[game_preservation] Survey of Game Preservation Institutions

[Henry Lowood]

Devin,

I wonder if I am typical in thinking that information for my institution 
was picked up already, but not being able to remember if I filled out 
the survey.  Is there a list of institutions that have already been 
covered? 

As for the NVA in the UK, to whom did you write?   James Newman is one 
of the founders; I have his e-mail address, if you need it.

Henry

Devin Monnens wrote:

> Hello everyone. I updated the Survey of Game Preservation Institutions 

> and added it to Survey Monkey in order to increase the number of 

> respondents. So far, I have heard back from maybe 25% of everyone I 

> sent this to. (Maybe part of it was due to he holidays). Incidentally, 

> if anyone knows contact information for the National Video Game 

> Archive in the UK, the Computer Gaming World Museum, the Library of 

> Congress National Game Registry, the game preservation group at the 

> Smithsonian, or the National Videogame Archive, please let me know! I 

> was having trouble contacting each of these groups.

>

> So as a reminder, if you have not taken the survey yet, please do so! 

> If you have already taken the survey, there is no need to take it 

> again! Remember, this is a new survey to collect contact and 

> background information on game preservation groups and initiatives 

> related to this project 

> <http://wiki.igda.org/Game_Preservation_SIG/Videogame_Museums,_Archives,_Displays_and_Collections> 

> and is different from last year's survey sent by Rachael Donahue 

> regarding game preservation /methods/.

>

> The survey has been shortened to 10 questions, so it shouldn't take 

> more than 10 minutes to fill out. Information from previous surveys 

> that is not on this survey will not be distributed.

>

> Click here to take the survey <http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/52BHTY8>

>

> The purpose of this survey is to document game preservation 

> institutions and initiatives (i.e. libraries, archives, museums, 

> projects) in order to foster connections between game preservation 

> institutions worldwide. Data from this survey will be used to 

> construct a directory of libraries, museums, archives, and 

> preservation projects specializing in game preservation for access on 

> the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) Game Preservation 

> Special Interest Group website (http://www.igda.org/preservation) as 

> well as a bibliography of essays and books on the preservation of games.

>

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> Devin Monnens

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Henry Lowood, Ph.D.
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 Film & Media Collections
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