[3] A large part of the project is the digitization of valuable analog recordings of languages and cultures from the Latin America that will otherwise deteriorate or be lost forever.
Researchers whose materials are represented in these collections include Terrence Kaufman, Lyle Campbell, and Nora England.
The current international archive standard for PCM audio files is 24-bit resolution and a sample rate of 96 kHz.
The archive is currently headed by Susan Smythe Kung, Joel Sherzer, Anthony C. Woodbury, and Patience Epps.
[4] AILLA was founded in 2000 by Joel Sherzer, professor emeritus in the Department of Linguistics at The University of Texas at Austin.