English Edition: preserving digital data has become essential for archives and libraries, as we have seen an explosion of content. I met with various experts in the field who talk to me about the different aspects and facets of saving our data for future generations to come: Thomas Ries (University of Austin, Texas, US), Nanna Bonde Thylstrup and Katie Mackinnon (University of Copenhagen, Denmark), Andy Jackson (Digital Preservation Coalition, UK) and Laurisa Sastoque Pabon (University of Southampton, UK).

Some links to tools and sites mentioned in the episode:

• https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pronom/format/proformatsearch.aspx?status=new Pronom database by the National Archive in the UK
• https://www.dpconline.org/ Digital Preservation Coalition
  • https://bit-list.dpconline.org/ list of 'endangered digital material'
• https://thorsten-ries.net/ Thorsten Ries home page
• https://www.southampton.ac.uk/research/institutes-centres/digital-preservation-southampton Digital preservation at the Uni. Southampton
• https://arcticworldarchive.org/ Svalbard Arctic World Archive
• https://piql.com/ piql data preservation
  • https://github.com/piql GitHub Piql - the archiving file format
• https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/434376-preserving-today-s-digital-data-for-tomorrow
• https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10042-w storing data in glass/silica
• https://unlocked.microsoft.com/sealed-in-glass/ Project Silica
• https://english.umd.edu/directory/matthew-kirschenbaum Kirschenbaum papers on recovering digital texts etc.
• https://www.kali.org/tools/foremost/ the open source "forensic" data tool
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea_Scrolls going back in time: a link with a description of the Dead Sea scrolls

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English Edition: Say hi to the new fellows of the Software Sustainability Institute (SSI) - Anne Lee Steele, Cass Gould van Praag, Samantha Ahern and Sara Villa. In this episode they tell us all about the plans for their fellowship. And it covers a wide range, as you will hear.

Links:

• https://www.software.ac.uk/fellowship-programme/anne-lee-steele Anne-Lee
• https://www.software.ac.uk/fellowship-programme/cassandra-gould-van-praag Cass
• https://www.software.ac.uk/fellowship-programme/samantha-ahern Samantha
• https://www.software.ac.uk/fellowship-programme/sara-villa

I'd like to thank the SSI for supporting this show.

Don't forget there is the Collaborations Workshop, organised by the SSI, coming up at the end of April: 28-30 April 2026 in Belfast.

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Deutsche Ausgabe: In dieser Folge machen wir uns auf die Suche nach dunkler Materie - mit dem ALPS II Experiment am Deutschen Elektron Synchroton in Hamburg. Mit meinen Gästen Axel Lindner und Sven Karstensen tauchen wir in die Welt der Axionen, mysteriöse Teilchen, und wie man sie aufspüren kann. Daneben gibt es, wie immer in der Teilchenphysik, spannende Fragen zu Software und Datenaufarbeitung. Viel Spaß beim Zuhören.

Links:

• https://alps.desy.de/ Die Home Page des ALPS Projekts
• https://www.desy.de/research/facilities__projects/alps_ii/index_eng.html
  • https://alps.desy.de/our_group/ Die ALPS II Kollaboration
• https://darkmatter-alps.desy.de/dark-matter.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axion

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