My paper is out in Big Data & Society : “Emergency curation as anticipatory maintenance: Lessons from the 2016/2017 #DataRescue movement.” https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517261421482

In this paper, I propose the concept of anticipatory maintenance to show that #DataRescue (2016/17) was not just “rescue” but maintenance work: future-oriented care to keep data accessible, acting as if loss had already begun by building redundancy and decentralized preservation arrangements.

My paper is out in Big Data & Society : “Emergency curation as anticipatory maintenance: Lessons from the 2016/2017 #DataRescue movement.” https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517261421482

In this paper, I propose the concept of anticipatory maintenance to show that #DataRescue (2016/17) was not just “rescue” but maintenance work: future-oriented care to keep data accessible, acting as if loss had already begun by building redundancy and decentralized preservation arrangements.

Happy Presidents Day.

Two weeks ago, the CIA shut down the World Factbook - a public
domain reference on every country, used by 6 million people
monthly since 1997.

We built a replacement:
https://openfactbook.org

261 countries · Instant search · Country comparisons

Public data should stay public.

#OpenData #CivicTech #OpenSource #PresidentsDay
#PublicDomain #DataRescue

Happy Presidents Day.

Two weeks ago, the CIA shut down the World Factbook - a public
domain reference on every country, used by 6 million people
monthly since 1997.

We built a replacement:
https://openfactbook.org

261 countries · Instant search · Country comparisons

Public data should stay public.

#OpenData #CivicTech #OpenSource #PresidentsDay
#PublicDomain #DataRescue

The LMU Open Science Center ( @lmu_osc) runs a hackathon to support the #SciOp#SafeguardingResearch initiative: Rescuing research data that is deleted by the Trump administration.

Bonus: @lavaeolus will give an ignition talk!

📅 Thursday, 2025-08-07, 16 – 19 (only in-person)
👉 Details and signup: https://github.com/lmu-osc/safeguar.de-hackathon

Become a data rescuer by turning your own laptop into a Research Data Rescue Node, scraping at-risk data sets, and breathing new life into your old HDD as part of a global, decentralised network.

#LMUMünchen#OpenScience#OpenData #DataRescue
CC @SafeguardingResearch @bitsUndBaeumeAuxMuc

The LMU Open Science Center ( @lmu_osc) runs a hackathon to support the #SciOp#SafeguardingResearch initiative: Rescuing research data that is deleted by the Trump administration.

Bonus: @lavaeolus will give an ignition talk!

📅 Thursday, 2025-08-07, 16 – 19 (only in-person)
👉 Details and signup: https://github.com/lmu-osc/safeguar.de-hackathon

Become a data rescuer by turning your own laptop into a Research Data Rescue Node, scraping at-risk data sets, and breathing new life into your old HDD as part of a global, decentralised network.

#LMUMünchen#OpenScience#OpenData #DataRescue
CC @SafeguardingResearch @bitsUndBaeumeAuxMuc