The Eagle: “A team of four librarians at American University is joining a nationwide effort to preserve removed or redacted data in a Government Information Data Rescue guide. Editors Jessica Breen, Gwendolyn Reece, Olivia Ivey and Sarah Gilchrist each bring their own expertise to the table. The effort follows multiple executive orders starting Jan. 31, including executive orders 14168 and 14151, that ordered the removal of information that promotes “gender ideology” and information related to diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, respectively. Backsliding in terms of data accessibility – Jessica Breen, a geographer and one of the guide editors, worked on rescuing environmental data with the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative during Donald Trump’s first term. In Trump’s second term, she has become a leader in supporting the team at the University…This situation is a “fast moving target,” Reece said, and the University does not have the infrastructure of some other repositories, like the Data Curation Network. Currently, the Government Information Data Rescue team is temporarily saving data to then transfer it to a more permanent location for access. Other groups, such as Census Reporter, are pulling frequently accessed data, but AU’s team has been focused on saving more “niche” data for the University, Reece said…data that will be of interest in the future in an interview with The Eagle. Nellis’ work includes her recent initiative to web archive capture AU policy pages made in response to changes at the federal level. Leslie Nellis, AU’s head archivist for Special Collections/Digital Initiatives, spoke of their work preserving. Nellis is involved with the government rescue operations through their role in the special collections department which collects distinctive materials of lasting value. This includes work with the U.S. Agency for International Development Alumni Association to “catch government document ephemera that were not suitable for transfer to the National Archives,” according to Nellis…”