To discuss and lay the foundation of this network, we invite research data curation and digital preservation experts to join us in a 2-day bootstrap workshop to be held on the 1st and 2nd of October 2025 in Leuven, Belgium.

We are looking for approximately 20 experts with:

• Expertise in research data curation, quality management, or long-term preservation.
• Representation across organizations, repositories, collections, or digital object types.
• A commitment to advancing FAIR+Time and TRUST principles.

If you and your organisation are ready to lead the way in long-term FAIR data practices, this workshop is for you!

Submit your application by 3 July 2025 via:  https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/eosc-eden-network-application-form

With the same application form you can also apply for travel support if you reside and/or work in an EU or Associated Country for the duration of the workshop and are not part of EOSC EDEN project consortium ✈️🚆🚌

Read more at https://eden-fidelis.eu/news/call-applications-european-expert-curation-and-digital-preservation-network-bootstrap-workshop.

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To that end, we’re running an inquiry to gather, compare and evaluate current knowledge and practice.  We need your help to gain a more comprehensive picture of these frameworks, guidelines and practices in the field.  Written from the perspective of digital preservationists working within the sector, we have created a short and focused survey which should take no more than about five to seven minutes to complete: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/EOSC-EDEN-T1survey2025

Whether you work in research, cultural heritage, industry, or another sector, and whether you are part of a large organisation or a small team, we would like to hear from you. The survey is suitable for members of staff at any level in the organisation and does not ask for any sensitive information. Multiple responses from the same organisation are welcome. We hope that, as colleagues across the digital preservation world, you will take a few minutes to share information with us about your current practices, and the guidelines and frameworks that inform your decisions.

The survey is open until 30 June 2025. Please take part now at: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/EOSC-EDEN-T1survey2025

If you don’t work directly in digital preservation, please share this request with the person or people in your organisation responsible for digital preservation activity.  For any questions about the survey or the work of EDEN WP1, please contact WP Lead, Micky Lindlar at Micky.Lindlar[at]tib.eu or Task Lead Laura Molloy at laura[at]codata.org.

Thank you for sharing your expertise – your contribution is incredibly valuable!

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EOSC EDEN and FIDELIS projects at the joint kick-off meeting, Helsinki, 4 Feb 2025. Photo credit: Andrea Greco, Trust-IT Services.

Two new EU-funded projects, EOSC EDEN and FIDELIS, started on 1 January 2025 and bring over 30 European and international organisations together to advance digital preservation and curation in Europe. The projects will contribute to the EOSC endeavour by advancing and harmonising digital preservation and data curation practices and services in Europe, upskilling the key actors in the area and consolidating the position of FAIR-enabling trustworthy digital repositories in Europe.

The EOSC EDEN project (grant agreement no.101188015) will create a framework to identify which data are candidates for digital preservation based on the assessment of the usage of data and its quality and benefits to science and society. It will also develop a model for re-appraisal of data and test its usability with relevant communities and develop tools and services to automate certain preservation actions. EOSC EDEN training and outreach activities aim at engaging relevant communities in testing and validating the project outcomes and raising awareness for the benefits of digital preservation and temporal aspects of FAIR data.

CODATA’s main contribution will be to WP1, ‘Data and process framework for long-term digital preservation’. This work package will survey the current landscape of digital preservation practice in data holding institutions; define requirements for reuse fitness of information objects; and develop a re-appraisal model which will be tested for usability. WP outputs will be picked up by other work packages and communicated publicly.

Task 1.1 led by CODATA will perform a landscape analysis of existing frameworks, guidelines and practices for identification, selection, and appraisal of data for long-term digital preservation.

Anu Märkälä, EOSC EDEN Coordinator and Project Manager, CSC, said, “EOSC EDEN has the opportunity to become the reference point in Europe for digital preservation and curation practices. Different communities and scientific disciplines tend to have their own data quality standards, curation procedures and digital preservation methodologies. Our mission is to understand the current landscape, identify common standards and practices, and provide solutions and new approaches that help institutions in selecting and preserving high-quality FAIR research outputs. All this will also help to reduce the costs of preservation and increase the future re-usability of data.”

Dr Laura Molloy, research lead at CODATA, said, “I am delighted that CODATA is engaging with the digital preservation world in this new EU-funded project. One of our priorities is to make data work for cross-domain grand challenges, and sustainable preservation of research data is a fundamental aspect of making data more FAIR, which is necessary to tackle cross-domain scientific problems. There is a huge amount of expertise in the digital preservation sector that is highly relevant to the challenges that the EOSC is currently considering, and I see the success of the funding bid for this work as a really encouraging sign that the EU is taking that expertise seriously.”

The EOSC EDEN consortium is composed of 16 organisations that have expertise in digital preservation, data quality, curation and FAIR data management and services. The consortium also includes representatives from seven scientific disciplines: Climate Simulations; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Food Sciences; High-Energy Physics; Life Sciences and Bioinformatics; Linguistics; and Social Sciences, as well as partners representing some of the most prominent global networks active in digital preservation.

Both EDEN and FIDELIS projects are coordinated by CSC – IT Center for Science and both projects will run from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2027.

Read more about EOSC EDEN

• EU CORDIS project listing: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101188015
• Social media:
  • LinkedIn: Join the EOSC EDEN public group 
  • Bluesky: @eosc-eden.bsky.social

What is EOSC? 

The EOSC is a European joint endeavour to create a web of FAIR data and services for science in Europe. It will offer a federated virtual environment where researchers can find, share, process, analyse and reuse FAIR research outputs across borders and scientific disciplines. The EOSC is considered as a key enabler for Open Science. It is also part of the European strategy for data and one of the Common European Data Spaces that are intended to unleash the potential of data-driven innovation and make more data available in different thematic fields.

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Could YOU help improve and sustain the RDM Terminology?  If so, please apply – applications close at 12 noon CET on 13 December 2024: https://codata.org/application-form-codata-rdm-terminology-wg-2025/

Our aims:

The aim of the WG is to maintain a stable and sustainably-governed standard terminology of community-accepted terms and definitions for concepts relevant to research data management, and to keep this terminology relevant by maintaining it as a ‘living document’ that is updated regularly.  To that end, the RDM Terminology Working Group uses a lightweight and pragmatic biennial process to review the current terminology and suggest any edits, additions and removals that are required in order to develop and improve this important reference resource.

Who we’re looking for:

We aim to recruit a group of 12–14 people for one review cycle.  Full details of our procedure are available here and all activities will take place in line with the CODATA Code of Conduct.  We encourage you to apply if you are:

• working in research data management practice, policy and advocacy roles, and/or aligned professions (such as data stewardship, digital preservation, digital curation, open science advocacy, etc.);
• fluent in English;
• keen to collaborate positively and constructively with an international group of colleagues both as a group and independently;
• willing to progress your reviewing activity independently between meetings.

Meetings will be online at times as convenient as possible for the majority of the group. WG members are expected to have expertise in research data management and related areas but participation will not require familiarity with any specific technical platform. Previous WG participants are welcome to apply. Equally, we encourage new participants – you will be guided and supported throughout the review process.

How to apply:

Applications for the 2025 Working Group are now open and will close at 12 noon CET on Friday 13 December 2024.  Please apply here:

https://codata.org/application-form-codata-rdm-terminology-wg-2025/

Any questions?

If you have any questions about the Terminology, the Working Group, or your potential suitability, please email WG convenor Laura Molloy at laura[AT]codata.org before the application deadline.

Please share this call for participants with your network.  Thank you for helping to keep this valued resource up-to-date and useful for the RDM community!

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