From the National Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek):
In 2009, the European project KEEP started (Keeping Emulation Environments Portable). KEEP is doing research and development into technical and legal possibilities and challenges to give long-term access to digital information using emulation. Within this project and beyond, the National Library of the Netherlands has invested significant time and money in developing new software to help achieve this goal. On 26 and 27 October 2011, the KEEP project presented its intermediate results in a workshop dedicated to professionals in the field of preservation and data management.
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The KEEP project ends in February 2012. At that time, not all components mentioned above will be finished, so there is still work to be done. The KEEP project team is currently investigating how to continue work after the project’s lifetime , and how to ensure that project results will be sustainable.
- More information about KEEP: http://www.keep-project.eu
- Free download of the Emulation Framework software:http://emuframework.sf.net
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This is an interesting conundrum. We wish to be able to access content regardless of the platform and format with which they were created. Should we maintain an ever expanding roster of emulators to do that or should we be be constantly re-casting that content into new formats and platforms.
I can read books created for the Apple Newton on my MacOS X computer thanks to the Einstein Emulator but I’m just as happy to read that same content in iBooks on my iPad.
When does it matter? If it ever matters then why does it matter?
When the emulator is running, you can interact with the emulated mobile device just as you would an actual mobile device, except that you use your mouse pointer to “touch” the touchscreen and can use some keyboard keys to invoke certain keys on the device.
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