Emulation as a Digital Preservation Strategy

Emulation – a viable preservation strategy

Modular emulation as a long-term preservation strategy for digital objects

The use of emulation as a preservation strategy is often looked upon with skepticism. Although it may be the only way to render digital objects authentically in the future, emulation is thought to be too technically challenging and therefore too expensive and time-consuming. This line of thought has thus far prevented emulation from being developed for preservation purposes. However, the Nation...

Emulation & Virtualization as Preservation Strategies

Between the two fundamental digital preservation strategies, migration has been strongly favored. Recent developments in emulation frameworks make it possible to deliver emulations to readers via the Web in ways that make them appear as normal components of Web pages. This removes what was the major barrier to deployment of emulation as a preservation strategy. Barriers remain, the two most imp...

Digital Preservation & Emulation: From Theory to Practice

This paper considers the use of emulation for digital preservation. After describing the theoretical background provided by mathematical logic, the paper moves on to consider practical issues in the use of emulation for digital preservation.

Emulation as a strategy for the preservation of games: the KEEP project

Game preservation is a critical issue for game studies. Access to historic materials forms a vital core to research and this field is no different. However, there are serious challenges to overcome for preservationists in terms of developing a strategic and inclusion programme to retain access to obsolete games. Emulation, as a strategy already applied by major developers and the gaming communi...