Greetings Colleagues!

It is with great enthusiasm and excitement that we announce the six
software preservation projects selected to participate in the *Fostering
Communities of Practice: Software Preservation in Libraries, Archives and
Museums (FCoP)* cohort. As an affiliated project of the Software
Preservation Network, the activities undertaken and documentation produced
by cohort members will inform parallel efforts to bring software
preservation and access into mainstream digital preservation practice
(addressing specific legal, metadata, workflow, infrastructural and
training possibilities).

*About FCoP*

With generous support from the Institute for Museum and Library Services
(IMLS), the Fostering Communities of Practice: Software Preservation in
Libraries, Archives and Museums (FCoP) project aims to broaden
participation in software preservation and to empower librarians,
archivists, and curators to address the key challenges to providing
long-term access to software-dependent cultural heritage.

Stay Informed

To receive FCoP project updates via newsletter (alongside other affiliated
project updates and reports about SPN activities more broadly); and to
share your software preservation successes/challenges, sign up for the
Software Preservation Network mailing list by visiting
https://groups.google.com/d/forum/software-preservation-network. If you
have questions for the project team, please contact the FCoP Project
Coordinator, Jessica Meyerson by emailing jessica[at]educopia[dot]org.

Introducing the FCoP Software Preservation Cohort:

Join us in congratulating and welcoming the members of the FCoP Software
Preservation cohort!!! Learn more about the project teams and their
projects by clicking on the links below.

University of Virginia
<http://www.softwarepreservationnetwork.org/fcop/#fcop-team1>

Emulation in the Archives

Mike Durbin, Lauren Work & Jeremy Bartczak

Guggenheim Museum
<http://www.softwarepreservationnetwork.org/fcop/#fcop-team2>

Developing Metadata for Software-based Art (DMSA)

Jonathan Farbowitz & Joanna Phillips

Georgia Tech <http://www.softwarepreservationnetwork.org/fcop/#fcop-team3>

Expanding Access Through Emulation: retroTECH Online

Wendy Hagenmaier, Amanda Pellerin, Bing Wang, Jody Thompson & Susan Wells
Parham

University of Arizona
<http://www.softwarepreservationnetwork.org/fcop/#fcop-team4>

Through Use and Emulation: Increasing Institutional Knowledge of Software
Preservation with Computer Game Archiving

Judd Ruggill, Monique Lassere, Ken McAllister & Fernando Rios

Living Computers: Museum + Labs
<http://www.softwarepreservationnetwork.org/fcop/#fcop-team5>

Emulation in the Middle Ages: Mainframes and Minicomputers

Dorian Bowen, Stephen Jones, Cynde Moya & Josh Dersch

University of Illinois
<http://www.softwarepreservationnetwork.org/fcop/#fcop-team6>

Preserving Musical Notation and Composition Software

Seth Robbins, Tracy Popp, Kyle Rimkus & Karl Germeck


Stay tuned as the cohort projects ramp up - Don't forget to subscribe to the
Software Preservation Network mailing list by visiting
https://groups.google.com/d/forum/software-preservation-network.

Best Regards,

Jessica Meyerson (FCoP Project Coordinator, Educopia Institute)

Zach Vowell (FCoP Principle Investigator, CalPoly State University)


Fostering Communities of Practice (FCoP): Software Preservation in
Libraries, Archives and Museums Made possible by the Institute for Museum
and Library Services #RE-95-17-0058-17 Affiliated project of the Software
Preservation Network (SPN)

-- 
*Jessica Meyerson*
Research Program Officer
Educopia Institute
http://educopia.org

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