3D/VR Preservation: Drawing on a Common Agenda for Collective Impact Digital curation is now part of the repertoire of all computationally dependent domains, requiring mechanisms for alignment to address common digital curation challenges that are beyond the scope of any …Continue 3D/VR in the Academic Library: Emerging Trends and Practices
In this introduction to the webinar series about using the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Software Preservation, you’ll learn: What the Code is What the copyright doctrine of fair use is How it addresses problems such as …Continue The Code of Best Practices for Fair Use in Software Preservation, Why and How?
Originally published: 02-18-2019 | Beta release update: 04-02-2019 As we roll through (and beyond!) the beta release, our documentation is expanding, just as we planned below. Drafting test cases and protocols for the nodes led to a swift expansion of …Continue Hickory Dickory Docs: Crafting a Documentation Plan for EaaSI
Panel presentation at PASIG in Mexico City, Mexico in February 2019 featuring perspectives from different niches in the software curation ecosystem including: software sustinability trainer, software preservation and emulation infrastructure providers, a disciplinary liasion, and a legal expert.
We’re a year in to the program of work funded by the Andrew W. Mellon and Alfred P. Sloan foundations to scale access to emulation and software preservation infrastructure and significant progress has been made. I’m going to use my …Continue Making Things EaaSIer: Overview from EaaSI’s PI
The Software Preservation Network (SPN) Research Working Group invites you to participate in a survey on practices, needs, and gaps related to software preservation. Why Does This Matter? For decades, researchers and practitioners in information science, digital preservation, and allied fields have …Continue Service Provider Survey
The latest issue of SPN’s newsletter, Stacktrace, is now available! It includes: Two Year Seed-Funded Launch SPN Research Working Group Releases Service Provider Survey Updates from SPN affiliated projects (EaaSI and FCoP) Read the full issue here: STACKTRACE News from …Continue Stacktrace: Volume 2, Issue 1 (Nov 2018 – Jan 2019)
New EaaSI Website As you may have noticed – EaaSI now has an extensible program subsite within the redesigned SPN website. As an affiliated program of SPN, EaaSI (thanks to support from the Sloan and Mellon Foundations) provided financial support …Continue EaaSI Update November 2018 – January 2019
FCoP Cohort Activities Emulation Sandbox Testing With the FCoP projects well under way at 6 different locations across the country, many groups are engaging with the complexities of software emulation and the EaaS platform since September 2018. The cohort shares …Continue FCoP Update Nov 2018-Jan 2019
Dedicated Backbone Support Thanks to the investment of SPN members, we now have dedicated staff to scale up and support SPN’s organizational infrastructure. This is a significant win for all those involved in SPN past and future activities – filling a critical …Continue SPN Launch: January 2019