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Win digital gift cards by taking part in this year’s Student Survey.

Have your say today – it only takes a few minutes to complete, and your feedback helps improve the student experience across Ireland.

Check the schedule and get involved 👉https://studentsurvey.ie/

#StudentSurvey2026

ISSDA Loves Data Documentation Recording

Our recording of the ISSDA Loves Data Documentation event is now available! Check it out here: youtu.be/GP0m61ZFwVo
#LoveData26 #IrishData #SocialScience
@ucdlibrary.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

Group 3 of the StudentSurvey is open! Make sure to share your experience and help shape the future of student life!

@ucdlibrary.bsky.social @studentsurveyirl.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

James Joyce Library building corner with Love Data Week graphic showing hearts and information about the UCD Library research data management guide URL libguides.ucd.ie/data

Happy #LoveDataWeek !💕 We would love😍for you to check out the Research Data Management resources on our guide. libguides.ucd.ie/data

Included info:
➡️FAIR data principles
➡️Security & storage of data
➡️Managing your research project
& more!

#ResearchData #DMP #RDM #LoveData26
@ucdischool.bsky.social

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📣 Students who love #data, it's your time to shine with the ICPSR Data Communication Scholarship! Apply by Feb. 23: https://myumi.ch/Xeo1y #Scholarship #HigherEd

@ucdlibrary.bsky.social @researchireland.ie @cessda.bsky.social

Our Zotero library has been updated! Check out research that has used our data: www.zotero.org/issda/library

If you would like your publication added to our library just send us an email with the details! 📚

📝 New policy brief on PublicPolicy.ie by UCD researchers examines mental health needs of people with diabetes in Ireland. It highlights links between diabetes and depression and offers practical, evidence-based recommendations for care.

🔗: publicpolicy.ie/papers/addre...

#MentalHealth #Diabetes

The 2026 Student Survey is open! 🧑‍🎓 If you're interested in exploring the student experience you can apply for access to previous years of the Student Survey through ISSDA! For more information on what we offer check out the link below:

www.ucd.ie/issda/

A street scene with a Minecraft character walking down the middle between buildings. Text reads "Games-based approaches for citizen participation in research. Presented by Dr Italo de Sena Friday 27 February 10.30am-12.30pm in Link 3 James Joyce Library". White UCD Citizen Science logo with two UCD crests and Library and research text.

Join Dr Ítalo de Sena @ucdengarch.bsky.social for a look at games & how they can serve as rigorous methods for #CitizenScience. There will be time for Q&A and to play a board game!

📆27 Feb 10.30-12.30
📍Link 3, James Joyce Library (& online via Zoom)

Details & register➡️ forms.gle/cZhNbRNF4TZ2...

Love Data Week!
Join ISSDA's webinar discussing the documentation needed to understand data. Book here: www.eventbrite.com/e/issda-loves-data-documentation-tickets-1981131678180?aff=oddtdtcreator
#IrishData #SocialScience #DataArchive #LoveData26
@researchireland.ie @ucdlibrary.bsky.social

CESSDA KPI report 2020-024

Great to read about the achievements of CESSDA and all CESSDA’s Service Providers presented in the recent CESSDA KPI 2020-2024 report. See the full report here: zenodo.org/records/1785...
#IrishData #SocialScience #DataArchive
@ucdlibrary.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

Promotional graphic for ICPSR Data Fair during Love Data Week, February 9-13, 2026, asking 'Where's the Data?'

Ready for #LoveDataWeek26? This year's theme is "Where's the Data?" – a way to get people thinking about data’s journey from collection through storage and preservation. To learn how you can participate in #LoveData26, visit http://myumi.ch/ICPSRLoveDataWeek

What happens when Ireland puts the public at the heart of research? We are co-creating a Public Engagement and Open Research Roadmap with communities, researchers, NGOs, and government. Because research should be not only about communities, it should be with them #OpenResearch #PublicEngagement

What happens when Ireland puts the public at the heart of research?

We are co-creating a Public Engagement and Open Research Roadmap with communities, researchers, NGOs, and government.

Because research should be not only about communities, it should be with them

#OpenResearch #PublicEngagement

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Interested in new data releases, training events and updates to our service? Sign up to our newsletter at the link below:

www.ucd.ie/issda/issdan...

Blue graphic with globe and university logos. Text reads Open Research Week 2026 - this three-day event will celebrate different aspects of open research such as citizen science, open research culture, open publishing, rights retention and open data.

Open Research Week is 9-11 February! Celebrate #CitizenScience, #RightsRetention, #OpenPublishing & more at this 3-day series of webinars for researchers & colleagues who support #OpenResearch.

