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Archive: April 2012 (22 Posts)

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Preservation of and Access to Federally Funded Scientific Data

Posted by: Bill LeFurgy

This is a guest post by George Alter, Director of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Research data produced by federally funded scientific projects should be freely available to the wider research community and the public at large. That simple statement should not be controversial, especially as federal research funding agencies increasingly require …

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Open Source Software and Digital Preservation: An Interview with Bram van der Werf of the Open Planets Foundation

Posted by: Bill LeFurgy

The following is a guest post from Trevor Owens, a Digital Archivist in the Library of Congress Office of Strategic Initiatives. In this installment of the National Digital Stewardship Alliance Innovation Working Group Insights series, I am excited to have the chance to chat with Bram van der Werf, Executive Director of the Open Planets …

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Top Blog Posts of the Month

Posted by: Susan Manus

During the past almost-year of our existence, The Signal has covered a lot of territory, topic-wise.  But in the midst of all the activity required to keep this very active blog going, it’s easy for us to get lost in the day-to-day.  So, I think it’s a good idea once in awhile to pause and …

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States of Sustainability: The NDIIPP Preserving State Government Information Initiative

Posted by: Butch Lazorchak

When I first started at the Library of Congress in 2004 I was hired to support the imminent Preserving State Government Information initiative. Over these nearly eight years I have had the opportunity to work with some of the most innovative and committed people in the country on addressing the challenge of keeping state and …