Presentations Exploring software on vintage computers at Living Computers: Museum + LabsCynde MoyaLiving Computers: Museum + Labs, United States of America Most published works in the museology field dismiss the notion of keeping vintage computing equipment running in such a way as to let visitors explore software. Living Computers: Museum + Labs has a different model. We run real software on restored equipment for people to use, onsite or online.
"Research-in-Practice: Distributed, Data-Driven and Iterative Approach Towards a National Software Preservation Strategy"Jessica Meyerson (1)
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Brandon Butler (5)
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Dan Noonan (4)
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Alex Chassanoff (3)
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Christa Williford (2)
Organization(s): 1: Educopia Institute; 2: Council on Library and Information Resources; 3: Massachusetts Institute for Technology; 4: Ohio State University; 5: University of Virginia
During this talk members of the Software Preservation Network will engage the audience in discussion of distinct interpretations of the "politics of preservation" in the software preservation context.
Describing dynamic data journalism: a survey of news applicationsKatherine Boss(1), Meredith Broussard(2)
1: New York University, United States of America; 2: New York University, United States of America News applications, or interactive data journalism stories, are a type of dynamic digital objects in dire need of archiving and preservation solutions. This talk will share findings from a survey of news apps describing the code, data, software libraries, and server environments on which they are built.
