[game_preservation] Say hello to the new guy!

[Andrew Armstrong]

Hi new guy Joe! :)

Nice website, I suppose there is a physical collection somewhere (and 
yeah, it'd be cool to know where or how you'd get to see the stuff!). 
It'd be nice to have details if you accept donations for our 
Contributions/Donations 
<http://www.igda.org/wiki/Game_Preservation_SIG/Contributions> page if 
you accept such things :) (contact me off list if you're interested in 
helping with info for the page).

Andrew

Henry Lowood wrote:

> Hi Joe,

>

> welcome to the group. 

>

> Not that I am going to show up on your doorstep, but where is your 

> collection physically located?   Is it possible for people to see the 

> materials you have collected?

>

> Henry

>

> At 12:08 PM 9/24/2008, ommail at cox.net wrote:

>> Greetings All.

>>

>> Chris Lepine was kind enough to email me, and let me know about this 

>> list.  Some people I know personally, some only by reputation, and 

>> some not at all.  I just wanted to give a big Hi to everyone, and 

>> thank you to the moderators of the mailing list.

>>

>> Some background on me:

>>

>> I'm Joe Garrity, and I run a (horribly incomplete) website called The 

>> Origin Museum.  I specialize in preserving and archiving gaming 

>> artifacts related to Origin Systems.  My experiences in game 

>> preservation are varied, but I don't like to think of myself as an 

>> 'expert'.  I will be asking many questions during my time here, and I 

>> hope that folks are nice enough to share their knowledgebase, and 

>> give advice.

>> Mostly, my focus is on preserving the physical artifacts--game boxes 

>> and manuals, design documentation, artwork, props, promotional 

>> material, etc.  Some of the Museum's accomplishments can be found on 

>> our website--take a look, and you'll see what I mean:

>> http://www.originmuseum.net/accomp.htm

>>

>> On the digital front, I was recently involved in a joint-effort with 

>> the Wing Commander News guys, to archive what was left of EA's 

>> holdings of Origin (as Chris reported last month).  It was a real 

>> blast to be a part of that effort, and I certainly learned a lot 

>> about digital archiving.

>>

>> well, I hope that I can do my part in way of game preservation.  If 

>> anyone thinks that I can help with any projects, or needs info on the 

>> Museum's collection, I'm always glad to provide.

>>

>> "...Preserving Worlds..."

>> Joe Garrity

>> Origin Museum

>> http://www.originmuseum.net <http://www.originmuseum.net/>

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>

> Henry Lowood, Ph.D.

> Curator for History of Science & Technology Collections;

>  Film & Media Collections

> HRG, Green Library, 557 Escondido Mall

> Stanford University Libraries

> Stanford CA 94305-6004

> 650-723-4602; lowood at stanford.edu; http://www.stanford.edu/~lowood 

> <http://www.stanford.edu/%7Elowood>

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