WDS Member Highlight: Swedish National Data Service (SND)

WDS Member Highlight: Swedish National Data Service (SND)

WDS Member Highlight: Swedish National Data Service (SND)

The Swedish National Data Service (SND) is housed at the University of Gothenburg. SND’s primary mission is to facilitate the sharing, reuse, and description of research data by providing support to Swedish higher education institutions and other research organizations. The organization offers a range of services such as advice, training materials, and tools for research data management. SND’s digital system DORIS allows researchers to describe and share research data, and their national catalogue provides access to research data and descriptions from various scientific fields. The organization collaborates with various international and national organizations to improve access to research data. SND also provides training materials and activities for researchers and staff in research data support functions.

More info on the SND: https://snd.gu.se/en/about-us/what-we-do

 

 

 

WDS Member Highlight: Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH)

WDS Member Highlight: Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH)

WDS Member Highlight: Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH)

The Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH) is a research institute established in 2004 at Kyoto University. RISH conducts interdisciplinary research on Humanosphere Science, which is the science of creating a sustainable human society in harmony with the environment, energy and resources. RISH has five missions that cover various aspects of the humanosphere, such as environmental diagnosis, solar energy, space environments, wood-based materials and quality of life. RISH also provides joint usage and research opportunities for researchers who want to use its advanced research facilities and collaborate with its experts.

More info on RISH: https://www.rish.kyoto-u.ac.jp/introduction_e/foreword/

 

 

 

WDS Member Highlight: Norwegian Marine Data Centre (NMD)

WDS Member Highlight: Norwegian Marine Data Centre (NMD)

WDS Member Highlight: Norwegian Marine Data Centre (NMD)

The Norwegian Marine Data Centre (NMD) is a national data center dedicated to the professional processing and long-term storage of marine environmental and fisheries data and production of data products. It was established at the Institute of Marine Research in Norway and maintains the largest collection of marine data in the country. NMD serves as an operational service and competence center for handling marine data and data products and provides and visualizes data for Norwegian marine research and their international partners. NMD also participates in national and international standards, guidelines, networks, and research projects related to marine data.

 

NMD is also part of a larger research infrastructure called NMDC, which involves 16 Norwegian institutions that aim to provide seamless access to marine data covering waters of Norwegian interest. NMDC acts as the coordination unit for marine data in Norwegian waters and simplifies the technical obstacles for data sharing across institutions and disciplines. NMDC also harmonizes its activities and developments with the principles of “Norway Digital” and the EU INSPIRE directive for geographical data.

More info on the NMD: https://www.hi.no/en/hi/forskning/research-groups-1/the-norwegian-marine-data-centre-nmd

 

 

 

Member Highlight: DANS

Member Highlight: DANS

Member Highlight: DANS

The Dutch National Centre of Expertise and Repository for Research Data (DANS) is an institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). DANS helps researchers make their data available for reuse, enhancing the quality and efficiency of scientific research. DANS is one of the leading repositories in Europe and has earned the CoreTrust Seal as a trusted digital data repository. DANS hosts various data services, such as Data Stations, Data Vault, DataverseNL, EASY, and NARCIS, covering different disciplines and research infrastructures. DANS also shares its expertise on FAIR data, data management, data curation, and data archiving with researchers, research institutions, data professionals, and other archives.

https://dans.knaw.nl/en/

 

 

Member Highlight: The Odum Institute Data Archive

Member Highlight: The Odum Institute Data Archive

Member Highlight: The Odum Institute Data Archive

The Odum Institute Data Archive is a research data stewardship center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It has over 50 years of experience in data preservation and access, starting with the acquisition of the Louis Harris Data Center in 1965. It hosts one of the largest collections of social science data in the U.S., covering topics such as public opinion polls, vital statistics, census data, and more. It also manages and provides access to the UNC Dataverse, a web-based data repository that enables researchers to archive and share their own datasets. The Odum Institute Data Archive is committed to ensuring that the data assets in its care remain FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable) and has earned the CoreTrust Seal as a trusted digital data repository. The Odum Institute Data Archive offers various services to assist researchers with data management, curation, sharing, and reproducibility.

https://odum.unc.edu/archive/