Desired Outcomes for Libraries+ Network May Meeting

Desired Outcomes
Survey results from the libsplus community & May meeting participants
http://libraries.network/may-meeting

#libsplus May 8 & 9, 2017
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http://libraries.network
Subcommittees to work on separate data sources.

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I would like to see a framework for the continued preservation
of federal (and possibly even state) generated research —
i.e., coming up with a plan to not just save the data already in
existence, but a way to continue to preserve it as new data is
generated.

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Better deﬁnition and prioritization of the challenges
facing the open federal data community

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Without seeing the agenda, I'm not sure yet, but hopefully
a plan to work collaboratively together will emerge.

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A cooperative group, possibly a listserv or communication
tool to see what libraries are working on.

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A strategic plan / roadmap for next steps to move forward on long-
term preservation. Also a more comprehensive list of stakeholders
and a communication plan for sharing information.

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I would like to see more organizations take on the responsibility, and
contribute resources towards, collecting, preserving, and providing
open, online, public access to government data -- and do these things
at the scale the problem requires. The problem is not at all a new one.
What limited broader participation in this effort in the past? Are
institutions more willing to do this now? If so, in what way and how can
others help? If not, why not and what can others do to convince them?

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A roadmap for continued collaboration

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We would like to see several outcomes from the May meeting:
1. A strategic roadmap that includes future and current partners and  
collaborators;
2. Steps towards surveying the data agreements between the  
government and other actors (i.e., federal data centers held in  
collaboration with universities and deposited data funded by federal  
grants in sites like ICPSR or Dryad); and
3. An outline of metadata, storage, and preservation plans that includes  
a survey of the standards and options already available today.

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Partnerships between archiving institutions centered
around collaborative, open metadata curation goals.

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Agreed upon collaborative effort and plan

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A path towards a cross-data-community
partnership in service of data stability

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A framework for setting up a network that will establish
and carry out long term preservation efforts for
federally-hosted and federally-funded datasets

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Closer knit community with more communication, that
builds on Data Refuge communication and partnerships
between scientists & scientiﬁc orgs, libraries, universities,
federal govt, and a synthesis of the ideas that emerge at
the meeting, that identiﬁes common goals and potential
paths ( a ""manifesto"" perhaps?!)

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Continued building and strengthening of diverse community
working on this. Some scoping work. Some ideas for a
framework that can practically guide decision-making: which
data? how vulnerable is it? how much curation should it get
(different identiﬁed levels)? how much commitment? how user/
demand-driven vs. supply-driven? What are the biggest gaps
to be addressed?

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A clearly deﬁned call for participation from libraries
regarding federal data backups, a plan for some kind of
program to ensure comprehensive backups of everything
(working through gov't ofﬁces, systematically combing
through websites etc)

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More ways to engage young people

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Proposed governance & funding commitments for coordinated
work in policy advocacy & infrastructure development

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Plan for expanding beyond climate and environment

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Some discussion of the law and policy changes that could alter
the creation and availability of government data in the future.

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1. A good deﬁnition of the task ahead,
2. A clear understanding of how we could leverage existing
strengths of the library community to build the Data Refuge
infrastructure and services we need,
3. A clear understanding of who non-library partners are and how we
could best work with them to build a robust, resilient infrastructure,
4. A list of tangible, concrete next steps.

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I'd like better cooperation and cultural understanding between the
scientists and librarians and hackers. We all need each other to do
this project. Deﬁned working groups and an agreement on overall
guiding principles and priorities. If we can accomplish that, we are in
good shape. Working groups on speciﬁc issues would be great.
Ideas for how to fund this would be amazing - and will be necessary.
Anything else would be delicious gravy.

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Identify existing repositories that will hold the data long-term.  
An initial, open and coordinated list of next sites to get data from.

