Updates
- News: The Brown Daily Herald: “‘Constantly on defense’: Professors discuss data preservation, integrity under Trump”
- Event: “Data in the Trump/DOGE Era,” April 7, 5:30pm, Andrews House. Co-organized by the Data Science Institute, the Cogut Institute for Humanities, and the Population Studies and Training Center.
- News: The Brown Daily Herald: “Brown librarians, professors lead effort to archive government data under threat by Trump administration.”
- Blog Post, by Frank Donnelly: “Rescuing US Government Data | At These Coordinates”
Resources
Brown University Library
“Since January 2025, many federal websites, datasets, and publications have been removed, withdrawn, or modified. In response, information professionals worldwide, including those at Brown University Library, have joined coordinated efforts to preserve access to essential government information. To support these initiatives, the Library has formed an interdepartmental group of specialists dedicated to tracking these efforts. They are available to assist with identifying archived datasets, locating alternate sources, and potentially contributing to ongoing preservation efforts. This initiative is coordinated by Frank Donnelly, Head of GIS and Data Services.”
For any concerns regarding accessing federal government datasets, feel free to contact the following library staff:
- Frank Donnelly and Cass Wilkinson Saldaña, CLEAR Data Services: SocSciLibrarians@brown.edu
- Laura Haygood & Kelsey Sawyer, Health and Biomedical Library Services: HealthSciLibrarians@brown.edu
- Patrick Rashleigh & Khanh Vo, Center for Digital Scholarship: cds_info@brown.edu
Brown Library Guide to Alternate Sources for Government Data
Brown Library US Federal Government Data Backup - GitHub and Globus Repository
Brown Health and Biomedical Library Services Guide to Alternatives to Federal Health Resources
Contribute
Please contact us at DSI (dsi-info@brown.edu) if you know of additional resources you would like to add to this is collection!
Collating these resources at DSI is being led by Holly Case, DSI Deputy Director.