Update for November 2025

We hope everyone is having a good November. We have a few updates from the DRP Steering Committee ❤️🛟

NCES Datalabs Tables: Rescue Complete!

If you have been following along with the Data Rescue Project newsletter, you have been receiving occasional updates on our struggle to find and download all of the summary tables that were created by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). These tables are useful because they make it easy

Conversation about Save Our Signs

Podcast: A Massive Archiving Effort at National Parks (with Jenny McBurney and Lynda Kellam)This week we have a conversation between Sam and two of the leaders of the independent volunteer archiving project Save Our Signs, an effort to archive national park signs and monument placards.404 MediaSamantha Cole Jenny

RDAP Hackathon and November Office Hours

Fall is in full swing– and as the holidays approach, we just want to remind you all how grateful we are for your participation and support! Don’t forget that you can receive a sticker as a small token of our appreciation – fill out this short Google Form and we’

Guest Post: Together Through Chaos: Reflections on Community-Driven Data Rescue

DRP co-founder and Steering Committee Member Mikala Narlock recently spoke at the Midwest Data Librarian Symposium. Below, she shares an overview of the presentation (slides available for review) and her own reflections. One thing the Midwest does exceptionally well is Fall: the leaves change slowly, and then all at once;

Data Rescue Projects receives support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to support data rescue efforts

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Since launching in February 2025, the Data Rescue Project has grown substantially. At this point, the DRP has enabled the rescue of more than 1,000 datasets from US Federal websites, representing over 80 statistical programs and offices, all due entirely to the work of our more

Guest Post: The Library Innovation Lab Launches Data.gov Archive Search

This week's guest post is from the Harvard Law School Library Innovation Lab. As October draws to a closer, we are grateful to this team for their efforts to update Data.Gov Archive, which now includes a search interface to support the discoverability and usability of federal data.

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Update for October 2025

Hello from the DRP Steering Committee! We have a few updates. ❤️🛟 Announcements * Join us for office hours this coming Wednesday, October 29, at 4:30 pm Eastern. The HIFLD volunteers will be taking over to chat about the project! Use this link for the office hours. Thank you again to

Events! RDAP Hackathon and HIFLD Office Hours

Before we talk about events, we would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our community of volunteers for your interest in and support for the project to back up HIFLD Open. HIFLD Open was a collection of open datasets that acted as a “digital go bag” for communities

Guest Post: Former Climate.gov team building Climate.us—a new bridge between scientists and the public

We have a guest post this week from the Climate.us team. We were very excited to talk with Rebecca Lindsey and learn more about their team's plans for Climate.us, especially their rescue of the Fifth National Climate Assessment. In 2024, if you googled “climate,” the first

Save Our Signs Launches the People’s Archive of National Park Signs

The Save Our Signs project (SOS), a community-driven effort to preserve National Park Service (NPS) interpretive materials before they are removed from public view, is proud to announce the launch of the Save Our Signs Archive, a collection of photographs taken by visitors at National Parks. This open access “people’