[game_preservation] Say hello to the new guy!

[Henry Lowood]

Hi Joe,

welcome to the group.

Not that I am going to show up on your doorstep, but where is your 
collection physically located?   Is it possible for people to see the 
materials you have collected?

Henry

At 12:08 PM 9/24/2008, ommail at cox.net wrote:

>Greetings All.

>

>Chris Lepine was kind enough to email me, and let me know about this 

>list.  Some people I know personally, some only by reputation, and 

>some not at all.  I just wanted to give a big Hi to everyone, and 

>thank you to the moderators of the mailing list.

>

>Some background on me:

>

>I'm Joe Garrity, and I run a (horribly incomplete) website called 

>The Origin Museum.  I specialize in preserving and archiving gaming 

>artifacts related to Origin Systems.  My experiences in game 

>preservation are varied, but I don't like to think of myself as an 

>'expert'.  I will be asking many questions during my time here, and 

>I hope that folks are nice enough to share their knowledgebase, and 

>give advice.

>Mostly, my focus is on preserving the physical artifacts--game boxes 

>and manuals, design documentation, artwork, props, promotional 

>material, etc.  Some of the Museum's accomplishments can be found on 

>our website--take a look, and you'll see what I mean:

>http://www.originmuseum.net/accomp.htm

>

>On the digital front, I was recently involved in a joint-effort with 

>the Wing Commander News guys, to archive what was left of EA's 

>holdings of Origin (as Chris reported last month).  It was a real 

>blast to be a part of that effort, and I certainly learned a lot 

>about digital archiving.

>

>well, I hope that I can do my part in way of game preservation.  If 

>anyone thinks that I can help with any projects, or needs info on 

>the Museum's collection, I'm always glad to provide.

>

>"...Preserving Worlds..."

>Joe Garrity

>Origin Museum

>http://www.originmuseum.net

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Henry Lowood, Ph.D.
Curator for History of Science & Technology Collections;
  Film & Media Collections
HRG, Green Library, 557 Escondido Mall
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford CA 94305-6004
650-723-4602; lowood at stanford.edu; http://www.stanford.edu/~lowood 
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