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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I’m sharing this discussion from the OASL email list in the hopes that others in the library community will find it useful. --Arlene</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<a href="mailto:oasl-all@ola.memberclicks.net">oasl-all@ola.memberclicks.net</a> [<a href="mailto:oasl-all@ola.memberclicks.net">mailto:oasl-all@ola.memberclicks.net</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 25, 2017 1:35 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [oasl-all] .gov websites<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">I promise not to post a thousand times on this topic, but I wanted to forward some information that my coworker, Arlene Weible, shared with me. I knew that federal government information
is generally archived, but I didn’t know the best sources to suggest for finding the archived information. Here’s what Arlene told me; plus, there’s more about the “official” versus “reliable” discussion:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Basically the National Archives is responsible for archiving agency web sites, and here are their official sites from the last two administrations:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><a href="https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/">https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><a href="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/">https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Also, here is a non-governmental effort to capture federal agency web sites at each Presidential Transition:
<a href="http://eotarchive.cdlib.org/">http://eotarchive.cdlib.org/</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Individual documents are also “archived” in the sense that they are downloaded by GPO [Government Printing Office] at the point they are cataloged. If folks have a specific publication they are looking for, I’d
suggest searching the Catalog of U.S. Government Information: <a href="http://catalog.gpo.gov">
http://catalog.gpo.gov</a> or Worldcat. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Also, here are a couple of quotes from the recent email discussion among the gov docs librarians about this issue.
<span style="color:#1F497D">(See the full discussion here: <a href="http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A1=ind1701D&L=GOVDOC-L#6">
http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A1=ind1701D&L=GOVDOC-L#6</a>) </span>Basically the thread emphasizes the advantage of government information is that you can “know the source” rather than it actually being factual or reliable. …<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<pre style="margin-left:.5in">I prefer the term "authoritative" or "official" to "reliable" when speaking of government information. When I work with students I attempt to make the distinction clear between official sources and other types of information. To place it in perspective, I would certainly call the website of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea authoritative and official. I would hesitate to call it reliable. Students tend to get that, but when we move to US government sites, they are less likely to perceive our own government's provision of information in a similar light. But perhaps they should.<span style="color:#1F497D"> (Jeffrey C. Wanser)</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">When talking with students, I like to compare the evaluation of government information and its creators with that of "random stuff" you find on the Internet.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">To the extent that the Federal government is transparent, to the extent that the disclosure and vetting processes are thorough, and to the extent that the
media (and other watchdogs) does its job, determining the credentials and perspective of the creators of government information can be much easier. Senior officials in the Executive branch are known to the public through confirmation hearings, speeches, policies,
and the media. The Census Bureau publishes its methodology and scholars and other users examine their methodology and data closely. The credentials and perspectives of members of Congress speaking on the floor of the House or Senate or in committee are usually
known through easily accessible biographical sources published by the government and commercially as well as through other speeches and contact with their constituents. Both Members and political appointees may be members of a party whose positions are known
to the public.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">But government transparency, thorough disclosure and vetting, and watchdogging are all essential to making sure that the fair-minded public is able to evaluate
the government information (and their creators) that is accessible to them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">In comparison, the credentials and perspectives of the creators of "random stuff" can be very hard to determine accurately because those creators and their
work are not necessarily subject to any type of objective evaluation.<span style="color:#1F497D"> (Barbara Levergood)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">On a related subject, you may not have seen that the ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom came out with a statement about President Trump’s administration’s media blackouts:
<a href="http://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=8410">http://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=8410</a>. Arlene added that “the Sunlight Foundation is tracking and documenting the source of reports of federal agency censorship, in case anyone would like to see some concrete examples
of the issues discussed in the ALA press release: <a href="https://sunlightfoundation.com/list-of-federal-government-agencies-told-not-to-communicate-with-the-public">
https://sunlightfoundation.com/list-of-federal-government-agencies-told-not-to-communicate-with-the-public</a>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">Learn to research. Research to learn.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Jennifer Maurer
