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• Harvard Law School Library Innovation Lab Announces Launch of Data.gov Archive

  06-02-2025 19:36 via infodocket.com
  From a Library Innovation Lab Post:
  Today we released our archive of data.gov on source.coop. The 16TB collection includes over 311,000 datasets harvested during 2024 and 2025, a complete archive of federal public datasets linked by data.gov. It will be updated daily as new datasets are added to data.gov.
  This is the first release in our new data vault project to preserve and authenticate vital public datasets for academic research, policymaking, and public use.
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• Report: “National Archives Workers Unsure If Marco Rubio Has Secretly Been Their Boss For Weeks”

  06-02-2025 17:16 via infodocket.com
  From Jason Koebler at 404 Media:
  Wednesday night, ABC News reported that Secretary of State Marco Rubio “has been the acting archivist” at the National Archives and Records Administration “since shortly after President Trump’s inauguration.”
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  404 Media obtained notes from that all-hands meeting, in which Shogan was introduced as “the archivist of the United States” and in which she spoke at length about working with the Trump administration in
  
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• Internet Archive: “Update on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive”

  06-02-2025 16:44 via infodocket.com
  From an Internet Archive Blog Post by Caralee Adams:
  These “End of Term” (EOT) Web Archive projects have been completed for term transitions in 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020, with 2024 well underway. The effort preserves a record of the U.S. government as it changes over time for historical and research purposes.
  With two-thirds of the process complete, the 2024/2025 EOT crawl has collected more than 500 terabytes of material, including more than 100 milli
  
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• Scotland: World’s Largest Archive Of Street Newspapers Gifted to Glasgow University

  06-02-2025 15:34 via infodocket.com
  From The Herald:Source: INSP
  The world’s largest collection of street newspapers – including landmark editions of The Big Issue – has been gifted to Glasgow Caledonian University.
  Around 8,000 newspapers and magazines sold by people experiencing homelessness and poverty have been handed over to the University by the International Network of Street Papers (INSP).
  The Glasgow-based charity, founded in 1994, represents 92 street papers in 35 countries.
  Many of the n
  
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