Lab PI, Dr. Eric Kaltman, was selected for a CLIR Pocket Burgundy Award along with the Software Preservation Network Technological Infrastructure Working Group to write a short report entitled, "An Overview of Emulation as a Preservation Method." The goal of this CLIR program is to provide reports on emerging or important advances for libraries. CLIR will work to disseminate the report when it is published in 2024.

SHFT Group associates Desireé Caldera, Adam Larson, Morgan McMurray, and Matilda Orona presented posters on their research efforts at the Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR). Caldera, Larson, and McMurray presented their work "Evaluating Emulation Workflows for Historical Software and Data". This work is tied to SHFT's continuing efforts in determining digital preservation workflows for software preservation.

Above, Matilda Orona presents her work on "Investigating the Effects of Adobe Flash Deprecation for Online Preservation Efforts."

The long-gestating report on general issues in software preservation for service providers has been released by the Software Preservation Network's Research-in-Practice working group. Dr. Kaltman was an early member of this group when the white paper project was proposed. He left the group before work formally started but did provide draft input on the publication. It is an important work delimiting a number of challenges related to software preservation, including representation and inclusion, software preservation education, and the needs of service providers. The full report, Supporting Software Preservation Services in Research and Memory Institutions is downloadable from SPN's website