(HOW) IT WORKS!: A manifesto .. towards establishing a functional software collection at the Vienna museum of science and technology

Maltar, Nika; Schilling, Almut

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(HOW) IT WORKS!: A manifesto .. towards establishing a functional software collection at the Vienna museum of science and technology

Author(s)

• Maltar, Nika
• Schilling, Almut

Issue Date

2023

Keyword(s)

• software collection
• strategy
• manifest
• open source
• embedded community

Date of Ingest

2023-11-02T09:09:43-05:00

Abstract

This paper presents the decision making process involved in establishing a software collection at the Vienna Museum of Science and Technology. The museum's collecting activities have been limited to the collection of tangible heritage. The current collection strategy defines the functionality of a museum object solely as its own material manifestation. That is why the museum keeps its physical collection in a “powered-off” state to preserve its integrity and functionality for the future. To integrate a functional software collection into this theoretical frame we are discussing applied terminology and have developed a manifesto to build on a solid theoretical foundation.

Series/Report Name or Number

iPRES 2023

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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Copyright held by the author(s). The text of this paper is published under a CC BY-SA license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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