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Academy of Finland awards funding for FSD to develop services for researchers
The Academy of Finland has granted the Finnish Social Science Data Archive (FSD) over €1.7 million for the period of 1 January 2017–31 December 2021 based on the proposal the archive submitted in the FIRI 2016 call for research infrastructures.
Working together to improve the visibility of European research in social sciences and humanities
CESSDA is one of the five “ESFRI Landmarks” in the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) recognised in the ESFRI Roadmap 2016 and is aiming to become an ERIC (European Research Infrastructure Consortium) in 2017.
Use of data from the Finnish service provider continued to increase in 2016
Last year, the use of the Finnish Social Science Data Archive (FSD) data collection grew by 25% compared to 2015, reaching a total of 2,835 downloaded datasets by the end of the year (2015: 2,262).
Practical guidance for any librarian learning to deal with data
A book aimed at data librarians has recently been published, The Data Librarian’s Handbook by Robin Rice and John Southall.
FSD the Finnish Data Archive of CESSDA welcomes a new director
Helena Laaksonen has been appointed as the new director of FSD, the Finnish Social Science Data Archive.
EU funding opportunity for data-driven policy development - Big Data Europe paves the way
The social sciences have been given a boost in a recent call to receive funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme which will close on 2 February 2017.