DSIG

Data Steward Interest Group

The Data Steward Interest Group (DSIG) is an informal and inclusive data stewardship community that promotes peer-learning though knowledge and experience exchange. The community is open to everyone who is interested in data stewardship and regularly organises (online) meetings and events, and has an active online presence through the Slack platform.

Meetings are not limited to a specific academic discipline or limited to the Netherlands, but it is Netherlands based. To allow variety and include various local activities on data stewardship, each meeting is organised and chaired by a different organisation. Hence, domain specific topics or meetings (LSH/NES/SSH) alternate with cross-domain general meetings. Additionally, extra initiatives such as the topical/Special Interest Groups (SIG) are organised that may result from the discussion in the DSIG meetings.

Vision

To establish a community hub for data stewardship that enables informal and inclusive knowledge and experience exchange.

Mission

• Providing a platform for data stewards and like-minded in the Netherlands (and abroad) to share experiences.
• Fostering the (Dutch) national implementation of data stewardship.
• Joining efforts to produce hands-on solutions.

How to participate  

• You can sign up to the mailing list, or the slack community if you love to be actively involved. We use the slack community to actively share events, ask questions, and share experiences. 
• View meeting agendas and other documents in the Google Drive folder 
• You can participate in person or virtually at the general DSIG meetings. For updates on upcoming dates and topics follow our meetings page. The link will be provided in the agenda of each meeting.  
• You can participate virtually in an existing topical/Special Interest Group (SIG), or suggest a topic for a new SIG. 

Contact 

Do you have questions, want to suggest a topic, and/or chair one of the DSIG meetings? Contact us: 

• Mijke Jetten (Community Manager Data Stewardship, DTL/Health-RI) for cross-domain meetings 
• Nils Arlinghaus (Community Coordinator, TDCC-SSH) for SSH domain meetings 
• Fieke Schoots (Training Coordinator, TDCC-LSH/Health-RI) for LSH domain meetings 
• Lena Karvovskaya (Community Coordinator, TDCC-NES) for NES domain meetings 

DSIG Meetings

Upcoming DSIG meetings

Past DSIG meetings

DSIG History  

In June 2017 the Data Stewards Interest Group (DSIG) was initiated by members of Leiden UMC, UMC Utrecht, and DTL. Initially the DSIG met every other month and was chaired by Daphne van Beek. The distinctive feature of this DSIG in comparison to other initiatives regarding data stewardship is the hands-on and solution-oriented approach for practical matters. 

In September 2018, with Jasmin Böhmer (UMC Utrecht) taking over the chairing position for the DSIG, the approach and collaboration design were revised. The new approach included monthly virtual meetings of the task groups and face to face meetings every two months as DSIG. 

With the popularity of the DSIG growing and steady participation numbers, from 2020 onwards, there are six virtual meetings over the year. To allow variety and include the various local activities on data stewardship, each meeting is organised and chaired by a different organisation. The DSIG is facilitated by Mijke Jetten (DTL/Health-RI).  

As of May 2023, in a joint effort with the 3 Thematic Digital Competence Centres (TDCCs), DSIG has started to host domain specific meetings (LSH/NES/SSH), so more domain specific community questions and topics can be addressed. Hence, general meetings now alternate with domain specific meetings. For more information, see the meetings schedule.  

An extra initiative are the topical/Special Interest Groups (SIG) that may result from the discussion in the DSIG meetings. 

If you are curious to know more, take a look at Mijke Jetten's presentation on Data Stewards Interest Group.