Government Resources on Freedom of Information: University FOIA Projects
University FOIA Projects
- Rice University White House Scientists ArchiveThe White House Scientist and Science Policy Dynamic Digital Archive collects and preserves materials related to the history of scientists serving as policy advisors to the president beginning with the George H.W. Bush administration. In particular, the online collection documents the evolution of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) and its managing federal agency, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), as well as the lives, careers, and policy contributions of its membership.
The digital collection is managed by the Science and Technology Policy Program at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy in collaboration with Rice University's Woodson Research Center. - Brechner Freedome of Information Project/Centerat University of Florida.
LOCKSS
Fondren Library is a member of LOCKSS Program. We make contribution to LOCKSS. Fondren Library LOCKSS contacts: Danis Galvin (Assistant University Librarian for IT and Technical Services) dgalvin@rice.edu and Anna Xiong (Government Informaton Coordinator and FDLP Representative) jax2@rice.edu.
LOCKSS Alliance
LOCKSS (for "Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe") is open source software that provides librarians with an easy and inexpensive way to collect, store, preserve, and provide access to their own, local copy of authorized content they purchase. The LOCKSS Alliance is a membership organization open to libraries interested in LOCKSS as part of their strategy for building and preserving digital collections of e-journals and other web-based content
Technical Report Archive and Image Library (TRAIL)
Rice University Fondren Library is a TRAIL member.
The TRAIL project is an initiative sponsored by academic libraries around the country to digitize older technical reports that are otherwise very difficult to find.
Search U.S. government technical reports issued primarily prior to 1976 and digitized by TRAIL.
TRAIL focuses on technical reports published before 1976, which often are not included in indexes to the technical report literature.
For example, much of the seminal work in nuclear physics and health effects of radiation was done in the 1930's-1950's, prior to widespread electronic access to material.