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The author examines the possibility of an information science specialty pursuing the reconstruction of \u201cdigital palimpsests\u201d, where data that later becomes historically significant has been deleted or partially overwritten on digital media.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>The author identifies at least one key incident (the NASA moon landing tapes) where this potential field has already started to be defined. Examination of the literature indicates that emphasis in data recovery to this point has centered on the needs of law enforcement and disaster recovery rather than on the considerations of manuscript preservation, recovery, and curation. The author emphasizes the need for librarians to bring together the skills of multiple fields, especially that of information technology, in order to shape the tools needed to take the lead in \u201cdigital palimpsest\u201d recovery.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>The author asserts that the recovery of \u201cdigital palimpsests\u201d will become important as digital archives age and society's position on what has historical value inevitably shifts. 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