Next week! Join us for Office Hours (Nov 12) and a hackathon with @rdapassociation.bsky.social (Nov 13). Check them out on our blog, including registration links. Happy Friday, All. 🛟 💾 ❤️

And I'm really bad at self-promotion, but if you want to contribute to my storage costs I have a GoFundMe at https://gofund.me/dc3798c09

Happy World Digital Preservation Day 2025! (via Digital Preservation Council) www.dpconline.org/news/start-o... #dpc

And to be clear that is a quote from Denice Ross. Very useful for perspective.

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has generously awarded us funding to secure our own storage. This critical processing space will be instrumental in ensuring that large datasets can be temporarily stored, curated, and described. Thank you, MacArthur Foundation, for your support!

Excited to be in a discussion about preservation of humanitarian archives at Hum & Conflict Response Insti at Univ of Manchester. The loss of fed funding for foreign aid had wide impact, including the sustainability of continued access to critical archives. www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/l...

Check out the new guest post by the @harvardlil.bsky.social. Read about their improvements to the data.gov archive search. We are very excited about the updates! #DataRescue

Report: “They Hold These Truths: Minnesota's Archive of Endangered National Park Signs Tops 11,000 and Counting” #saveoursigns #nationalparks #archives @datarescueproject.org

Got my #DataRescueProject 🛟 stickers at #IDW2025, so they've made their way to Serbia. Still deciding where to stick them, the universal struggle...

Have you received a #DataRescueProject sticker? Maybe at a conference, maybe via mail, or somewhere else? We want to see where it ended up! Reply or quote this with a picture of your sticker. This isn't a contest or anything, but it will bring a lil morale boost to your fave #DataRescue crew!

Members of our Steering Committee @lyndamk.bsky.social and @storytracer.com are in Strasbourg France today and tomorrow to talk about our DRP at Numérique en Commune[s]. Some of the earliest interest in our work was from the French media so it is exciting to be here.

@dataindex.us @publicenvirodata.bsky.social and Federation of American Scientists (FAS) have set up a campaign this Halloween season. Nominate your favorite Dearly Departed Datasets now: www.datarescueproject.org/support-dear...

And hey, go follow @datarescueproject.org while you're at it!!

October update for DRP. 🎃 www.datarescueproject.org/update-for-o...

Thanks to Andrea Guldalian for her write up in AALL Spectrum! She hits on some of the major challenges facing the data preservation community. aallspectrum.aallnet.org/html5/reader...

I had the immense privilege of being the keynote speaker at #MDLS2025. In my talk, I reported on the work of the @datarescueproject.org. And while there were too many highlights to capture in one post, I hope this image sums it up. Thank you, MDLS, for being such a kind and welcoming space.

Digital history folks, I'll be sharing an assignment that worked v well for my grad students to demonstrate the idea of historical contingency, introducing the narrative tool Twine, & exploring the affective power of pedagogical games. I hope you'll join us this afternoon if that sounds interesting!

We're halfway through #OAWeek! This week encourages us to reflect on Who Owns Our Knowledge? As is our refrain: public access to public data is a public good, and the #DataRescueProject is centered on ensuring We The People continue to own our federal data. Learn more and join the efforts!

Help to memorialize our federal datasets with Dearly Departed Datasets from @essentialdata.us 🎃 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We are excited to talk about our work today with #OpenEngaged with the British Library @Blopenresearch !

New guest post is from the @climate.us team. They've rescued the Fifth National Climate Assessment and have more planned! www.datarescueproject.org/guest-climat...

Yay @mikalarae.bsky.social

How much do we love our volunteers? THIS MUCH. 98 domestic stamps +7 international stamps +106 cards (one had a mistake!) +105 envelopes +105 stickers +Unlimited gratitude for the support of volunteers that keeps our spirits afloat. =Volunteer appreciation day in the DRP

Excellent article about #SaveOurSigns by Eric Thomas www.newsfromthestates.com/article/save...

