It's #MemeMonday again!! So we want to know: are you more #GoodKuchiKopi or #BadKuchiKopi? While we hope and aspire to always use open file formats, sometimes those proprietary formats (looking at you Excel) find their way to us...

RDM Weekly - Issue 041 A weekly roundup of Research Data Management resources.

Issue 41 of #rdmweekly is out! 📬

➡️ Scrapers, Pipelines, and AI, Oh My! Tools to Accelerate Data Rescue - Workshop @datarescueproject.org
➡️ How to…Write a Lab Handbook @mehr.nz
➡️ SQL Murder Mystery
➡️ It Depends - A Comical Data Steward Replacement
and more!

rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...

My public commentary: Github != Archiving. Public Archiving != Data Sharing. Desirable characteristics weren't about repo dating; they were legit. Consult data librarians before you make messes.

I'd expect better from #NSF ... in any year other than 2025->

www.research.gov/research-web...

Scrapers, Pipelines, and AI, Oh My! Tools to Accelerate Rescue Data One of the questions we hear regularly is if folks can still help rescue data without advanced technical skills. The answer is a resounding YES! But, if you’re interested in learning more about how…

Join us on April 29, 4:30-5:30pm Eastern for a DRP Volunteer-led workshop on #webscraping! This will be a #handson opportunity to expand your technical skills to save data (or, as our volunteers put it, get your very own rocket booster!).

Learn more: www.datarescueproject.org/web-scraping...

I really enjoyed my time at the @pennstateuniv.bsky.social Open Science Bootcamp in August. This May event looks great!

penn-state-open-science.github.io/bootcamp-2026/

I think this is the first time more than two of us have been able to present at the same time (logistics, etc). So this is exciting!

Threats to federal data: 🔥🔥🔥

The DRP: :💪💾😤

The data: still accessible.

Happy #MemeMonday and #BobsBurgers to all!

Good news to wake up to this morning!

The Big Ten GIS Conference The Big Ten GIS Conference is a virtual event with presentations, panels, and a map gallery.

For all those attending the (virtual & free) Big Ten GIS Conference, check out the keynote by a DRP volunteer extraordinaire - Frank Donnelly!

gin.btaa.org/conference/

📣 Registration for the 2026 July ESIP Meeting is now open!

We're excited to gather again this July to connect with each other and explore this year’s theme, “Bridging Divides.” 🌎 The ESIP Meeting takes place July 28-31 in Austin, TX.

📆 Start your planning today! 2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com

A Disappearing Data Chronology YouTube video by nsarchive

I provide my commentary on the new timeline here (as I slowly but surely get more comfortable with accompanying short-form video content. Please be gentle).
m.youtube.com/shorts/su2Lj...

Thanks to both of you! The support and generosity of everyone in different groups have made the past year less terrible for certain! Nice to meet you both!

Thank you! — PEGI Project Over nine years ago, the PEGI Project set out to address national concerns regarding the preservation of electronic government information by cultural memory organizations to ensure long-term access b...

Today @pegiproject.bsky.social closes out. I was lucky to join a great group. I will miss our discussions, but I'm glad we have sunsetted in a responsible & thoughtful way. PEGI's learnings & insights about government information preservation will live on.

www.pegiproject.org/blog/thank-you

Logo and details for IASSIST 2026 virtual conference held June 2-5, sponsored by ICPSR, with a colorful overlapping circle design.

📆 Save the Date! The IASSIST virtual conference, “Championing Data: Data Professionals at the Nexus,” is June 2-5, 2026! ICPSR is the proud sponsor of IASSIST 2026! Find out more at https://myumi.ch/D8pp7

#IASSIST2026 #ICPSRconference

Save Our Signs: New photos, new maps, and a renewed sense of purpose The past four months have been a challenging and sobering time for the Save Our Signs team. Most of us live in Minneapolis and St. Paul and as the ICE occupation in Minnesota devastated our…

Exciting new project updates from the #SaveOurSigns team! New photos, a new Storymap, and an updated SOS Archive Map!

Plus a renewed sense of purpose! ❤️ 🛟

Join us and share with your friends, family, colleagues, mean uncle, everyone!

www.datarescueproject.org/save-our-sig...

As gov info geeks, we love CRS Reports anyway, but we especially love this one focused on the federal data.

Thanks so much for mentioning our work. And the work continues!

www.congress.gov/crs-product/...

Save Our Signs: New photos, new maps, and a renewed sense of purpose The past four months have been a challenging and sobering time for the Save Our Signs team. Most of us live in Minneapolis and St. Paul and as the ICE occupation in Minnesota devastated our communitie...

#SaveOurSigns has expanded our project database to include 2,500 new photos and created a new StoryMap visualization to help folks explore the recent leaked NPS dataset. Read more at the @datarescueproject.org blog: www.datarescueproject.org/save-our-sig...

This was a great group to present with. Every one of these hits slightly different but hopefully same goal of raising awareness! Thanks for coming!

We have just too many volunteers

Yessssssssss. I 100% support this.

Feb 3, 2025 - We started fighting to save our data.
July 3, 2025 - We launched #SaveOurSigns with Minn librarians.
April 2026 - We are still talking about the importance of public data as a public good.

❤️🛟

@datarescueproject.org

Thank you so much for the offer! We have received funding for storage for our working data, so we are good for now. We are considering the long-term picture for this work, though, so we will take other options into consideration for the future.

Plus such a touching tribute to Elaine Sykes. I was familiar with her work but I wish I knew more. This quote definitely hit hard.

I’m excited to join @uksg.bsky.social for #UKSG2026 & talk about @datarescueproject.org But also keen to learn more about OA publishing & more. I spend so much time in open data that I have to work against professional myopia.

☺️

Thanks so much to @davidprosser.bsky.social for inviting me and to Ed Fay for asking great questions at #RLUK26. I really enjoyed the conversation and talking about the successes and challenges of our work across the #DataRescue community and the @datarescueproject.org

A fun podcast with our partners @safeguardingdata.bsky.social and the SCIOP crew.

This is quite a ride: www.librarypunk.gay/e/160-sciopn...

Check out their work at sciop.net

Help Protect At-Risk Humanitarian Archives In late 2025, members of the DRP Steering Committee traveled to the University of Manchester, UK, to attend the launch of the Humanitarian Archive Emergency (HAE) Project. As we have seen in the US…

New DRP post: Help Protect At-Risk Humanitarian Archives. We aim to support a range of data rescue projects. This one from the Univ of Manchester is an incredible effort to recognize the loss of many small humanitarian archives.

www.datarescueproject.org/humanitarian...

We have a government that wants to censor our right to know, evaluate, & fix global problems. If we don't recognize that reality, we miss the larger impact on the world, and we need more people to speak out.