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 25, 2017 12:05 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> OASL Listserv (<a href="mailto:oasl-all@ola.memberclicks.net">oasl-all@ola.memberclicks.net</a>) <<a href="mailto:oasl-all@ola.memberclicks.net">oasl-all@ola.memberclicks.net</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [oasl-all] .gov websites<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">Hi Eila,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">You brought up a good question, and I don’t feel like I have a good answer.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">For now, the best advice I can think of is to teach that .gov sites are generally reliable, but information should always be verified / triangulated. Then point out known “trust”
exceptions or controversies, especially related to the unit of study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">That said, I ran your question by Arlene Weible, my coworker in Library Support who is our go-to expert on government documents. She mentioned that in gov docs circles, there’s been
a discussion about referring to government information as “official” instead of “reliable.” While the expectation is that government information is reliable, what is posted on government websites is subject to influences like the current administration and
human imperfection (mistakes). For example, while the censorship or suppression of information is more obvious under the Trump administration, it has occurred under other administrations, too. And, the issue is not isolated to American politics.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">
<a href="http://ncac.org/resource/research-findings-suppressed-by-government-environmental-science#Obama_-_environmental">
http://ncac.org/resource/research-findings-suppressed-by-government-environmental-science#Obama_-_environmental</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://www.nature.com/news/nine-years-of-censorship-1.19842">http://www.nature.com/news/nine-years-of-censorship-1.19842</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">As one example of verifying information, students who need information about climate change could check what other English-speaking countries list on their government websites and
compare to what is listed at the U.S. Department of Energy. Other good places for information on the topic would be books from experts, websites from universities that study the issue, websites from organizations with a stance on the issue, etc.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">It might be interesting to find pages from the U.S. Department of Energy’s website on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. For example, I found this about climate change from
2013. In my experience, text from webpages generally gets archived, but sometimes, extras like PDFs and videos will not.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131114230629/http:/www.whitehouse.gov/share/climate-action-plan">
https://web.archive.org/web/20131114230629/http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/climate-action-plan</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">
<a href="https://archive.org/web/">https://archive.org/web/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">There may be other ways to find information that was once on a government website. For example, the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions website uploaded its own copy of President
Obama’s Climate Action Plan from 2013. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://www.c2es.org/federal/obama-climate-plan-resources">https://www.c2es.org/federal/obama-climate-plan-resources</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">Another avenue of instruction on this topic could be to tell students to be aware of a controversy level, for lack of a better term, and respond accordingly. Some information is
accepted as fact with no controversy (like the water cycle) while other topics invite controversy or counter opinions (like climate change). The more a young researcher finds out that a topic is not “neutral,” the more investigating s/he should do to understand
all sides of the issue. Not to mention “the other side” of an issue is to present an incomplete picture, even if one disagrees with that side. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">I’d watch AASL’s blog, as I suspect this issue might be addressed in the coming weeks. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">I know I veered off track a bit, but I hope this helps some. In the end, if we are teaching students to be critical consumers (& producers) of information, then we’re on the right
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<b>Subject:</b> [oasl-all] .gov websites<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Constantia",serif;color:black">Let me preface this by saying that I do not intend this to be a political post. My question is, however, the result of politics. Up until now, I have told students that .gov websites are reliable because
they are maintained by government agencies whose goal is to educate the public. I have acknowledged that .gov sites might reflect the bias of the current administration, but that the information will be factual and based on solid research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Constantia",serif;color:black">Now, however, I am wondering if .gov sites will continue to be reliable. I am putting together a list of websites for physical science students to use when researching various sources of energy, and
the U.S. Department of Energy site gave me pause. Will this and other .gov sites continue to reliable? How can I know? What do I tell students?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Constantia",serif;color:black">I'm left reeling by the current climate of "alternative facts," and what it means for information literacy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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