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UPDATE 11/28/2017: The audio of our interview is now safely preserved and available at the Internet Archive!

Our pals Gary Colmenar and Elizabeth Robinson cohost the radio show “No Alibis” on KCSB Santa Barbara wednesdays from 9am – 11am. No Alibis is a “Critical look at news, both domestic and international, from the dystopian to the utopian.” And this Wednesday November 22 at around 9:30am Pacific, you’ll have your chance to hear Shari Laster and I wax utopian about all things Title 44. Stream it live over the internet! If you can’t tune in at 9:30am (and really, what else do you have to do at that time?!) we’ll be posted the audio for your listening pleasure shortly after the show is done.

And of course, as any govinfo wonk worth her salt, we gave Gary and Elizabeth some background readings so they’ll be able to keep their heads above the weeds.

Background readings:

• Sign the petition “Protect the public right to govt information: help preserve and expand Title 44”
• Title 44 and the Uncertain Future of Free Public Access to Government Info in the US. Strengthening the Discussions about Title 44. DLF interview with Jim Jacobs.
• Blind Spots and Broken Links: Access to Government Information. by James R. Jacobs. [PDF with speaker notes]. Presentation at program on “Open Government: Current Trends and Practices Concerning FOIA, Open Access, and Other Post-Wiki-Leaks Issues” sponsored by the Federal & Armed Forces Libraries Round Table at the 2015 annual meeting of the American Library Association.
• What are we to Keep? James R. Jacobs. Documents to the People (DttP), Spring 2015, p 13-19.
• Born-Digital U.S. Federal Government Information: Preservation and Access (archived PDF copy on FGI). 2014. Prepared by James A. Jacobs for Leviathan: Libraries and Government Information in the Era of Big Data.