<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><div>Dear SIG Members,</div><div><br></div><div>I may have already sent a copy of this to you, and if so I apologize for the additional e-mail. This is a survey I am running to help build the Museums, Archives,and Collections project.</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://wiki.igda.org/Game_Preservation_SIG/Videogame_Museums,_Archives,_Displays_and_Collections">http://wiki.igda.org/Game_Preservation_SIG/Videogame_Museums,_Archives,_Displays_and_Collections</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">The survey is only 22 questions, so it's fairly short. Please take some time to fill it out. If you know of someone who is not on the list, please forward this to them!</span></b></div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.deserthat.com/downloads/List_of_Archives.doc" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">http://www.deserthat.com/downloads/List_of_Archives.doc</a></div><div><br></div><div>
Devin Monnens</div><div><a href="http://www.deserthat.com">www.deserthat.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Survey of Game Preservation Institutions</span></div><div>Part of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) Game Preservation Special Interest Group Research Projects</div>
<div><a href="http://www.igda.org/preservation" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">http://www.igda.org/preservation</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Purpose</b>:</div><div>The purpose of this survey is to document game preservation institutions and initiatives to foster connections between computer game preservation projects worldwide. Data from this survey will be used to construct a directory of game libraries, archives, and preservation projects for access on the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) Game Preservation Special Interest Group website as well as a bibliography of essays and books on computer game and digital media preservation projects. The data will determine:</div>
<div><br></div><div><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; ">The size of each project</li><li style="margin-left: 15px; ">Its area of focus</li><li style="margin-left: 15px; ">Its geographic location</li><li style="margin-left: 15px; ">
How to contact them</li><li style="margin-left: 15px; ">Collaborations with other institutions</li><li style="margin-left: 15px; ">Publication Information</li></ul></div><div><br></div><div>Understanding the size and scope of each project will allow fellow preservationists and researchers to know where to find research material relative to their area of focus. Contact information will foster collaboration between museums and archives while promoting access for researchers and sharing of information, building strong professional networks. Finally, this survey will be interested in the benefits you or your institution have received from working with the industry, the IGDA, and other preservation groups in order to better understand how to improve the IGDA Game Preservation SIG.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Note the term 'computer games' is here used as an umbrella term to indicate games and game-like interactive entertainment produced for home consoles, handheld devices, arcade machines, etc, as well as personal computers: the term applies to games run using computational devices and is not limited to PC games.</div>
<div><br></div><div>In addition, please forward this survey to any organization you know working with computer game preservation that is not currently on our contact list to help increase the scope of this survey. The list may be found here:</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.deserthat.com/downloads/List_of_Archives.doc" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">http://www.deserthat.com/downloads/List_of_Archives.doc</a></div><div><br></div><div>
Please return surveys to: <a href="mailto:dmonnens@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">dmonnens@gmail.com</a>. You may copy/paste your responses into the e-mail or send as an attachment. Please put 'Game Preservation Survey' in the message title.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Devin Monnens, MFA</div><div>Adjunct Professor</div><div>University of Colorado, Colorado Springs</div><div><a href="mailto:dmonnens@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">dmonnens@gmail.com</a></div>
<div><a href="http://www.deserthat.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">www.deserthat.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>*For multiple choice responses, please list only the relevant option.</div>
<div><br></div><div>1.What is your name?</div><div><br></div><div>2.What is the name of the library or archive you work with?</div><div><br></div><div>3.My group is formally labeled as a/an:</div><div><span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Library</div>
<div><span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Archive</div><div><span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Other</div><div> I am interested in starting a library or archive</div><div><br></div><div>4.Are you independently operated or part of a larger educational or corporate entity? If so, please indicate.</div>
<div><br></div><div>5.Where is your institution located?</div><div><br></div><div>6.What is you or your institution's contact information?</div><div><br></div><div>7.When and how was your library/archive established?</div>
<div><br></div><div>8.What is the approximate size of the collection?</div><div><br></div><div>9.What is the size of your staff?</div><div><span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>It's just me. (1)</div><div><span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>There is a handful of people. (2-5)</div>
<div> There are several people. (6-10)</div><div><span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>There are many people in my department. (11+)</div><div><br></div><div>10.What is the size of your budget? (in USD or indicate currency)</div>
<div><span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Nothing, or whatever I can scrape up (0-100)</div><div><span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>A few hundred dollars to work with (101-1000)</div><div><span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Thousands of dollars to work with (1001-10,000)</div>
<div> Tens of thousands of dollars to work with (10,001-100,000)</div><div> Hundreds of thousands of dollars to work with (100,001-999,999)</div><div><span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>They give me millions! (1,000,000+)</div>
<div><br></div><div>11.Does your library/archive specialize in one particular aspect of computer games? If so, which area? (ex. Personal computers, arcade machines, console games, instruction manuals, games and metadata from a particular company, etc.)</div>
<div><br></div><div>12.Do you offer any courses on or related to computer game preservation? If so, what are they?</div><div><br></div><div>13.Has you or your institution presented at a conference or published books or articles regarding the preservation of computer games or other digital media? If so, please list notable publications and presentations. (Links to bibliographies are acceptable.)</div>
<div><br></div><div>14.What other digital media preservation institutions has your library or archive worked with?</div><div><br></div><div>15.Which of these specializes in computer game preservation?</div><div><br></div>
<div>16.How do you feel working with other preservation groups has or would improve your capacities and knowledge for preserving computer games?</div><div><br></div><div>17.Has your institution with any game developers, publishers, or individual industry members? If so, which ones?</div>
<div><br></div><div>18.How do you feel working with game developers and publishers has improved your capacities for and knowledge of game preservation?</div><div><br></div><div>19.Are you a member of the International Game Developers Association Game Preservation Special Interest Group? (IGDA paid membership is not required)</div>
<div><br></div><div>20.What benefits has your institution gained from becoming a member?</div><div><br></div><div>21.What other media preservation groups are you affiliated with?</div><div><br></div><div>22.What benefits has your institution gained from becoming a member of these organizations?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thank you for your time on the survey! Please return a copy of this via e-mail to<a href="mailto:dmonnens@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">dmonnens@gmail.com</a>. Results will be released in late February or mid-March.</div>
<div><br></div><br>-- <br>Devin Monnens<br><a href="http://www.deserthat.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">www.deserthat.com</a><br><br>The sleep of Reason produces monsters.</span>