(These are the repositories mentioned in those articles.)
I just went to a webinar from the ICPSR folks who have a new repository for storing government data called DataLumos: https://www.datalumos.org/datalumos/
The nutshell: DataLumos is focused on federal (not state) data that is social science oriented, anyone can upload if they are registered, up to 2 GB per file (more if you ask).
For sciences (e.g. NOAA data, etc.), there is Data Refuge, run by Penn Program in Environmental Humanities: http://www.ppehlab.org/
Both of these places have instructions for suggesting datasets and uploading them. There are likely more places, but I think those two are good options for people looking to
protect endangered government data.
I am planning on uploading some HUD data to DataLumos (endangered by this bill:
http://www.nysgis.net/congressional-bill-to-eliminate-hud-federal-funding-for-geospatial-data/
but I am also thinking of ways of collectively trying to ask ESRI to host this data for free, in order to circumvent the bill – if anyone has ideas about this feel free to contact me).
Cheers,
Amanda Tickner
GIS Librarian
From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Edward Sullivan
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2017 10:07 AM
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Subject: Re: disappearing data
You might point to similar concerns and efforts by university libraries and researchers elsewhere, e.g.:
Edward Sullivan / Economic & Planning Systems
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From: Christopher Thiry
Date:02/17/2017 06:48 (GMT-08:00)
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Subject: disappearing data
All,
I know this is for a more general librarian audience.
I am trying to put together a libguide that will give advice to researchers here on campus. I am struggling with how to tell them to copy any federal government
data on the web that might be important to their research. I am trying not to sound too alarmist, but daily reports tell us about federal data sites that have been trimmed or taken down entirely.
I was spurred on by a visit from a former student worker of mine. I told her to copy the data she needed from the USGS site. She wondered why anyone would want
to shut down something about seismic activity. Oklahoma comes to mind.
I need to put something together that is pretty neutral. There are libguides out there regarding backing up your data, but this topic is a little different.
Any advice you can give me would be much appreciated.
Christopher J.J. Thiry
Outreach, Instruction, and Geospatial Information Librarian
Colorado School of Mines
1400 Illinois
Golden, CO 80401
p. 303-273-3697
f. 303-273-3199