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It is still possible to nominate your own dataset or a dataset from an individual or research group for the RDNL Dutch Data Prize 2024. The deadline for nominations has been moved to Friday 30 August.

The DARIAH Theme is a thematic funding call launched every two years, chosen for investment by the DARIAH Board of Directors. The idea is to stimulate activities and events related to a topic important to digitally enabled research in the arts and humanities. For 2024, they have chosen the topic of Mistakes.

The online archiving system EASY is accessible again since 31 July. As a precaution, the system has been out of service for a short time after a data breach was detected. The cause of the data breach has since been established and necessary measures have been taken. As a result, EASY can be used safely again,

Online archiving system EASY is currently out of use. Users with an account for EASY have been personally notified. When the platform will be back online is currently  unknown. Make use of the DANS Data Stations for data archiving and reuse.

In medical research, data files often need to be destroyed after a certain period of time. It is now possible to document the maximum period that data is kept (retention period) in DataverseNL and the DANS Data Stations.

Applying FAIR principles to qualitative data requires a careful balancing act between making data available for reuse, protecting respondents’ privacy and staying true to your epistemological beliefs. Data Stewards from Maastricht University have written a data story on this.

Cultural heritage practitioners such as librarians, archivists, curators, and data stewards as well as researchers, scholars, and practitioners collaborating with them, are invited to contribute to a Special Collection of the Journal of Open Humanities Data (JOHD) that focuses on GLAM collections as data. DANS Research Data Management Specialist, Deborah Thorpe, is a guest editor for this special collection.

The FAIR-IMPACT project has produced a list of 16 requirements for creating a EOSC compliant PID policy for PID managers. This list is open for community review.