It's election season-- Go vote RDAP members!🗳️ Voting is open for the 2026 President-Elect and Secretary positions and for the proposed modifications to our Bylaws. Current members of RDAP are eligible and encouraged to vote. The ballot will be open from May 5-19. Check your emails for more info!✅

It's finally here! This week is the 2026 RDAP Summit featuring workshops, presentations, lightning talks, and more on Practical, Personalized, Impactful: Research Data in the Real World. Can't wait to see you there! Thank you to our wonderful sponsors who helped make another year of RDAP happen!

🚨Register by April 3rd or you will miss out on this spectacular keynote from our biggest data champions! 🛟

Registration is open! rdapassociation.org/summit

📣Here ye, here ye!!📣 Registration for the 2026 RDAP Summit is open!! This year's theme is "Practical, Personalized, Impactful: Research Data in the Real World." The Summit will run 4/14 - 4/16, with workshops being held 4/13. Visit the Summit Page for more information!🎉 rdapassociation.org/summit

🎉Congrats to the winners of the 2025 RDAP Work of the Year Award, The Data Rescue Project! (@datarescueproject.org)🛟🏆 This award acknowledges the work’s impact on the wider research and scholarly communication ecosystem in support of RDAP’s mission and values. rdapassociation.org/news/13593532

🚨Webinar Alert🚨 "Getting professional: Turning your work into a successful conference proposal" Join us Feb. 25, 2026, 12-1pm EST for an interactive workshop demonstrating how to identify opportunities for and write successful conference proposals. Registration: rdapassociation.org/event-6512842

👀 Check out this timely article published in C&RL discussing "The Missing Path: Data Librarianship at Mid-Career". Thank you Megan Sapp-Nelson @sappnelson.bsky.social and Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social for sharing your insight into #datalibrarianship! 📝 crln.acrl.org/index.php/cr...

☕RDAP is hosting a Kaffee Klatsch on Thursday, February 19 at 3pm ET! This will be an informal discussion open to all (not just members!) on topics relevant to experiences of data information professionals and an opportunity to network with others. Register here: rdapassociation.org/event-6480224

🚨Webinar Alert🚨 Join us Tuesday, January 27 from 12-1pm EST for a presentation and discussion on "Scientific Sample Stewardship in the Research Lifecycle: Strategies for Archiving and Sharing Scientific Sample Metadata". Find more info and register here: rdapassociation.org/event-6479438

‼️Final reminder for 2026 RDAP summit scholarships! RDAP will be closing the application at the end of the day on Monday, January 12th. Find more information about the scholarship and/or apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Excellent article by Ali Krzton, Research Data Management Librarian @ Auburn University Libraries, on building collaborative relationships with research administrators and closing the gap between the expectation and the reality of public access to research data. ✨📃 researchdataq.org/editorials/m...

Calling all research data enthusiasts! On Tuesday, December 16, RDAP is hosting a meet and greet for anyone interested in becoming a member or attending the 2026 Summit. Please share! 🤝 Register here: rdapassociation.org/event-6460225 More info on RDAP membership: rdapassociation.org/membership

🏆Who wants a 2026 RDAP Summit scholarship AND a one year RDAP membership for FREE? 👀 Submit your application by Monday, January 12, 2026 through the online scholarship application form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... All applicants will be notified of their status no later than January 31, 2026!🎉

⌛Time is running out!!📣 The deadline for submitting a proposal for the 2026 RDAP Summit is NEXT WEEK, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1! Visit the RDAP Summit webpage for more details: rdapassociation.org/summit Send proposals via the submission form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🚨RDAP Summit 2026 Call for Proposals has been extended to December 1, 2025!!🚨 Submission form: forms.gle/AiSWSTxVcyFA...

🚧The RDAP website is currently down. Worry not!🥹 You can still register for the Data Rescue Hackathon (11/13) - us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... And submit a proposal for RDAP Summit 2026 - forms.gle/AiSWSTxVcyFA...

☕ RDAP is hosting a members-only Kaffee Klatsch on November 14, 2025 at 3pm ET! This will be an informal discussion on topics relevant to experiences of data information professionals and an opportunity to meet other RDAP members. 💬✨ rdapassociation.org/event-6414905

⛑️ Register for the Data Rescue Hackthon on November 13 at 1pm ET/ 10am PT on Zoom. Hosted by RDAP, attendees of all skill levels are invited to join in capturing, describing, uploading, and preserving at-risk federal data, contributing to the Data Rescue Project. 🛟 rdapassociation.org/event-6407691

📣The RDAP Summit call for proposals is now open! This year’s theme: Practical, Personalized, Impactful: Research Data in the Real World 🌎 Summit Dates: April 13 to 16, 2026 (virtual) 📆 Proposal Deadline: November 14, 2025 ⌛ More Information: rdapassociation.org/summit