{"id":652,"date":"2019-03-02T17:22:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T22:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/emg-review\/?page_id=652"},"modified":"2019-03-02T17:22:51","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T22:22:51","slug":"mcneal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/emg-review\/volume-4-2015-2016\/mcneal\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinball for Posterity: Adapting The Preservation Principles of Libraries to Preserve Arcade and Pinball Collections at The International Center for the History of Electronic Games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Carrie McNeal, Jeremy Saucier, and Martin Reinhardt
The Electronic Media Review, Volume Four: 2015-2016<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abstract<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As\nindustrial and technological advances continue to change the material landscape\nof our world, some of our most unexpected challenges arise when cultural\ninstitutions accept the responsi\u00adbility of preserving artifacts that are new to\nthe museum scene. The International Center for the History of Electronic Games\n(ICHEG) at The Strong holds the largest and most comprehen\u00adsive public\ncollection of video, arcade, and pinball games, other electronic games, and\nelectronic game-related historical materials in the United States. The mission\nof ICHEG is multi-faceted. It involves not only collecting and preserving these\nmaterials, but also making them available to researchers and museum guests for\nplay, research, and historical interpretation. This creates the unexpected\nchallenge of balancing accessibility of a collection with preserving\nmechanical, electrical, material, and design components. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As\nthe arcade and pinball game collection continued to grow rapidly and bring with\nit an onslaught of new preservation chal\u00adlenges, ICHEG looked to the\nestablished conservation principles of libraries as a framework for developing\na policy for this collec\u00adtion. Just as libraries must balance their concurrent\nmissions of preservation and access, ICHEG has adopted a mission to both\npreserve and provide access to the experience of playing arcade and pinball\ngames. After an extensive review process and collaboration between the\ndirectors of ICHEG, curators, and conservators, the collection was divided into\nGeneral and Special Collections categories. The Special Collections category\nwas then further divided into three additional categories, each with increasing\nlevels of restriction. These are the Monitored, Controlled, and Restricted\nCollections, respectively. Each level carries with it increasing stipulations\nthat govern guest and researcher interaction, exhibition, and conservation\nprocedures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\npresentation will explain the rationale behind adapting a library preservation\nstructure for use with arcade and pinball games, and will present the criteria\nused by ICHEG to develop the categories and divide the collection. It will also\ndetail the use, research, exhibition, and conservation guidelines and restric\u00adtions\nassociated with each category. This preservation policy provides a framework\nfor adapting guidelines and procedures that are already familiar within the\nconservation community to inform preservation decisions for new and different\ntypes of collections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carrie McNeal
Director of Conservation
The Strong<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeremy Saucier
Assistant Director
International Center for the History of Electronic Games
The Strong<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martin Reinhardt
Arcade Game Conservation Technician
The Strong<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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