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Topic
Disappearing Data: Grassroots Efforts to Preserve Government Information in Uncertain Times
Date & Time

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May 28, 2025 03:00 PM

Description
As government websites quietly shed datasets and public records face increasing risk of removal, a growing network of librarians and civic-minded organizations are stepping up to safeguard access to vital information. This panel brings together three leaders in the fight to preserve government data: Molly Blake, a social sciences librarian crowdsourcing lost federal information; Dr. Lynda Kellam, a founding organizer of the Data Rescue Project; and Jack Cushman, who recently launched an archive of data.gov through the Harvard Library Innovation Lab. Together, this panel will explore the critical role libraries and grassroots communities play in protecting digital infrastructure. This panel is brought to you by the American Library Association's Politics, Policy and International Relations Section and Government Documents Round Table.