Wired Magazine's blog network says "Google to Host Terabytes of Open-Source Science Data" while the National Science Foundation (NSF) is reviewing submissions to the DataNet solicitation "to catalyze the development of a system of science and engineering data collections that is open, extensible and evolvable." On the surface, you might …

The past few weeks have seen announcements of large digital preservation programs. I find it interesting that the National Science Foundation is involved in both of them.

Sustainable Digital Data Preservation and Access Network Partners

The NSF's Office of Cyberinfrastructure has announced a request for proposals with the name Sustainable …