News about the sustainable archiving and reuse of data, research data management, open access en more.

On Tuesday 2 March, Kathleen Gregory, researcher and PhD candidate at DANS, will defend her PhD at Maastricht University.

As part of OpenAIRE's Good Practice Exchange Programme, DANS will give an online workshop on 18 January 2021. The workshop is offered to twelve National Open Access Desks (NOADs), each representing their own country in the field of Open Science.

A news article has been published in OpenAIRE by Ellen Leenarts (DANS) as part of the Taskforce Research Management (RDM). The Taskforce RDM is led by DANS.

The Taskforce Research Data Management (RDM) has launched a separate webpage on the reuse of research data in OpenAIRE. The Taskforce RDM is led by DANS.

February 11, NPOS organizes the National Open Science Festival. During this online event researchers have the opportunity to learn about the benefits of various Open Science practices. DANS is also involved.

The employees of DANS wish you happy holidays and a prosperous 2021.

DANS is looking for a Chief Technology Officer who will be a member of the three-headed board of directors, lead the DANS tech section and drive innovation. Interested? Until January 3, it is possible to apply for this position.

What does the Dutch data landscape need to be successful? How can DANS contribute to this success? These two questions were the starting point for DANS’s new five-year programme. Under the aegis of KNAW and NWO, DANS will focus on its role as national centre of expertise and repository for research data in the coming years.

The Victorine van Schaikfonds prize of 2500 euro and a medal goes to Cornelis van Lit with his book "Among Digitized Manuscripts. Philology, Codicology, Paleography in a Digital World". Cornelis van Lit is collaborating with Dirk Roorda, researcher at DANS, on Cornelis' FUSUS project in which DANS is participating, thanks to a contribution from Research IT Innovation Fund of the University of Utrecht.

The website onderzoeksfaciliteiten.nl provides an overview of all large-scale research facilities in the Netherlands, approved by the Permanent Committee on Large-Scale Scientific Infrastructures (PC-GWI), chaired by Prof. dr. ir. C.W. van Duijn. Recently, DANS was also added to the list.