WOS 3 / Program / Panels / Free Content / Open Archives II. Games
Opening Speeches Opening Keynote Free Software Free Software in the Public Sector Free Software Economics Free Software & Quality Management Free Video Software Free Privacy Enhancing Technologies Open Archives I. Emulators Beyond the Unix Paradigm? Free Content CC I. Launch of Creative Commons Germany CC II. Creative Commons Summit Wikipedia and Friends Free Science I. Publishing Free Science II. Funding and Activism Art as Anticopright Activism Open Archives II. Games Globalization of Free Knowledge Cultures Globalization I. Globalization II. Internet Freedom goes East I. Internet Freedom goes East II. WSIS: Globalization of Civil Society Free Infrastructures Keynote on Peer-to-Peer Free Standards Free Wireless Networks Free Search Engines Copyrights Alternative Compensation Systems The Future of the Digital Commons Open Archives II. Games Friday, 11 June 2004, 10:00, Track 2 Long-term Preservation of Complex Digital Artefacts, the Example of Computer Games Libraries and archives have the task to preserve cultural works and keep them accessible to the public. The digitization of media and the Internet provide nearly ideal conditions for this task. At the same time they pose enormous technical, organizational, and legal challenges for the traditional preservation sector. Computer games were among the first purely digital artefacts, and they have become a natural part of popular culture. They exemplify the challenges of long-term archiving of digital works, and they mark the beginning of a revolution. Because of high demand for older titles, a large, global community of hobby archivarians emerged. Professionals at academic and community institutions are starting to take up the challenges as well. The speakers will look at solutions that are already being practiced, how they can be developed further in collaboration with traditional preservation institutions, and which problems still need to be solved. Mod: Andreas Lange Founder DiGA e.V. - The Digital Game Archive, Director Computerspiele Museum, Berlin Simon Carless software curator at the Internet Archive, San Jose István Fábián IT/Telecom consultant, computer game author, founder of CAPS-Software Preservation Society, Budapest Karsten Huth librarian specialized in computer games, Humboldt University Berlin How to Preserve Computergames in Archives and Libraries. The Metadata Concept Henry Lowood Curator for History of Science & Technology, Stanford University Libraries Discussion

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