“In a single generation, humanity has created unprecedented public data inheritance, such as scientific measurements, cultural heritage, legal records, scholarly publications, and environmental observations. Countless forms of human experience have been captured, connected and made accessible online. But public data does not preserve itself.

“What will it take to steward public data at global scale? And who will do it? The Public Data Project and Library Innovation Lab, along with JJ Dearborn, an Information Studies PhD researcher at the University of Glasgow and Strategic Advisor at Data Futures, invite you to imagine and build a different future with us: a data ecosystem where stewardship is a shared responsibility, resilience is designed into our systems, and all the world’s communities have the opportunity to contribute to and benefit from humanity’s digital commonwealth.”