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Identify overlapping resourced activities; collaborate

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Concrete plans on how to start moving forward to address these issues in a coordinated fashion. Are
there small steps we start piloting to more systematically and sustainably approach this problem. For
example, how can institutions respond to these needs? Do they need dedicated staff and budgets
assigned to data rescue efforts? It seems like much of the work of data rescue events is done outside
and on top of regular work hours (weekends, evenings), which can limit involvement to those that have
the ability (and lack of other commitments) to devote this kind of time and energy to the project. The
same concern applies to some depository libraries in the FDLP that barely have the resources to
support current online and print collections, let alone archiving online content which requires additional
resources and staff time (see Biennial Survey of Depository Libraries <https://www.fdlp.gov/ﬁle-
repository/biennial-survey>). Extending the FDLP to online data and resources requires specialized
skills in digital curation and time that many depository libraries do not have - if this is expected, than
there need to be appropriate investments in training, staff, and time resources to ensure this is
sustainable. Unfunded mandates are not sustainable.

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Clear articulation of the goal of all this work. Are we simply creating a "backup" of whatever is on the
web, in its messy, unorganized, undocumented current state? Or are we actually trying to ensure
government information remains publicly accessible, ﬁndable, and usable in the future? The Data
Rescue events have been doing the former on a wide swath of data; long standing archives have
been doing the latter on a very small portion of data. With the former, even though a copy (that we
can prove through explicit chain of custody that it is the "real" copy) exists in the DataRefuge
repository or other places, it's not actually usable in the current state if the originating federal
website went down or if someone tried to actually use the data that is archived. Providing the chain
of custody information is not curation and will not help anyone understand or make use of the data
on its own.

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I would like to see a commitment made (some kind of statement)
about the need for libraries to engage in ongoing preservation work
with born digital government information and also the beginnings of
a grant proposal to help support this work.

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Clearly identified purpose(s) of effort; clarity in scope of effort (or
serious attempt to define scope); Identify key issues to be addressed
towards identified purpose and who will investigate these issues;
Identify other stakeholders who need to be included in effort.

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Better understanding of the many disconnected efforts emerging nationally.

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A coalition of interested parties to help with preservation... not
everyone can do everything but is there a part, big or small, for
interested institutions or people to play. a platform for action and
advocacy to inﬂuence agencies and lawmakers to promote
preservation and long-term access and to advocate the need for
government sponsored data, not moving toward privatized efforts

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A vision and scope statements, and governance structure
that allow for near and long-term work of the consortium

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Solid plan of action moving forward that identiﬁes both needs
and directions for stakeholders in this monumental undertaking.

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Clarity about the future state that we’re trying to achieve, and
about the distribution of roles and responsibilities of the
organizations and institutions interested in this issue.

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Some clarity on how to coordinate and assure similar standards
and workﬂows for those who contribute to the efforts

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Of the three challenges above, the one that gates progress is resources.
All the feel-good ideas are valuable: cast a wide net; build networks
across communities; work with government agencies; make sure all
work and all technology is open- open–open; etc. I urge the group to
consider the two prongs of making this a sustainable venture:
1. Costs: What are start up costs, what are continuing costs, and at all
points in the deliberation work to drive down costs.
2. Where are funding opportunities?

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A general consensus around what a plan of action for providing
long term access and preservation to at risk government data
should include. Investment and commitment from stakeholders
to further develop and invest into this plan. A road map for
moving forward with the plan.

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I would like to gain some conﬁdence that this will continue as
something other than a series of ad hoc activities in reaction to a
particular political environment. In other words -- this is a problem
that existed prior to November 8, it will extend beyond 2020.

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1. Agreement on the scope of the problem;
2. Development of a strategic plan;
3. Establish strategies to avoid duplication of effort
and promote communication across
stakeholders

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Outlines of approaches that can and will be sustained

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Better understanding (of all involved) of who is engaged,
helping. shared priorities. dedicated intent to not let this
become siloed or overly academic / have an honest convo
about opportunities + challenges.

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