Sunsetting as Stewardship: A Framework for Closing with Care
Sunsetting was not part of the Software Preservation Network’s founding conversation. Organizations are built to last — or at least that’s the implicit assumption baked into most strategic plans, member recruitment pitches, and grant applications. But what happens when an …Continue Sunsetting as Stewardship: A Framework for Closing with Care
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SPN Code of Conduct
The goal of the Software Preservation Network (SPN) Code of Conduct is to help create an equitable community of practice. SPN acknowledges that the history of computing and technology has been exclusionary, elevated certain voices over others, and has perpetuated …Continue SPN Code of Conduct
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Two Cohorts and Two Different Frames for Software Preservation and Emulation Practice
From the beginning, when we first learned about a developing network of people focused on exploring how we might preserve software, our team in Charlottesville saw a significant convergence of interests on the topic between the UVA Library and APTrust …Continue Two Cohorts and Two Different Frames for Software Preservation and Emulation Practice
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Summer 2020 Quarterly Community Forum
Featuring: Virtual roundtable introducing the work of Fostering Communities of Practice (FCoP) cohort members and research themes from FCoP Project Researcher Brief overview of the FCoP project outcomes Brief summary of research findings Roundtable discussion with FCoP cohort members facilitated …Continue Summer 2020 Quarterly Community Forum