Cabrinety-NIST Project Challenges
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What the Hell is It and What Do I Do with It: Cataloging Challenging Collections
The Stephen M. Cabrinety Collection in the History of Microcomputing, ca. 1975-1995
Society of California Archivists AGM: May 10, 2014 8:30am-10:00am
Charlotte C. ThaiCabrinety Project Assistant
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Introduction
• Part I: Background Information– Who I am– Cabrinety Collection– Stephen M. Cabrinety– Cabrinety-NIST Project
• Part II: Project Challenges
Agenda
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Who I am
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• 12,000-15,000 software packages• 27 operating systems• 400 pieces computer hardware• 200 pieces computer-related realia• Documents, ephemera, periodicals
Cabrinety Collection
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Stephen M. Cabrinety
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NSRL Grant
• What is the grant?– NSRL (National Software Reference Library)
• Who are the collaborators and what are their roles?– Stanford University Libraries• Curator of History of Science and Technology; Film
and Media Collections• Special Collections, Manuscripts Division• Digital Library Systems & Services
– NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
Cabrinety-NIST Project
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National Software Reference Library
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Special Collections, Manuscripts Division
• Manage Cabrinety box movements• Physical re-processing of Cabrinety collection• Cabrinety item-level registration in Stanford Digital Repository• Metadata entry and configuration in NSRL Cabrinety database• Quality control on physical and digital items in collection
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Digital Library Systems & Services
• Manages Argo – Administrative interface to the Stanford Digital Repository• Register items with source id, druid, and title• Create tracking sheets• Control accessioning workflow• Provide access to online digital objects through PURLs
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Argo: Tracking sheet
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Downloads
Stanford PURL (test)
Metadata
Thumbnails
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NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
• Disk imaging– Create disk images and add checksums to NSRL– Provide disk images and checksums back to Stanford
• Photographic scanning– Create digital images of all box covers, manuals, inserts,
and ephemera at high resolution– Provide digital images to Stanford
• Manage the NSRL Cabrinety database
SHA-1 and MD5 Checksums
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NSRL Cabrinety database
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NSRL Cabrinety database
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• Level I: Collection Challenge• Level II: Series Challenge• Level III: Item Challenge• Level IV: Metadata Challenge• Level V: Data Challenge• Level VI: Access Challenge• Bonus Level
Part II: Project Challenges
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Level I: Collection Challenge
• Storage– Stanford Auxiliary Library 3 (SAL3)
• Transportation– Leg 1: SAL3 -> Stanford (40.2 miles)– Leg 2: Stanford -> NIST (2,827 miles)– Leg 3: NIST -> Stanford (2, 827 miles)– Leg 4: Stanford -> SAL3 (40.2 miles)– Total distance each box travels: 5733.6 miles
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Transportation and TrackingSAL3 to Stanford Campus
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Transportation and TrackingStanford to NIST
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Photo Reference
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• Print magazines bound with media
Level II: Series Challenge
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Level III: Item Challenge
MOLD
Still in shrinkwrap
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ConservationFume Hood
Vacuum
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Feelies
• Infocom, Inc.– Game publisher– Text adventures
• “Feelies”– Extra content– Copy protection
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Deadline
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Level IV: Metadata Challenge• Cabrinety-NIST Metadata Stats
• 5757 file extensions• 783 operating systems• 600+ application types listed• 3807 manufacturers
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Video Game Metadata Schemas in Development• University of Washington• SIMM (Seattle Interactive
Media Museum)
IMLS Grant: GAMECIP• UC Santa Cruz• Stanford University
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• How is the data captured from cartridge media?
Level V: Data Challenge
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Checksums
http://www.stanford.edu/group/htgg/cgi-bin/drupal/?q=node/1179
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Level VI: Access Challenge
• 178 Scott Adams, Inc. titles in Cabrinety Collection• Mid-1980s Scott Adams, Inc. goes bankrupt• Classic games currently available as shareware on Scott Adams
personal website (http://www.msadams.com/downloads.htm)• “Copyright unknown”
Not THAT Scott Adams
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Bonus Level
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Thank You!
[email protected]@cabrinety
noshrinkwrap.tumblrHow They Got Game: http
://stanford.io/1kigJZJ
Thank You!
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Questions?
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Links• http://www.nist.gov/• http://gamer.ischool.uw.edu/official_release/• http://www.imls.gov/news/2013_ols_grant_announcement.aspx#CA• http://www.entmerch.org/• http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects.html• http://www.mobygames.com/• http://www.msadams.com/• https://www.atariage.com/• http://coolrom.com/• http://www.retrode.org/• http://www.stanford.edu/group/htgg/cgi-bin/drupal/?q=node/1179• http://
www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/nist-commerce-department-mostly-close-under-government-shutdown/2013-09-30
• http://bit.ly/1hL3OPS• http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/01/todays-atari-bankruptcy-latest-in-a-long-history-o
f-corporate-deaths/
• http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/