We are very excited to talk with Jarrett Drake, digital archivist at Princeton University’s Mudd Manuscript Library. He was awarded an Innovation Award from the National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) in 2016 for his work in challenging and re-examining the practices of archiving and documenting history, particularly relating to preserving the under-represented voices in history. Read More

Earlier this summer, the Depository Library Council (DLC) sought input on modernizing the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). The MIT Libraries submitted the following response, emphasizing the crucial role that equitable access to government information plays in promoting a healthy democracy and an engaged citizenship. The Libraries encouraged the DLC to engage in a robust […]

From 1981 until 1998, Anne Heanue and the fine folks at the Washington Office of the American Library Association (ALA) published an amazing series called Less Access to Less Information by and about the U.S. Government, a chronology of efforts to restrict and privatize government information. In 1986, the publication was listed in Project Censored‘s … Continue reading →

Government Data a few generalizations that will probably remain valid