<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**** Apologies for cross-posting.****</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dear colleagues,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DataCite invites you to take part in the DataCite Community Survey 2025 — open to all DataCite members, users, partners, and general enthusiasts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Your insights will help us understand how DataCite tools and services are used, what challenges the community faces, and how we can better support open research practices worldwide. Whether you are a DataCite Member, a partner organization, or simply curious about what we do, your perspective matters.</span></p><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="https://form.typeform.com/to/r8CU8KmK?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=community_survey_2025&utm_content=announcement" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Take the DataCite Community Survey 2025</span></a></p><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please complete the survey before 01 December 2025.</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact us at info@datacite.org.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you for helping us shape the future of open, connected research.</span></p><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">All the best,</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The DataCite Team</span><br><div>
<meta charset="UTF-8"><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">--</p><p><strong>Paul Vierkant | Outreach Manager | DataCite</strong><br><em>he/him/his |</em><i> <a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/germany/berlin">Central European time</a></i><br><strong>E</strong>: <a href="mailto:paul.vierkant@datacite.org">paul.vierkant@datacite.org</a> | <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4448-3844">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4448-3844</a><br><strong data-renderer-mark="true" style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(41, 42, 46); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">W</strong><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(41, 42, 46); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">:</span><strong data-renderer-mark="true" style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(41, 42, 46); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </strong><a data-testid="link-with-safety" href="https://datacite.org/" title="https://datacite.org/" data-renderer-mark="true" class="cc-1rn59kg" style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 82, 204); text-decoration: none; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><u data-renderer-mark="true">datacite.org</u></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(41, 42, 46); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><strong data-renderer-mark="true" style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(41, 42, 46); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">|</strong><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(41, 42, 46); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><a data-testid="link-with-safety" href="https://datacite.org/blog/" title="https://datacite.org/blog/" data-renderer-mark="true" class="cc-1rn59kg" style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 82, 204); text-decoration: none; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><u data-renderer-mark="true">Blog</u></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(41, 42, 46); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><strong data-renderer-mark="true" style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(41, 42, 46); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">| </strong><a data-testid="link-with-safety" href="https://bsky.app/profile/datacite.org" title="https://bsky.app/profile/datacite.org" data-renderer-mark="true" class="cc-1rn59kg" style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 82, 204); text-decoration: none; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><u data-renderer-mark="true">Bluesky</u></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(41, 42, 46); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><strong data-renderer-mark="true" style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(41, 42, 46); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">|</strong><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(41, 42, 46); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><a data-testid="link-with-safety" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/datacite" title="https://www.linkedin.com/company/datacite" data-renderer-mark="true" class="cc-1rn59kg" style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 82, 204); text-decoration: none; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><u data-renderer-mark="true">LinkedIn</u></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(41, 42, 46); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><strong data-renderer-mark="true" style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(41, 42, 46); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">| </strong><a data-testid="link-with-safety" href="https://openbiblio.social/@datacite" title="https://openbiblio.social/@datacite" data-renderer-mark="true" class="cc-1rn59kg" style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 82, 204); text-decoration: none; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><u data-renderer-mark="true">Mastodon</u></a><font color="#292a2e"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><br style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"></span></font><a data-testid="link-with-safety" href="mailto:support@datacite.org" title="mailto:support@datacite.org" data-renderer-mark="true" class="cc-1rn59kg" style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 82, 204); text-decoration: none; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><u data-renderer-mark="true">Support Desk</u></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(41, 42, 46); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><strong data-renderer-mark="true" style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(41, 42, 46); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">|</strong><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(41, 42, 46); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><a data-testid="link-with-safety" href="https://support.datacite.org/" title="https://support.datacite.org/" data-renderer-mark="true" class="cc-1rn59kg" style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 82, 204); text-decoration: none; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><u data-renderer-mark="true">Support Site</u></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(41, 42, 46); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> </span><br><strong>A</strong>: DataCite -- Welfengarten 1B, 30167 Hannover, Germany</p>
</div>
<br></body></html>