Software Preservation Network

✨ Towards the Preservation of Digital Culture series✨ 💻 We're delighted to welcome @Tom_Ensom for our latest interview! Tom is a digital conservator working mainly on software-based art conservation! #Digipres 📖 Read more about his interview: @digitalculturepreservation/towards-preserving-digital-culture-an-interview-with-tom-ensom-5607f9660411" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@digitalcultur…

Congratulations to the 2024 SPN Coordinating Committee! Eric Kaltman (2024-2026) Lorena Ramírez-López (2024-2026) Scott McCoy (2024-2026) Talya Cooper (2024-2026) Claire Fox (2023-2025) Cynde Moya (2023-2025) Larry Masinter (2023-2025) Learn more: softwarepreservationnetwork.org/congratulation…

On World Digital Preservation Day (this Thursday!) the Software Preservation Network’s Community Engagement Collaborative is hosting an Idea Workshop✨ Join us to hear new ideas, find collaborators, give and receive feedback. Learn more & register here: softwarepreservationnetwork.org/the-idea-works…

The new Software Metadata Recommended Format (SMRF) Guide version 1.1.0 is here! SMRF provides a framework to describe software in contexts and systems across libraries, museums, archives, and repositories: softwarepreservationnetwork.org/smrf-guide/ #DigiPres #Metadata

Join us on 10 October for our next #webinar! 'The 87% Missing Report & Digital Preservation Advocacy', discussing report findings on preservation of video games. Register: openpreservation.org/events/the-87-… Please note time zone for this webinar: 16:00 EDT, 21:00 BST, 07:00 AEDT #digipres

Really inspired to see discussion continue around this groundbreaking article from @GameHistoryOrg and @SoftPresNetwork. Definitely planning to attend this webinar. Join us! openpreservation.org/events/the-87-…

Hope you can join us tomorrow for a great panel hosted by @library_futures in collaboration with SPN. Featuring @itstheshadsy, @M_F_Rose & @Sierra_OffLine discussing the report "Survey of the Video Game Reissue Market in the United States." Register here: nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Don't miss! On 9/26 from 1pm to 2:15 pm ET, @M_F_Rose will join a panel hosted by @library_futures alongside @itstheshadsy & @Sierra_OffLine to discuss the report "Survey of the Video Game Reissue Market in the United States." Register today below! nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

We are excited about this upcoming conversation between Phil Salvador (@GameHistoryOrg ), Laine Nooney (NYU & Unboxing Pod) and Meredith Rose (@publicknowledge) about the new report “Survey of the Video Game Reissue Market in the United States”. Join us! softwarepreservationnetwork.org/unacceptable-l…

Video games are for the people. How can we make sure we preserve them for people? Learn more on 9/26 with Phil Salvador (Video Game History Foundation), Laine Nooney (NYU and Unboxing Pod,) and Meredith Rose (Public Knowledge) and @SoftPresNetwork! nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

@NFSAonline 👋 @drkeir @1n9r1d @chrisarneil

Please extend a warm welcome to our newest SPN member, the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia @NFSAonline. We are all so eager to learn more about their preservation initiatives around videogame and other complex digital objects. nfsa.gov.au

Video games are a vital part of our cultural history. But as this new survey found, only 13% of historical video games published in the US are easily accessible: bad news for anyone who researches or cares about games. Full report here: softwarepreservationnetwork.org/survey-of-the-…

An alarming 87% of classic video games released in the US are unavailable. Here’s why that matters. gamehistory.org/87percent

In partnership with @GameHistoryOrg, we are excited to share the first ever survey on the commercial availability of classic video games, by Phil Salvador (@itstheshadsy). Spoiler alert: the results are bleak. Read the full report here: softwarepreservationnetwork.org/survey-of-the-…

Many of our SPN members participated in this year’s Workshop on Sustainable Software Sustainability — the workshop report is available now, covering Open Science, FAIR software, human and technical infrastructure, advances in research software more!

This week #A2KCoalition members are attending the @WIPO #SCCR43 to defend the rights of cultural heritage institutions, an issue close to our hearts. Learn more about the asks at a2k-coalition.org

SPN is proud to announce the 2023-2024 Coordinating Committee: @CyndeMoya, @wenybird, @stangunn, @clairefox, Daniel Johnson, @smallandmath, and @masinter. We're honored to have this group leading the SPN community from this year to the next!