(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-06)
Hagenmaier, Wendy; Gerke, Maura; Pellerin, Amanda; Thompson, Jody; Virmani, Richa
From 2018-2020, the Georgia Tech Library was part of an Institute of Museum and Library Services-funded cohort of six organizations--the Guggenheim Museum, Living Computers: Museum + Labs, the University of Arizona, the University of Illinois, and the University of Virginia--exploring the key challenges to providing long-term access to software-dependent cultural heritage. The grant project, Fostering a Community of Practice (FCoP): Software Preservation and Emulation Experts in Libraries, Archives, and Museums (IMLS grant RE-95-17-0058-17), aimed to broaden participation in software preservation, advance digital preservation practice, and inform field-wide understanding.
Under the umbrella of its retroTECH initiative, which provides access to vintage technologies and seeks to inspire a culture of long-term thinking, the Georgia Tech Library’s project has been to create a proof-of-concept for retroTECH Online, a web presence through which patrons can utilize software from retroTECH’s collections for teaching and learning, explore the stories surrounding that software, and foster a virtual retroTECH community. The project team used oral history and emulation to tell the stories of several software innovations created by Georgia Tech community members--from the graphical simulation that helped win Atlanta's 1996 Olympics bid to Game Boy Advance games coded by current students mastering computer science.
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014-05)
Bennett, Charlie; Hagenmaier, Wendy; Rolando, Lizzy; Rascoe, Fred; Critz, Lori; Renfro, Crystal; Baer, Willie; Axford, Mary
In this paper, we discuss the major elements of that renewal as pertaining to our Library. First, we
are a research library. A 21st century research institution still requires the multifaceted services of
a research library. We also discuss the space of the Library itself. A library has never been merely a
container for books. The physical space of the renewed Library will be the interdisciplinary platform
for innovative scholarship and learning, as services expand. Finally, we discuss the role of the
Library as an integrated network of resources, focusing on the important and unique collaborative
services provided by Library faculty and staff .
The renewed Georgia Tech Library will be the research library that Georgia Tech needs to both
support and define what a 21st century research institution should be.