SDR Deposit of the Week: Preserving Virtual Worlds and more in SearchWorks
Some of the latest work underway in Digital Library Systems and Services involves adding digital collections to SearchWorks. Last week saw the addition of five new collections to SearchWorks, all created and deposited to the Stanford Digital Repository using the Self-Deposit web application.
Of the five, we’re highlighting Preserving Virtual Worlds, a collection produced by curator Henry Lowood and a team of collaborators in a multi-institution project funded by the Library of Congress. Original software, gameplay samples, technical documentation, web sites, and other contextual information for games like SimCity, DOOM, and Star Raiders are archived for the ages. Henry’s blog announcement sums up the project and collection nicely.
The other four collections – containing research and writing created by faculty, students and staff - have already been featured in the SDR Deposit of the Week series (for instance here, here, and here). Yet their SearchWorks collection links are definitely news. Check ‘em out and let us know what you think!
- Folding@home
- Stanford Research Data
- Undergraduate Theses, Department of Physics
- Stanford University Libraries staff publications and research
