[game_preservation] Library of Congress Wants to Preserve Video Game Culture

[Henry Lowood]

Hi Andreas,

No, the initiative came directly from Library of Congress, Office of 
Strategic Initiatives.

Henry

At 03:34 AM 5/4/2006, Andreas Lange wrote:

>Thanks, Jason, for the interesting news. I expect that it will not 

>last very soon and we will see similar activities here in europe.

>

>i have one short question: the report starts with:

>

>"A recent Library of Congress strategy meeting with leading 

>producers of commercial content in digital formats has revealed that 

>creators of television, radio, music, film, photography, pictorial 

>art and video games are keenly interested in the preservation of 

>their digital materials for archival and other purposes."

>

>does that mean, that the initiative comes from the content industry? 

>and i also wonder if anyone of the game business attended the meeting?

>

>best wishes and thanks,

>

>andreas

>

>

>

>Jason Della Rocca schrieb:

>>Hi all,

>>Everyone awake ;)

>>Here's some interesting news:

>>http://gamepolitics.livejournal.com/278156.html

>>http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2006/06-096.html

>>Has anyone here been in the loop?

>>Seems like a nice hook/excuse for the SIG to get active, potential 

>>serve as the voice of game developers in these discussions...

>>Jason

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Henry Lowood, Ph.D.
Curator for History of Science & Technology Collections
Curator for Germanic Collections; Film & Media Collections
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