Spotlight on Digital Government Information Preservation: Examining the Context, Outcomes, Limitations, and Successes of the DataRefuge Movement

In Brief: Access and preservation of online government data and information has been a long-standing and complex issue for librarians in government information librarianship, but it has recently started to receive attention on a larger level from the media, public, and libraries in general. The most...

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Main Authors: Eric Johnson, Alicia Kubas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: In the Library with the Lead Pipe 2018-02-01
Series:In the Library with the Lead Pipe
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Online Access:http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/information-preservation/
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Summary:In Brief: Access and preservation of online government data and information has been a long-standing and complex issue for librarians in government information librarianship, but it has recently started to receive attention on a larger level from the media, public, and libraries in general. The most recent initiative to archive digital government data was the DataRefuge movement in 2016 and 2017.
ISSN:1944-6195