2026-08 Dataverse Community News

[Philip Durbin]

Here's what's top of mind for August 2026:

* Developer Ellen Kraffmiller announced her retirement from Harvard and the Dataverse project (and will be greatly missed!): https://dataverse.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/375707-community/topic/goodbye.20and.20thank.20you/near/617765904
* Jim Myers and Philip Durbin gave a recorded presentation of new features in Dataverse 6.11: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/9cgqxQLNTAc/m/oB8zaGnrCAAJ
* The Dataverse 6.12 release timeline was announced: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/kKh4YUBzU9I/m/7wF1048PCgAJ
* dvwebloader 0.5.1 was released: https://github.com/gdcc/dvwebloader/releases/tag/v0.5.1
* Although IQSS as a whole has been significantly affected by Harvard's FAS Restructuring effort, the Dataverse team was not directly impacted. Dataverse software development and Harvard Dataverse Repository services continue as usual: https://bsky.app/profile/dataverseorg.bsky.social/post/3mtccjscth227
* The GDCC Annual Report 2026 was published: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/rSHnmTre4EM/m/UN_hLvACDQAJ
* The GDCC news page has been updated: https://www.gdcc.io/news.html
* On September 15th, the Harvard Dataverse team is hosting a hands-on webinar on creating a Dataverse-ready data deposit using the HEAL Data Packing Tool: https://bsky.app/profile/harvarddataverse.bsky.social/post/3mtudutd4hc2w
* Alina Mierlus published a blog post about the 2026 Dataverse Community Meeting in Barcelona as well as Dataverse in general: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/i9hSI5XVHO0/m/YOvvyTP6DAAJ
* The Containerization working group held a recorded meeting: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qjU6e8J4MKPXMSkEeruy2kLSIEbw0ZiTUNZki8WkqIM/edit?usp=sharing
* It's now easier for external contributors to write code for the new Dataverse frontend, thanks to a local S3 service: https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse-frontend/pull/1057
* UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, is seeking an Administrative Project Coordinator for the Nordic-Baltic Dataverse Hub (NAISH): https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/rKCZqYDd3BM/m/u3kfGzFXDAAJ
* The September 1st community call will be about README generators: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/cbUc4hsVTnk/m/GS_uOJyRDQAJ
* The October 6th community call will feature Richard Dennis on his new tool, FAIR Data Clinic Toolkit: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/ux3OKLMJOv0/m/LPhN4jvjCgAJ

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Thanks!

Phil

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Philip Durbin
Software Developer for http://dataverse.org
http://www.iq.harvard.edu/people/philip-durbin