Research Data Access and Preservation Summit, 2014 San Diego, CA March 26-28, 2014 Lightning Talks Christine Caldwell, University of California, Santa Cruz

1. Preserving Cultural
Objects
Christy Caldwell
caldwell@ucsc.edu
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Rouffignac mammoth painting, France

2. Preserving {digital}
Cultural Objects
Christy Caldwell
caldwell@ucsc.edu
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3. Christy Caldwell
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Research Games are Digital Humanities Projects??

4. Christy Caldwell
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5. Christy Caldwell
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Case Study: Prom Week

6. Christy Caldwell
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Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Assoc. Prof,
Computer Science, UCSC
Eric Kaltman, Graduate Student,
Computer Science, UCSC
Henry Lowood, Curator,
Stanford Libraries
Christy Caldwell,
Science Librarian, UCSC
The Team

7. Christy Caldwell
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Perspective: Games Scholars interested in
development PROCESS as much as CONTENT.

8. Christy Caldwell
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The Awesome:
Establish a lab or departmental
wide Data Management Policy…
Use it for research.
And teach it to undergrads.
Draft Recommendations
“Swimming Elephant” by Karen

9. Christy Caldwell
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The Interesting:
Cloud file versioning is highly
unstable.
Google docs file versioning
collapses over time.
Draft Recommendations
“PHP Elephant” by Scott Beale

10. Christy Caldwell
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The Obvious (but good to include):
•Note file naming conventions.
•Note file storage and organization practices.
•Provide abundant comments in source code.
•Document programs (formats & versions)
used in the creation of game files and assets.
•Set up a mailing list and use it.
Draft Recommendations
leah-saulnier.artistwebsites.com/

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•Retention and extraction policies for cloud
services.
•More case studies.
•Tool development.
•Copyright clarity for non-traditional scholarly
works.
•No unified scholarly communication practices
around games, or digital objects in general.
But we’re working on it!!!
Future Research

12. NEH, NEA & NSF
signed an MOU to
support media research!

13. Christy Caldwell
caldwell@ucsc.edu
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"The Elephant and the Rider" by Xavier Vergés
Questions?