RDNL now offers the GDPR 4 Data Support (GDPR4DS)coursein Dutch. This introductory course is for data supporters who want to understand more about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the context of research and want to strengthen their role in protecting personal data.
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2025 marked a year of important milestones for DANS. We celebrated our twentieth anniversary, witnessed the results of many years of collaboration in national and international projects, and continued to strengthen our infrastructure, services, and support for researchers and data professionals.
Our collectioncontains 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.
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Tobest serve our community of research supporters, policymakers andresearchersatthe next DANS Open Day 2026, wewould like toaskforyourinput. Have your say in shapingthe programme!
CESSDA has recently published the Monitoring Report 2024–2025: 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 Board’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 timeValentijn Gilissen, Data Processing Team Leaderat 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 lessonslearned.
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.
