Strategic Open Data Preservation: Roles and Opportunities for Broader Engagement by Librarians and the Public

Authors

Laurie Allen, University of PennsylvaniaFollow
Claire Stewart, University of MinnesotaFollow
Stephanie Wright, Mozilla FoundationFollow

ORCID IDs

Claire Stewart

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

10-2017

Citation

College & Research Library News 78:9 (October 2017), pp. 482–484, 495.

doi: https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.78.9.482

Comments

Copyright © 2017 Laurie Allen, Claire Stewart, and Stephanie Wright. Used by permission.

Abstract

The June 2017 ACRL/SPARC Forum at the ALA Annual Conference focused on recent efforts to build cooperative programs to ensure persistent access to open data, including science data provided by the U.S. federal government. Data Rescue events, inaugurated at the University of Pennsylvania, catalyzed librarians, scientists, technologists, and other open data advocates to build a broad and resilient coalition to ensure against future data loss. Here, the three speakers from the forum reflect upon their own experiences with Data Rescue events and how they view opportunities for collective action going forward.