News Archive

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25 March 2026

Update to Data Stations and DataverseNL software

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The DANS Data Stations and DataverseNL make use of the open-source Dataverse software. This software is actively developed, with new releases published several times a year.

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18 December 2025

2025: a year of milestones and continued development

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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.

17 December 2025

Unique technological research

Archaeology

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.

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15 December 2025

Help shape DANS Open Day 2026

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FAIR and Open data RDM

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!

13 October 2025

Archaeology on the Map

Archaeology

DANS has updated the map functionality of its Data Station Archaeology. When users search for a given topic for example, a specific period they are presented with a list of datasets whose locations are visualised via the Map tab and can be further explored there.

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19 September 2025

From 10k to 329k datasets: 20 years of growth at DANS

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FAIR and Open data

This year DANS celebrates its twentieth anniversary. A perfect moment to look back at the journey we have taken together with researchers and institutions, and at what has grown from it. In this jubilee series, we revisit key milestones and connect them with the present.

In this first article, we highlight an impressive story of growth: from 10,000 datasets in 2009 to over 329,000 today.

18 September 2025

Update of the DANS Data Stations Deposit Manual

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FAIR and Open data RDM

The DANS Deposit Manual has been thoroughly revised. This updated version offers researchers and data professionals improved guidance on preparing, depositing and maintaining research data in the DANS Data Stations.

26 June 2025

From tapes to Dataverse: forty years as a data bridge-builder

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FAIR and Open data

It’s 1985. Take On Me by Norwegian band A-Ha is topping the charts, telephones still weigh a kilo, youth unemployment is sky-high, and squatters’ riots are a frequent occurrence in Amsterdam. In the midst of these turbulent times, Marion walks into the Steinmetz Archive – the predecessor of DANS. Exactly 40 years later we celebrate her well deserved retirement.