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CESSDA checklist helps to set up a Persistent Identifier service at your data archive
Persistent Identifiers (PID), a long-lasting reference to a digital resource, sounds like very “techy” business, and it is. However, if you are setting up a PID service in your archive or repository, it is not all about the tech. Policies and procedures matter.
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The ERIC Forum announces new Chair and Vice Chair
The ERIC Forum, which brings together 21 leading European Research Infrastructures, has a new leadership.
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CESSDA asks ten questions to Rory Fitzgerald
Professor Rory Fitzgerald is the Director of the European Social Survey (ESS).
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Tour of CESSDA - The Danish Data Archive
This series of articles highlight each of CESSDA's national service providers one at a time. We begin 2020 in Denmark.
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Data access, processing and metadata: CESSDA tools and services
The Tools and Services Working Group organised the CESSDA Expert Seminar 2019 (CES2019) on 26-27 September 2019, hosted by the UK Data Service in Colchester.
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CESSDA’s Mentorship Programme Promotes Knowledge Exchange between European Data Archives
In November, a CESSDA Widening workshop was held in Skopje, North Macedonia. SND was present as the Swedish CESSDA representative, but also as a mentor for North Macedonia, one of the most recent countries to become a member of CESSDA.