cummings level up: building data services
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LEVEL UP!: BUILDING DATA SERVICES AT THE J. WILLARD MARRIOTT LIBRARYREBEKAH CUMMINGS, RESEARCH DATA MANAGEMENT LIBRARIAN
MARRIOTT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
NISO DATA CURATION VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
AUGUST 31, 2016
OVERVIEW
“Sum of Two Parts” Stallman Studio. Image from http://stallmanstudio.com/project/sum-of-two-parts/
• Data services at the University of Utah Marriott Library
• Entertainment, Arts, and Engineering (EAE) Thesis Preservation Project
MARRIOTT LIBRARY RESEARCH DATA SERVICES TEAM
“EXPLORE AND PILOT BASELINE DATA SERVICES”
LAY OF THE LAND
Image: Nasa.gov
WEB PRESENCE
http://www.lib.utah.edu/services/data-management/
OUTREACH AND EDUCATION
• Library workshops
• Research Administration Training Series
• Undergraduate Research Workshop Series
• Graduate student workshop series
• Research and Learning Services Forum
• Spring Research Series
• All Staff – “How to organize digital files”
• Zotero workshops
• ICPSR workshops
• Monthly Data Journal Club
• 1:1 Consultations
RELATIONSHIPS AND DMP SUPPORT
• The Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute
• The College of Architecture and Planning
• The College of Humanities
• The Alzheimer’s Institute
• Entertainment, Arts, and Engineering
• Office of Undergraduate Research
• Grant development services
• VP for Research
• Center for High Performance Computing
• And many more!
ASSESSMENT AND PILOTING REPOSITORY SERVICES
• Campus Data Services Group
• Summer/Fall 2016 - Assessment
• University of Utah Campus Data Services Survey
• Focus Groups - September 19th and October 3rd
• Winter 2016 – Data portal
• Spring 2017 • Call for participation
• Pilot new infrastructure and workflows
• Modeled after 2013 University of Minnesota Data Curation Pilot
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CASE STUDY - EAE THESIS PRESERVATION PROJECT
MOTIVATIONS OF THE LIBRARY
MOTIVATIONS OF THE EAE DEPARTMENT
• “Erie” - Flagship game of EAE
• Shown by vlogger PewDiePie
• Almost 7 million views on YouTube
• Built for Windows 7, needs to migrate to Windows 10
• “Bad archiving is starting to be injurious to us.” – AJ Dimick
EAE THESIS OPEN HOUSE - MAY 2016
SAMPLE EAE WRAP KIT
• Executable game
• Source code
• Art / Assets
• Marketing Materials
• Trailer
• One sheet
• PowerPoint to pitch and present
• Previous versions
WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE?
•One wrap kit
• 4,631 files
• 5 GB
•Over 30 file formats
•Many proprietary
• Doesn’t include dependencies
PRESERVING VIRTUAL WORLDS
CHALLENGES TO PRESERVING GAMES
• Unavailability of original game
• Complex versioning issues surrounding software and operating systems
• Storage media obsolescence and fragility
• Degradation of game play due to the use of emulation or migration
• Lack of documentation of file formats
• Intellectual property issues
From “Preserving Virtual Worlds Final Report”
METADATA• “Language” – C Sharp, C++, Action script
• Platform – medium the game was played on, console game, web browser
• Engine – FLASH, Java, etc.
• Words that are instantly informative to the gaming community – “console 2D platform” means something like a Mario game. First person shooter. Adventure game vs. RPG (role playing game)
• Award Winners – Independent Games Festival (IGF), Microsoft Imagine Winners
DIGITAL PRESERVATION/ FORMATS/ STORAGE
• .mov
• .ppt
• .sin
• .sln
• .userprefs
• .csproj
• .unityproj
• .meta
• .cs
• .fbx
• .fbx.meta
• .mat
• .ttf
• .mp3
• .jpg
• .log
• .png
• .unity
• .txt
• .anim
• .dir
• .tga
• .prefab
• .exr.meta
COPYRIGHT
•Highly creative and commercial work
•Multiple authors
•Multiple intellectual “objects”
•Some, however, are highly motivated to share work
•Education component
DEVELOPING TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
• Ubox
• SurveyMonkey
• Rosetta
• Alma
• Wordpress
EAE WRAP KIT ARCHIVE - EAE.LIB.UTAH.EDU
FUTURE PLANS - GAMING REPOSITORY?
THANK YOU!
Rebekah Cummings
Research Data Management Librarian
801-581-7701
@RebekahCummings
QUESTIONS?
Anne Morrow, Head DSS
Tawnya Keller, Dig Pres
Ambra Gagliardi, Grants
A.J. Dimick, Game Studio/ Alumni Relations, EAE
Daureen Nesdill, Data Lib
Harish Maringanti, AD for ITS