Find out more & register on the UCD Library Open Access guide: buff.ly/GokQv6k
@ucdtl.bsky.social

Portrait of Hilary Hanahoe, Secretary General of the Research Data Alliance, along with her name and title. Text reads "Artificial Intelligence and global research data: a perfect pairing?"

The UCD community is invited to join us on Thurs, 5th Feb in the JJL for a lunchtime talk by Hilary Hanahoe @researchdataall.bsky.social (RDA), where she will present on the results of an RDA global research community consultation related to #AI.

Register at buff.ly/ZPupMwi
@ucdscience.bsky.social

🌐 From website outreach to policy impact:
~10 million annual website visits
1 in 5 Service Providers are actively engaged in science policy
CESSDA helps ensure social sciences shape future research and data ecosystems.

👉 read more: www.cessda.eu/News/CESSDA-...

#FAIR #OpenScience #SocialScience

ICPSR activity: 'Adopt a Dataset' is open to promote data engagement during Love Data Week.

Adopt a dataset for Love Data Week! Explore, share, and earn a free Certificate of Adoption. Start now: https://myumi.ch/ICPSR-ADOPT

#DataAdoption #ICPSR

Between 2020 and 2025, CESSDA:
🔹Delivered +224% datasets
🔹Reached ~10M website visits/year
🔹Organised +155% training
🔹+42% attendance in training events
🔹1 in 5 Service Providers actively shape science policy

👉 KPI report: www.cessda.eu/News/CESSDA-...

#FAIR #OpenScience #SocialScience

Are you a data user?🕵️
In 2024, CESSDA organised nearly 600 training events attended by 14,000 data users. We support early-career researchers with targeted RDM training and tools from the start.

👉 Learn more: www.cessda.eu/News/CESSDA-...

#FAIR #OpenScience #SocialScience

The #CallforPapers is open for the Digital Humanities Congress at the University of Sheffield from 2-3rd September 2026

Proposals are welcome on all aspects of the digital humanities

#DHC2026

🔜 Deadline: 2nd March
ℹ️ More info: www.dhi.ac.uk/congress

Our latest KPI report, “Measuring what matters”, highlights our progress (2020–2024) from data delivery, research visibility, education, to policy engagement.
👉 Learn more: www.cessda.eu/News/CESSDA-...

#FAIR #OpenScience #SocialScience

TILDA Wave 6 & Updates to Previous Waves

TILDA Wave 6, 2020-2023 is now available to request from ISSDA here: doi.org/10.7929/ISSDA/RWNE1A

Updates to Waves 1-5 also available. See the TILDA Dataverse on ISSDA for all datasets: issda.ucd.ie/dataverse/ti...

#IrishData #SocialScience #DataArchive
@researchireland.ie @ucdlibrary.bsky.social

Christmas Opening Hours

ISSDA offices will be closed over the festive period. Please ensure that you apply for data by Friday 19th December. Applications received after this date will not be processed until Monday 5th January 2026.
#IrishData #SocialScience #DataArchive
@researchireland.ie @ucdlibrary.bsky.social

Labour Force Survey Q3 2025

The Q3 2025 Labour Force Survey (LFS) is now available through the ISSDA request process. For more details please see our Dataverse pages here: doi.org/10.7929/ISSDA/2PSXJN and here: doi.org/10.7929/ISSDA/N7CBTV

#IrishData #SocialScience #DataArchive
@researchireland.ie @ucdlibrary.bsky.social

Christmas Opening Hours

ISSDA offices will be closed over the festive period. Please ensure that you apply for data by Friday 19th December. Applications received after this date will not be processed until Monday 5th January 2026.
#IrishData #SocialScience #DataArchive
@researchireland.ie @ucdlibrary.bsky.social

The Intellectual Disability Supplement to The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (IDS-TILDA), Wave 5, 2023, is now available on Dataverse: doi.org/10.7929/ISSDA/V3MJ4V.

Request via process outlined in terms tab:
#IrishData #SocialScience #DataArchive
@ucdlibrary.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

New to DDI? This year at the EDDI conference, there will be a special part just for you! 🫵

This all-day meeting will provide overview for organisations who would like to provide or know more about how to provide access to data using the DDI standard.
Learn more at events.geant.org/event/1879/p...

New ISSDA training on Youtube

Pleased to post that ISSDA has uploaded the recording of their Dataverse Demonstration to their Youtube channel.

View the recording here: youtu.be/nOgZNPwD564?...

@ucdlibrary.bsky.social @researchireland.ie
#IrishData #SocialScience #DataArchive #Dataverse