Archiving civic data

What's the need?

• Open data publishers, whether individual organizations or aggregators, are often not built with long-term stewardship in mind. Specifically, they may not account for dataset versioning, digital preservation workflows and metadata, or a long-term commitment to data availability

Why the library?

• Libraries have experience in preserving resources for future use, particularly items created by governments or other public entities.

What you can do:

• Archive and preserve civic data in a library-managed repository or in partnership with an external repository.

Inspiration:

• United States: Data Refuge

• United States: End of Term Presidential Harvest

Resources you can use:

• Temple University Libraries. “Future Proofing Civic Data: Exploring the Challenges of Preserving Open Civic Data for the Long Term”