On March 6th, 2023, the Jagiellonian Library hosted an official inauguration of the Open Research Data Repository for Krakow Universities. The launch of the Repository was proclaimed by JU Vice-Rector for University Development Prof. Jarosław Górniak, JU Vice-Rector for Research Prof. Piotr Kuśtrowski, and AGH University Vice-Rector for Science Prof. Marek Gorgoń, jointly with Director of the Jagiellonian Library Dr. Remigiusz Sapa, and JL Deputy Director for Digital Resources Dr. Leszek Szafrański.

RODBUK is a result of a cooperation of six Krakow universities: Jagiellonian University, the AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow University of Technology, Cracow University of Economics, Pedagogical University, and University of Physical Education.

It is the first repository in Poland to adopt a distributed operating model. While each of the participating universities runs a separate instance of the system on its own, all the multiple research data resources can be searched by users through a common aggregator: https://rodbuk.pl.

Implementing the policy of open science, RODBUK enables scholars, doctoral candidates, and students from various disciplines to deposit, archive, and share data related to their research projects.

The Research Data Team for the Jagiellonian University operating in the Jagiellonian Library consists of the JL Deputy Director for Digital Resources Dr. Leszek Szafrański, and Małgorzata Galik (malgorzata.galik@uj.edu.pl) and Joanna Konik (joanna.konik@uj.edu.pl) from the JL Digital Collections Department. Its mission is to assist the University community in depositing and archiving research data in RODBUK and related matters.