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Our collection contains unique datasets. Precious metals found in the famous 17th century Palmhoutwrak (BZN17) have been researched by an interdisciplinary team with the latest material research methods. The resulting data are now available through the Data Station Archaeology.ย 

To best serve our community of research supporters, policymakers and researchers at the next DANS Open Day 2026, we would like to ask for your input. Have your say in shaping the programme!

CESSDA has recently published the Monitoring Report 2024โ€“2025: Data Citation Practices. The report examines how CESSDA Service Providers (SPs) facilitate the citation of datasets in their collections in order to encourage correct data citation.

The CoreTrustSeal requirements have been updated based on the Boardโ€™s experience and extensive community feedback. The guidelines have been clarified, overlaps have been reduced, and greater attention has been paid to an international audience.

For the third time Valentijn Gilissen, Data Processing Team Leader at DANS, was present at the International Conference on Digital Preservation (iPRES). In this blog post, he reflects on the event, and shares his experiences and lessons learned.

PATTERN’s event on 4 December is developed for early-stage researchers to learn about essentials of open science: Open Access, Dissemination & Exploitation and FAIR RDM.

PATTERNย launchesย free and downloadable eLearning and training toolkit,ย developed by DANS, in collaboration withย OpenAIREย amongstย otherย project partners.

The new year is starting offย goodย forย dataย professionals, withย another editionย ofย the Essentialsย 4 Data Supportย course.ย The course isย offered by Research Data Netherlands (RDNL),ย andย will be instructed in Englishย this round.ย