The US National Parks System offers a range of educational materials. Even if you can't travel to see some of them in person, you can view signage collected through the #SaveOurSigns effort:

Data Rescuers come in all shapes and sizes. And whether you're more #Barbie, #Ken, or #Allan, we want you to download these and use them on social media! Don't forget to tag us in your Data Rescue Pride.⚓💾🛟 PS: Let us know if we should make more of these! We ❤️ an excuse to design happy little memes

Did you submit photos to #SaveOurSigns? See if you can find yours on the new Save Our Signs Archive:

Check out the archive!! sites.google.com/umn.edu/save...

Important update! The #SaveOurSigns initiative has released the first batch of photos captured in National Parks. Check out the website as well as the press release for more info: sites.google.com/umn.edu/save...

Curious about rescuing US #FederalData but unsure where to start? We can show you how it's done (done done). Join us for office hours October 15, 4:30-5:30pm Eastern. Register here: bit.ly/3VX03Pz #huntrix #kpopdemonhunters

More information on the recently released #USAID data www.wwhge.org/resources/al... @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @icpsr.bsky.social @datafirst.bsky.social

The #FriendsofBLS will hold a webinar on Oct 23 at noon. Former Commissioners Erica Groshen, William Beach, and Erika McEntarfer will offer updates, describe strategies, and offer a menu of concrete ways for interested members to engage with Friends of BLS. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We are honored to receive an NDSA Digital Preservation Excellence award. In accepting the award, @lyndamk.bsky.social expressed how this work is only possible due to our volunteers who "have spent countless hours working to ensure that public data remains a public good that is publicly accessible."

They buried what should be the lede here: “Our data adds value, but it is very much a complement to public data.” Private firms cannot replace a functioning statistical system. They do not exist to create public goods. @washingtonpost.com @inquirer.com share.inquirer.com/VLEAco

Did you know? The melting point of data is also #Fahrenheit451. 🔥 Fight censorship in all forms this #BannedBooksWeek, and help ensure public access to public data remains a public good.

Data rescue efforts keep us from sliding into #1984. ⚓ Celebrate #BannedBooksWeek with us and join the efforts. Volunteer with the DRP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Thanks to @opensource.org for having @mikalarae.bsky.social & me talk about @datarescueproject.org & for the great questions! We were the odd ducks 🦆 but I enjoyed hearing the convos! If you are interested in open source AI (& data rescue!) check out the recordings: opensource.org/datagovernan...

New post! It's the second installment in our series on the significance of federal data. This one on teaching students where data comes from! 🐣 #FederalData

From the @icpsr.bsky.social side I have to say that this was a massive lift that would not have been possible without a few incredible folks at USAID (who were RIF'd) and @datafirst.bsky.social. Many thanks to @datarescueproject.org too! It was a pleasure working with you all to preserve these data!

Good news today! All USAID-funded education data - almost 1,000 datasets - have been rescued! We helped out with a hackathon, but big shout out to @icpsr.bsky.social and @datafirst.bsky.social for all of their efforts! www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

Article from the National Security Archive on disappearing data: nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

@amstatnews.bsky.social is launching a citizen science effort to monitor the health of the federal stats system. We ❤️🛟 citizen science efforts 😉 Get involved today! docs.google.com/forms/d/1jI4...

@prbdata.bsky.social shared an article from 2019 about the impact of the last shutdown federal data. We are in a different landscape now, but worth a look. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

NewsAlert from the FDLP about the status of GPO-based websites: www.fdlp.gov/news/federal...

News from the Smithsonian. They will remain open for a few days. www.linkedin.com/posts/smiths...

U.S. federal data has been seen as the most authoritative and reliable data for a variety of uses. This is a depressing read but underscores the challenge facing the FSS in retaining trust in the system. switzer.com.au/the-experts/...

Also @climate.us may have insight about this.

Let’s check with @publicenvirodata.bsky.social They are the experts on environmental data and may know more.

Great overview of the current situation and the impact on addressing health concerns and disparities.

Thank you to @kthlibrary.bsky.social for inviting us to speak with your community!