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A reading list for understanding federal research
Curated by data librarian and Data Rescue Project co-founder Lynda Kellam, this reading list offers key books, reports, and articles for understanding how federal data is created, maintained, and used.
Lynda Kellam on the Data Rescue Project and the battle for accessible info
Lynda Kellam is a data librarian and director of research at an Ivy League institution, and a founding member of the Data Rescue Project (DPR).
Who’s Behind the News host Matt Fidler speaks with senior writer Morgan Kriesel about his reporting on the purge of government scientists and data collectors, the erosion of public research infrastructure, and the effort to preserve scientific work.
An Interview With Internet Archive Founder Brewster Kahle, October 17, 2025
Gordon Whiting, publisher of newsjunkie.net, sat down with Internet Archive founder and Digital Librarian Brewster Kahle to discuss the future of information gathering.
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Environmental journalist Mark Schapiro on the changes coming under Trump II, and how journalists can take the initiative to defeat the attempt to suppress access to scientific research.
Internet Archive and partners race against time to preserve public research
The incoming Trump administration is expected to cut climate science research and limit access to federally funded research websites and repositories. A coalition of archiving professionals is mounting an effort to preserve the sites. Volunteers are urgently needed to help select and push at-risk URLs into the archiving system. The campaign will continue after the presidential inauguration on January 20, 2025, but the greatest opportunity to find and preserve essential studies and data lies in this short period before Trump takes office.
Latest news on efforts to remedy the erasure of government/public data and web sites
Get involved: The Internet Archive is once again leading a coalition to collect and preserve government documents and data that are at risk during presidential transition periods. This page provides info and tools to help the End of Term Harvest.
Science activists race to preserve access to critical research
Gretchen Gehrke of the Environment Data and Governance Initiative describes the motivation for starting EDGI, the End of Term Archive project, and the mission to monitor and safeguard public science research.
How artificial intelligence, paywalls, and web scraping are reshaping the future of digital preservation
Recent developments in artificial intelligence are reshaping how internet businesses operate and how the Internet Archive collects.
Part I: Birth of a nation's library
Our first in a four-part series on the Library of Congress explores its origins. The library has been around almost since the founding of the US, and it continues to be a valuable resource for government, journalists, and curious citizens. It’s the people’s library and this is how the story began.
Part I: From private collections to a national research institution
Newsjunkie is highlighting the great research libraries of the world. We recently concluded a four–part series on the Library of Congress. With this article, we set our sights on the colonial power that once ruled our nation.
An interview with Vispi Balaporia, President of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai
Newsjunkie publisher Gordon Whiting speaks with Vispi Balaporia about the mission, collections, challenges, and future of the historic Asiatic Society of Mumbai.
