Happy Holidays lovely rescuers! We have a few updates this month. * We are adjusting our office hours timing especially as we head into winter break. The last office hour time of 2025 is December 17 at 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm. After that we will come back in
Today, we have the fifth post in the series from Claire McKay Bowen and Aaron R. Williams to help diverse audiences understand and support the federal statistical system. Everyone living in the United States is part of this vast statistical ecosystem and benefits from it—both directly and indirectly. Check
This week's guest post is from Benjamin Charles Germain Lee, Assistant Professor at the University of Washington, and Kyle Deeds, Assistant Professor at Boston University. Learn more about their recent collaboration to create GovScape, a fantastic resource for searching publicly-available government documents. We are excited to share GovScape:
Today, we have the fourth post in the series from Claire McKay Bowen and Aaron R. Williams to help diverse audiences understand and support the federal statistical system. Everyone living in the United States is part of this vast statistical ecosystem and benefits from it—both directly and indirectly. Check
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Today, we have the third post in the series from Claire McKay Bowen and Aaron R. Williams. Check out their first blog post on the uses of public data from reducing lead exposure in consumer products to improving agricultural productivity. Their second post highlights tools for educators teaching students about
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We hope everyone is having a good November. We have a few updates from the DRP Steering Committee ❤️🛟
If you have been following along with the Data Rescue Project newsletter, you have been receiving occasional updates on our struggle to find and download all of the summary tables that were created by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). These tables are useful because they make it easy
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Podcast: A Massive Archiving Effort at National Parks (with Jenny McBurney and Lynda Kellam)This week we have a conversation between Sam and two of the leaders of the independent volunteer archiving project Save Our Signs, an effort to archive national park signs and monument placards.404 MediaSamantha Cole Jenny
Fall is in full swing– and as the holidays approach, we just want to remind you all how grateful we are for your participation and support! Don’t forget that you can receive a sticker as a small token of our appreciation – fill out this short Google Form and we’
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DRP co-founder and Steering Committee Member Mikala Narlock recently spoke at the Midwest Data Librarian Symposium. Below, she shares an overview of the presentation (slides available for review) and her own reflections. One thing the Midwest does exceptionally well is Fall: the leaves change slowly, and then all at once;
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Since launching in February 2025, the Data Rescue Project has grown substantially. At this point, the DRP has enabled the rescue of more than 1,000 datasets from US Federal websites, representing over 80 statistical programs and offices, all due entirely to the work of our more
This week's guest post is from the Harvard Law School Library Innovation Lab. As October draws to a closer, we are grateful to this team for their efforts to update Data.Gov Archive, which now includes a search interface to support the discoverability and usability of federal data.
Our federal data are meeting an untimely end. Help track their final days.🪦
Hello from the DRP Steering Committee! We have a few updates. ❤️🛟 Announcements * Join us for office hours this coming Wednesday, October 29, at 4:30 pm Eastern. The HIFLD volunteers will be taking over to chat about the project! Use this link for the office hours. Thank you again to
Before we talk about events, we would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our community of volunteers for your interest in and support for the project to back up HIFLD Open. HIFLD Open was a collection of open datasets that acted as a “digital go bag” for communities
We have a guest post this week from the Climate.us team. We were very excited to talk with Rebecca Lindsey and learn more about their team's plans for Climate.us, especially their rescue of the Fifth National Climate Assessment. In 2024, if you googled “climate,” the first
The Save Our Signs project (SOS), a community-driven effort to preserve National Park Service (NPS) interpretive materials before they are removed from public view, is proud to announce the launch of the Save Our Signs Archive, a collection of photographs taken by visitors at National Parks. This open access “people’
The Data Rescue Project was pleased to receive an NDSA Excellence Award last week. We were honored to be recognized alongside other incredible librarians, archivists, and leaders. Below is the transcript of remarks delivered by Lynda Kellam. We would like to express our sincere appreciation to all our volunteers for
Second in a series of posts about federal data and the Federal Statistical System.
The Federal Statistical System impacts everyone in the US (and many globally) whether they realize it or not.
Join us on September 17 to learn more about Save Our Signs!
