Library Innovation Lab's Approach to Data.gov Archive Search and Public Data Discovery
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Summary
The Library Innovation Lab discusses their Data.gov Archive Search project as part of their Public Data Project, examining the trade-offs between cost, complexity, and access in data discovery for libraries and digital humanities. The article reflects on how they built the project and is the second in a three-part series about government data archives and provenance.
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· 5 pulledAs part of our Public Data Project, LIL recently launched Data.gov Archive Search.
Here, we look under the hood and reflect on how and why we built this project the way we did.
This post is the second in a three-part series; the first introduces Data.gov Archive Search and the third considers the importance of provenance for government datasets.
Rethinking the Old Trade-Off: Cost, Complexity, and Access
Libraries, digital humanities projects, and cultural heritage organizations have long had
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