In recent years we have seen an increasing focus on publication and reuse of scientific data. These data are generated using public funding and it is in the interest of the authorities to maximise the benefit of investments in science. Furthermore, the data are a very important legacy of the science undertaken. As a consequence, national, regional (EU) and global requirements for free and ethically open access to data have emerged.

The following email received through the ICSU CODATA mailing list introduces a survey by digital Curation Centre (responsible for DMPOnline which is recommended by EU) that might be beneficial for the scientific community.

For those present at the 13th RDA plenary in Philadelphia, US March 31 and April1, the following workshop may be of interest http://www.codata.org/events/conferences/drexel-metadata-research-centr….

With more and more data becoming available through different data repositories, scientists are faced with a new challenge. How to find the most relevant datasets for their research. This paper presents a study of user requirements conducted in the RDA Europe 4.0 project and provides a set of ten recommendations for how data repository operators can improve their data discovery services to give their users a better search experience. Paper at https://datascience.codata.org/articles/10.5334/dsj-2019-003/.