Preservation, Research, and Learning With Video Games

Video games present interesting historical perspectives and learning opportunities. Yes, they are forms of complex media with layers of rights and licensing issues and increasingly libraries, archives and museums are including them in their collections. Join panelists Brandon Butler, of the Software Preservation Network, Phil Salvador, of the Video Game History Foundation and author of a recent study about the market for reissued vintage games, and Jason Scott, curator and video game archivist at the Internet Archive who will provide perspectives about how to manage the challenges and opportunities afforded by preserving video games, and learning with video game collections.