POCOS
@POCOSymposia
The aim of the JISC-funded POCOS project is to deliver a series of three symposia on Preservation of Complex Objects.
POCOS’s Tweets
#pocos3 wrapping up in few minutes... thanks to everyone who made it such a vibrant and engaging event!
Neil Grindley/JISC speaks at #pocos3 value of preserving games still to be understood:it has a range of future implications on art&culture
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It is a preservation week here in Wales with #keepcardiff (KEEP workshop in Cardiff) just about to start, be followed by #pocos3 on 26-27.1.
Check out "The KEEP Approach to Digital Preservation (Frankfurt)" keep-dnb-estw.eventbrite.co.uk via
Registration for POCOS3 symposium on Gaming Environments and Virtual Worlds (26-27 January in Cardiff) is open: pocos.org/index.php/news
Video webcasts from the #pocos2 Symposium on Software Art are now available on vimeo.com/album/1646346
#pocos2 The next symposium in February 2012 in Cardiff on virtual worlds - watch the space here and in the linkedin POCOS group.
Three breakout groups discuss the same - what would be the most appropriate digital preservation strategy for software art @ #pocos2
Michael Takeo Magruder comes back to the questions what constitutes an artwrok and what should be preserved @ #pocos2
#pocos2: breakout time almost over - we will hear summaries on the role of the artist; metadata; archiving; legalðical issues.
One of the boredomresearch projects presented at #pocos2 by Islay/Smith - Real Snail Mail - time to slow down :) realsnailmail.net/index.html
#pocos2 started - how much variability needs to be documented and preserved - provocative question from the invited speaker Rinehart
#pocos2 is starting next Tuesday 11.10 - great two days on preservation of software art ahead!
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lnkd.in/PYWAQ7 The POCOS project and the forthcoming #pocos2 symposium are featured in "The Art of the Matter" in Storage...
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One example of use of 3D objects in PDF: the 2010 Annual Report of the Netherlands Institute for the Near East nino-leiden.nl/doc/Annual%20R
Software Art Symposium - the programme is now on pocos.org/index.php?opti
New paper on preservation at ArtBase - relevant to those interested in Digital Art preservation and #POCOS2: rhizome.org/editorial/2011
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POCOS second symposium on Preservation of Software Art , 11-12 October - registration will start soon!
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Save the dates: Second POCOS Symposium on Preservation of Software Art: 11-12 October 2011, The Lighthouse, Glasgow.
Video recordings of the #POCOS1 Symposium on DP of simulations and visualisations are now available online at
vimeo.com/pocos/videos/s
"how you do narrative, which is typically linear, in a space that is non-linear" Robert Coover guardian.co.uk/culture/2011/j
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Overview of the EC funded research in DP by Strodl, Petrov, Rauber: bit.ly/kOmbcN
CFP: Cultures in Virtual Worlds lnkd.in/kXwCZm
#pocos1 closed - lots of food for thought, videos and a book from it forthcoming - watch the space!
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What is rubbish and what is not as a criterion what to preserve and what not?
What happens with digital preservation strategies on national level? #pocos1
Kenton McHenry:There is no one application that can convert between any pair of 3D formats - I wonder do we need one? #pocos1
Last preparations before I go to London for #pocos1 tomorrow - we have an excellent list of participants and exciting programme!
Post: Preservation Of Complex 3D Objects – Cultural Heritage Scholarship :: digitalstewardshipnow.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/148
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"Saving digital information is a lot like jazz — it is creative, diverse, and collaborative." blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreserv
For the first POCOS symposium on preservation of visualisations and simulations (16-17 June 2011 at KCL London) use #pocos1



