Re: Save Our Signs - update and call for help

From: Tara Calishain <researchbuzz_at_nyob>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 07:03:59 -0500
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTS.CLIR.ORG
Thank you for the update, I will include a link to your blog post in this
morning's ResearchBuzz.

On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 4:45 AM Lena G. Bohman <
0000012edd993013-dmarc-request_at_lists.clir.org> wrote:

> The Data Rescue Project (www.datarescueproject.org<
> http://www.datarescueproject.org/>), in coordination with librarians from
> Minnesota, helped to launch a #SaveOurSigns<
> https://mattermost.datarescueproject.org/data-rescue-project/messages/@hburns#>
> campaign in July 2025. This campaign addresses the recent calls to
> whitewash and erase history. As of today, together, volunteers from all
> over the nation have preserved thousands of photos of National Park Signs.
> However, we still need your help.
> The Washington Post recently reported that sites across the country have
> been targeted for erasure including Grand Canyon, Glacier, Big Bend, and
> Zion. We need help getting photos from these sites before it is too late.
> We need your help getting new photos -- of signs we don't have, of missing
> spaces where interpretative panels, of protest signs.
> Please see our blogpost for how to get involved (
> www.datarescueproject.org/sos-help<
> http://www.datarescueproject.org/sos-help>), spread the word, and help us
> Save Our Signs.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Lena Bohman
> Senior Data Management and Research Impact Librarian
> Long Island Jewish - Forest Hills Liaison
> Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
> [Learn to use Open Athens on the Library's YouTube channel]<
> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ7OuwLufMv1_8OtFC8xzRUAXpXTqYInG>
>
Received on Thu Jan 29 2026 - 07:05:14 EST