About RDAP

RDAP Mission

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.

RDAP Values

Bylaws and Policies

Bylaws

RDAP bylaws establishing the Association's role and structure are periodically reviewed and voted on by membership.

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AI Policy

For RDAP sponsored meetings, digital meeting participants (e.g., artificial intelligence bots) are not allowed in any meeting and will be removed unless prior arrangement has been made with the event organizers.

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Code of Conduct

The Code of Conduct applies to all physical and virtual spaces managed by the RDAP Association, including but not limited to the Summit, workshops, social media, and community forums such as the email list.

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Privacy Policy

RDAP is committed to protecting member and non-member privacy and strongly believes that Users should have control of and say over their personal information.

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