Software Preservation Group of the Computer History Museum

The Attic & the Parlor:
A Workshop on Software Collection, Preservation & Access

The workshop was held at the Computer History Museum on 5 May 2006.

• Proceedings. Participants, introduction, topics to be discussed, program, notes on talks. PDF
• Kirsten Tashev. “CHM Collections & Exhibitions Overview”. PDF / PowerPoint
• Al Kossow. “CHM's Software Collection Philosophy”. PDF / PowerPoint
• Len Shustek. “The Software Attic: The case for expansive collecting”. PDF / PowerPoint
• Lee Courtney. “Organizing the Attic, Furnishing the Parlor - Considerations for Moving Forward”. PDF / PowerPoint
• Olin Sibert. “Metaphors for Collecting Software”. PDF / PowerPoint
• Paul Pierce. “The Structure of my Online Attic”. HTML
• Tim Shoppa. “The PDP-6 and PDP-10 Software Archives”. HTML
• Amy Stevenson. “Building a Model for Sharing Proprietary Software”. PDF / PowerPoint
• Paul McJones. “A Case Study in Restoring Software: IBM 704/709/7090/7094”. PDF / PowerPoint
• Paul McJones. A case study in software restoration: IBM 704/709/7090/7094. (Follow-up paper.) May 5, 2006. PDF
• Sellam Ismail. “The End of Software: Contemplating a Standardized Software Media Preservation Methodology”. PDF / PowerPoint
• Bernard Peuto. “The Open Software Collecting Movement and its Impact on Collecting Institutions”. PDF / PowerPoint

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