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For the 15th anniversary of DANS, the DANS Data Game was produced. The game was developed especially for researchers in the Netherlands, but has already spread throughout the world. For example, researchers in Brazil, Spain and Finland are currently playing the game.

This year the 85th edition of the Dutch Book Week takes place from March 7 – 15. This year’s Book Week is dedicated to those who increase our imagination: the rebels and the thinkers who go against the grain. The aim of this annual week is the promotion of the (Dutch) book. In our digital archive, datasets and publications about the book and the author can be found and reused.

RDJ, published by Brill publishers and DANS, is a peer reviewed e-only open access journal. Authors can submit their data papers online.

On February 6 2020 DANS organized the first FAIRsFAIR certification workshop, in cooperation with FAIRsFAIR partners UKDA, PANGAEA, CINES and DCC.

On Friday June 12 NWO will organise the 2020 edition of Bessensap, in collaboration with VWN! Around 350 journalists, press officers and researchers will meet to exchange knowledge on the latest developments in science and communication and network with colleagues.

The EU published a report on the European Data Strategy. The objective of the European data strategy is to make sure the EU becomes a role model and a leader for a society empowered by data.

Not all file formats ensure long-term usability, accessibility and preservation of data. DANS works with preferred formats.

Read the success stories about sharing and reusing data in the latest E-data & Research in Dutch. Including in this issue: Trading areas VOC and WIC online, EHRI brings researchers and sources together as a platform for Holocaust research and Koninklijke Bibliotheek saves XS4ALL homepages.