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The first FAIR terminology workshop was held in Paris on 20 and 21 May. This week the participants meet again at DANS in The Hague, from 16 to 18 October.

A Reproducibility Hackathon will take place in the Leiden University Library on the 30th of November. An interdisciplinary group of researchers will work on improving reproducibility during ReproHack.

NIOO, IBED and DANS organise a joint workshop at the Biodiversity_Next conference in Leiden. Biodiversity_Next brings together various international organizations that work together on a knowledge and data infrastructure for biodiversity research.

Irene Garcia-Martí and Marga Koelen of ITC Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation at the University of Twente have ensured that the number of data sets accessible through the online archiving system EASY has risen to 100,000.

The KNAW organises the Academy Grant Week 2019 between the 5th and 7th of November. Several workshops and lectures are elaborate on making your research proposal stand out in the crowd. These workshops and lectures will take place in the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam.

Read the success stories about sharing and reusing data in the latest E-data & Research in Dutch. Including in this issue: Operation ‘Nachtwacht’ provides 600 TB of data, online research into Dutch biodiversity and detecting melodic similarities via algorithm.

The World Federation for Mental Health has issued October 10 as World Mental Health Day. This day annually focuses on paying attention to mental health issues. The WFMH aims to raise awareness among the general public, increasing knowledge about psychological problems and combating prejudice and encouraging people to seek information and/or help. EASY contains several data sets on mental health, with which additional and new research can be done.

DANS invites users to share their experience with the DANS services.