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<p>Hi, RDAP listservers - You may have seen this on another list. Sorry if that is annoying to you!</p>
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<div>Many of you know about DataRefuge and some of you know that we’re looking to move towards a more sustainable and systematic way to backup federal data and information. We've been talking to many library, open data, government, and other people and starting
to imagine what we're calling (intentionally blandly) the <a href="http://libraries.network">
Libraries+ Network</a>. To understand the problems ensuring continued access to federal data, we’re having a multi-stakeholder meeting in May. In order to keep a good balance of stakeholders at the meeting, we’ve had to curate the invite list, but we want and
need to have the larger community - especially data professionals - involved and engaged in the discussion.<br>
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In an effort to do that, we’re hosting a virtual meeting on Friday, April 7 from 2:00 pm EDT just for data librarians and other data professionals. (There will be a meeting for a broader audience on
<a href="https://libraries.network/blog/2017/3/31/libraries-informational-update-webinar">
April 19</a>. Please direct interested non-datalib type colleagues to that one). The meeting will provide a brief overview of the goals as we currently see them for the Libraries+ Network and give attendees the opportunity to discuss together the problems and
issues associated with this idea. The agenda is not to come up with solutions, but to get a better understanding of the problem, particularly from this community's perspective. We’ll also be discussing how best to bring this perspective to the May meeting
and stay engaged going forward.<br>
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Please consider registering for this virtual meeting at <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/IWNNoEq3CBbvuFTF2" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk949947" previewremoved="true">https://goo.gl/forms/IWNNoEq3CBbvuFTF2</a>. This form also includes a space to write a brief
description of how you currently see the problem of ensuring continued access to federal data. Please respond to this question so that we can use the answers to find common themes or great divergences ahead of the meeting and form a more productive agenda
based on what we hear. Answers will be made public so we can all learn from each other before the meeting. <br>
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<div>You’ll be able to join the meeting on April 7 from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android at <a href="https://www.zoom.us/j/6397098606" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk609130" previewremoved="true">https://www.zoom.us/j/6397098606</a> <br>
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More information about the Libraries+ Network is available at <a href="http://libraries.network" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk426777" previewremoved="true">http://libraries.network</a> <br>
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Thanks, everybody! <br>
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Margaret</div>
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<p>Margaret Janz</p>
<p>Scholarly Communication & Data Curation Librarian</p>
<p>University of Pennsylvania</p>
<p>Van Pelt Library Room 131</p>
<p>215-898-4836</p>
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