[game_preservation] Survey of Game Preservation Institutions

[Devin Monnens]

Henry,

I don't have information on the Stephen M. Cabrinety Collection, just the
Preserving Virtual Worlds Project, courtesy of Jerome McDonough.

I just sent an e-mail to Tom Wooley. I don't have James Newman's contact
information though.

-Devin

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Henry Lowood <lowood at stanford.edu> wrote:


>  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.

>

> --

> Devin Monnens

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>

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