Public data from governmental agencies like the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Dept. of Education is increasingly at risk. This talk details the Data Rescue Project (DRP), a concerted effort by librarians and archivists to preserve at-risk public U.S. governmental data. We will cover the DRP’s progress as a data rescue clearinghouse:

running volunteer training, utilizing ICPSR’s Data Lumos repository, and operating the Data Rescue Portal to track rescued datasets. Learn what we are doing and how you can contribute to public data preservation efforts.

Speaker: 

Lena Bohman –  Steering Committee Member, Data Rescue Project