In March 2013 the National Digital Information Infrastructure Preservation Program (NDIIPP) hosted a workshop at the LIbrary of Congress to help formulate national strategies for preserving software which I was fortunate to be able to attend. This was a helpful exploration of a very difficult, neglected, but vitally important area. A report from this meeting has just been issued, and you can find a summary, a pointer to the full report, and pointers to other materials related to the meeting at

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/10/preserving-exe-report-toward-a-national-strategy-for-preserving-software/


Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI