University of Virginia
Emulation in the Archives The Emulation in the Archives project will document and openly share reproducible technical and administrative workflows that result from the processing, preservation, emulation and access to software and digital materials in the Peter Sheeran papers. Though …Continue University of Virginia
Participants
Zach Vowell
Principal Investigator, Cal Poly State University Zach Vowell is the Digital Archivist in the Kennedy Library Special Collections and Archives, where he manages and develops digitization projects, acquires and processes born-digital archives. He coordinates the long-term preservation of the department’s …Continue Zach Vowell
Bios
FCoP Update December 2019 – January 2020
Where to connect with FCoP Cohort members? A friendly reminder that you can find members of the FCoP cohort at IDCC in February facilitating the “Preparation and Process: Software Preservation and Emulation for Research Data” workshop (Tracy Popp @ University …Continue FCoP Update December 2019 – January 2020
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Jessica Meyerson
As SPN’s Interim Community Facilitator, Jessica Meyerson works closely with the SPN Coordinating Committee to ensure that our work adheres to core principles of transparency, responsiveness, and engagement.
Bios, Staff
FCoP Update October-November 2019
FCoP Reflections Blog Post Series: Continuing our FCoP Reflections Blog Post Series, we are happy to share posts from Georgia Tech and University of Illinois: Wendy Hagenmaier of Georgia Tech writes about skunkworks in the library, building bridges between data …Continue FCoP Update October-November 2019
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FCoP 2019 Cohort Reflections: University of Arizona
As the project lead for the University of Arizona FCoP project team, I’ve realized that preserving and providing access to software is a lot like a jigsaw puzzle for three reasons: 1) it takes (a lot of) time to put …Continue FCoP 2019 Cohort Reflections: University of Arizona
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Field Report #5: University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Keeping Software Present with Emulation in the Archives It’s been a few months since my last fieldwork visit for the FCoP project! In August, I was hosted by cohort team member Lauren Work at the UVA Library. …Continue Field Report #5: University of Virginia
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FCoP 2019 Cohort Reflections: Georgia Tech
retroTECH is a service and a lab space in the Georgia Tech Library. Our mission is to inspire a culture of long-term thinking, hands-on access to technological heritage, and individual agency over personal histories, archives, and data. It’s also a …Continue FCoP 2019 Cohort Reflections: Georgia Tech
Cohort Reflections, News
FCoP 2019 Cohort Reflections: University of Illinois
Staff from the University Library at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign joined the “Fostering a Community of Practice: Software Preservation” cohort for the opportunity to focus on continued development on preservation of and access to born digital collections held in …Continue FCoP 2019 Cohort Reflections: University of Illinois
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FCoP Update August-September 2019
FCoP Reflections Blog Post Series: In our last STACKTRACE update, we announced the kick-off of the FCoP Reflections Blog Post Series running August through May 2020 (the end of the FCoP grant). We are excited to share our first two …Continue FCoP Update August-September 2019
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FCoP 2019 Cohort Reflections: Guggenheim Museum
The Solomon R. Guggenheim conservation department joined the “Fostering a Community of Practice: Software Preservation” cohort to look at documentation and metadata practices for computer-based artworks. Involvement in FCoP falls under the museum’s ongoing Conserving Computer-based Art initiative (CCBA) with …Continue FCoP 2019 Cohort Reflections: Guggenheim Museum
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FCoP 2019 Cohort Reflections: Living Computers: Museum + Labs
Living Computers: Museum + Labs (LCM+L) joined the Fostering a Community of Practice: Software Preservation cohort for the opportunity to test the Emulation-as-a-Service (EaaS) tool in our museum setting. LCM+L’s original project goal was to integrate a few of our …Continue FCoP 2019 Cohort Reflections: Living Computers: Museum + Labs
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Field Report #4: GeorgiaTech retroTECH
Second Site Visit: GeorgiaTech Hi y’all, In July I visited the Georgia Tech Library’s Retrocomputing Lab also known as retroTECH! Located in the Special Collections and Archives unit, this lab’s mission is focused on supporting the Georgia Tech campus community in …Continue Field Report #4: GeorgiaTech retroTECH
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FCoP Update June – July 2019
New Reflections Blog Post Series: From August through May 2020 (the end of the FCoP grant), we’ll feature 1-2 blog posts per month from different cohort members. These posts are reflections on their experience so far and will address questions …Continue FCoP Update June – July 2019
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Field Report #3: Living Computers: Museum + Labs
First Site Visit: LCM+L Two weeks ago I visited the Living Computers: Museum + Labs in Seattle, Washington. LCM+L is a computing technology museum that features an impressive collection of early working computers from the late twentieth century, including a super computer, …Continue Field Report #3: Living Computers: Museum + Labs
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Field Report #2: Methods, preparation, and tools
Hello friends In preparation for my first field site visit next week for the FCoP project I’m gathering supplies, resources, and tips for the next few months of visits and synthesis. For this research project, I’m going to try a …Continue Field Report #2: Methods, preparation, and tools
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Field Report #1: IRB Approval and Planning Site Visits
Hi Y’all Today I am excited to share with you my first field report as the designated FCoP researcher with updates about kicking off fieldwork this summer. Before I jump into some updates about my research fieldwork, I wanted to describe what …Continue Field Report #1: IRB Approval and Planning Site Visits
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FCoP Update February – March 2019
FCoP Cohort Activity Cohort Documentation In February, the FCoP cohort participants compiled a list of external resources they have used, consulted, or otherwise employed in their course of their individual FCoP projects. FCoP External Resources reflects the wide range of tasks and …Continue FCoP Update February – March 2019
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FCoP Update Nov 2018-Jan 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
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Field Report: Introducing Dr. Amelia Acker
About Dr. Acker Amelia Acker (PhD, University of California, Los Angeles) is an assistant professor in the iSchool at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests focus on the emergence, standardization, and preservation of new forms of data …Continue Field Report: Introducing Dr. Amelia Acker