Software Preservation Special Interest Group

The purpose of the Software Special Interest Group would include but not be limited to the following:

Collaboration on a comprehensive access strategy for the full range of born-digital formats across cultural repositories on The University of Texas at Austin campus
Systematic round-up of older/legacy software on campus colleges and departments on campus before it is destroyed
Teasing out issues surrounding the grey area of software (collection material or tool for access of existing born-digital collection material)
Collaboration on policies that include software collection and preservation
Critical examination of existing frameworks for software preservation - including metadata projects to describe these objects
Generating a shared data set about media imaging failure rates and other software-related issues
Generating reports that articulate shared concerns over cloud based subscription software and other issues on the horizon that will affect preservation and access to born-digital materials
Discussing possible additions to university (sustainability) policy that encourages colleges and departments (IT) to participate in the software round-up/preservation program
Sharing ideas, articles, and concerns