2020-04-30: Archives Unleashed: New York Datathon Report (From Home Edition)

The Archives Unleashed Datathon is a two-day event hosted by the Archive Unleashed team where participants from different research backgrounds collaborate together to explore web archive collections. The fourth Archives Unleashed datathon partnered with Columbia University Libraries was supposed to happen in New York City. However, as the spread of COVID-19 cases began to increase, the organizers had to make the tough decision of canceling the New York datathon. Due to the rapidly-evolving COVID-19 situation, we have canceled the datathon which was to be held at Columbia University, March 26-27, 2020. This decision was not taken lightly and was made with the best interests of our attendees. We have been in touch with all attendees. — The Archives Unleashed Project (@unleasharchives) March 3, 2020 In the same email that brought the news of event cancellation, Ian Milligan also mentioned the possibility of organizing the event online through Zoom and Slac