The DALIA project (Data Literacy Alliance) aims to promote data literacy by providing high-quality, openly accessible educational resources (OER).
On 30 June and 1 July 2025, colleagues from the University and State Library and TU Darmstadt, the University Medical Centre Göttingen, the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz, the TIB Leibniz Institute for Science and Technology, the University Library Hannover and the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and the IT Centre of RWTH Aachen University met, including many colleagues from NFDI4Chem. The aim was to summarise the results of the last six months and to plan and coordinate the next steps.
The team was hosted by the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz. The participants had the opportunity to discuss topics in more detail than in the weekly online meetings and plans and ideas were developed. Members of the DALIA Advisory Board were also present. The focus of the first day was on the achievements of the various fields of work over the past six months and the exchange of information between the various working groups, as well as a survey on the progress of the project and the challenges.
The DALIA team in Mainz in the garden of the academy of science and literature
On the second day, the Steering Committee met in order to make trend-setting decisions based on the developments of the last six months and to make DALIA sustainable and fit for the future. The Advisory Board also had the opportunity to provide feedback and make suggestions for improvement. Meanwhile, the employees coordinated and prioritised the upcoming publications on the project’s developments. The results of this session were shared. Many of these developments are on their way to publication and were coordinated and planned during the meeting. Positive aspects of the interdisciplinary work were emphasised. The meeting ended with a summary of the future strategy developed for DALIA.
