Mackenzie Konjoyan , the Eagle; American University librarians take up the mantle with government data rescue project
[Kip Currier: Thank you to all information professionals and citizen archivists who are preserving and making government data/information accessible now -- and for the future.]
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"Librarians carry a professional responsibility to protect the right to non-censored open information, Nellis said. The work being done at the University is a part of a larger effort across the country by those who understand data’s value.
Nellis added that awareness is the first step in preserving data and that everyone can get involved in saving information because the data ecosystem is vast.
“It doesn’t take that much effort to have a high impact and everyone can help,” Nellis said.
Nellis warned that the federal government is cutting citizens out of the processes of democracy by making decisions behind closed doors and by limiting the amount of information people can access.
“We have the right to this information, and to see it being taken down, to see it being lost, should be a moral outrage for every citizen and person living in this country,” Nellis said."
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