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Blog sustainable data integration Yad Vashem’s database in EHRI portal
Blog sustainable data integration Yad Vashem’s database in EHRI portal

After six months of preparation, the sustainable metadata integration into the EHRI portal was successfully completed. The current integration of the collection descriptions from Yad Vashem’s archive added new and updated descriptions to the EHRI portal using ResourceSync technology and a tool for this created by DANS. The blog describes their journey to a sustainable infrastructure for publishing collection descriptions.

The Best Digital Humanities Idea of the Netherlands

On the 17th of June, the last day of the seminar Digital Humanities & Archives, 17 participants joined in on “The Best Digital Humanities Idea of the Netherlands”. Jerry de Vries, information specialist at DANS, participated and became the runner-up at the event which was held at the International Institute of Social History (IISG) in Amsterdam.

iSchool students visit DANS
iSchool students visit DANS

On Thursday, July 18, 2019 DANS welcomes a group of about 30 students from the University of Washington, Seattle at DANS. The students take part of a programme called “Dutch Designs: Innovation in Library, Museum and Information Services in the Netherlands.”

FAIRsFAIR launches Open Call for Data Repositories
FAIRsFAIR launches Open Call for Data Repositories

FAIRsFAIR launches an Open Call for Data Repositories. The Open Call focuses on two initiatives: support for data repositories towards achieving CoreTrustSeal certification and Support for the “FAIRification” of repositories.

New MOOC: Delivering Research Data Management Services

In collaboration with the Digital Curation Centre and the University of Edinburgh, Research Data Netherlands developed an Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Delivering Research Data Management Services (DRDMS). The course is open for enrolment, starting officially on the 2nd of September 2019.

ODISSEI's scientific speeddate and LISS call

ODISSEI's scientific speeddate and LISS call

ODISSEI organises a scientific speeddate during the 5th International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2). Furthermore, ODISSEI has repeated the 2018 call 'Collect new data in the LISS panel'.

Out now: Programme iPRES 2019
Out now: Programme iPRES 2019

The (preliminary) programme of iPRES 2019, Eye on the Horizon, has been confirmed. The 16th international conference on Digital Preservation will be held in Amsterdam.

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iPRES2019

Sep 16, 2019 to Sep 20, 2019 , Amsterdam, Netherlands