A presentation by Neil Chue Hong, Director of the Software Sustainability Institute. Presented at the Preserving Software workshop, Brettenham House, London, 7 July 2010.

1. Delivering software preservation guidance Neil Chue Hong Software Preservation Study Workshop

2. Resources for courses? Work captured by this study has created a framework for defining software preservation How do we make this useful for others?

3. Key decision points You’re probably thinking about software preservation: When your project is about to finish When you realise that the software you use is no longer being maintained When you’re putting in a new proposal Do you need different tools at different stages? Or does it depend on the type of software?

4. Software Preservation Flowchart

5. Software Preservation Wizard From OSS-Watch Openness Rating Wizard

6. Dissemination Passive dissemination Briefing papers Case studies Website collecting experience and references Active dissemination Workshops and surgeries Training In person Online Advocacy Characteristics checklist

7. Over to you What are the sources of information you would find most useful? What would be the best ways of delivering these? Will form the basis of follow-up work So choose wisely 