

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RDAP Summit 2026 Call for Proposals now open

The proposal submission form for the 2026 Summit is now open! Please submit your proposal by Friday, November 14, 2025.


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RDAP Awards nominations open

Nominate an RDAP member for Volunteer of the Year or Work of the Year by September 5, 2025.


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Call for RDAP Action Committee Volunteers

Looking to dive deeper into RDAP? We're looking for volunteers to join our eight Action Committees. Open to current RDAP members only.


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Journal of eScience Librarianship: RDAP Summit 2024

JeSLIB's latest volume features articles and commentary highlighting works from the 2024 RDAP Summit.


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RDAP provides valuable volunteer opportunities through service on a wide range of action committees and task forces..

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Find, connect with, and message other RDAP members. Access limited to active RDAP members.

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RDAP Discuss Listserv

Open list available to all anyone interested in or working on research data access and preservation activities.

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