PARADISEC has developed a groundbreaking cassette restoration technology called LM-3032 Tape Restorator to recover degraded audio recordings of endangered languages and cultural heritage. The device applies cyclomethicone to restore unplayable tapes, enabling the preservation of thousands of hours of irreplaceable linguistic and cultural recordings from the Pacific region.
In response to hundreds of federal data sets going offline under the Trump administration, organizations like Harvard's Library Innovation Lab and Internet Archive are leading preservation efforts. MuckRock is hosting an event featuring experts to discuss at-risk data and preservation strategies, while offering support for data archival projects.
Harvard Law School has released a 16TB archive of data.gov containing over 311,000 federal public datasets on Source Cooperative, with daily updates planned. The initiative aims to preserve and authenticate vital public datasets through detailed metadata and digital signatures, while providing open-source tools for creating similar repositories.