Please pardon the cross-posting. My COMPEL project collaborators and I would appreciate it if you would please distribute this email widely among various communities whose work is rooted in computer music, starting with composers, performers, and instrument and installation designers.

Dear all,

As part of the preparations for the Workshop on NIME Archiving to be held on 28 June, we look for volunteers to fill out one or more records of artifacts (defined broadly) in this survey:

The idea is to check whether categories developed for the COMPEL archive make sense from the community's perspective. We ask that you please consider filling out the survey before 24 June so that we have a couple of days to look at results before the workshop. Feel free to make entries also if you cannot make it to the workshop!

Given that this effort may benefit the broader computer music community, please note that both the survey and the workshop are open to any person who is interested in participating, regardless whether they are registered for the conference. Since this year NIME is an online-only conference, the zoom link will be forthcoming and will be shared with all survey contributors and conference participants soon.

The workshop will continue discussions in the community on how to best preserve information from the NIME conferences, the NIME community, and the computer music community at large. The workshop will follow up on threads from the NIME publication ecosystem workshop (NIME 2020, Birmingham), ICMC 2018 paper, SEAMUS 2018 conference presentation, and the NIMEhub workshop (NIME 2016, Brisbane). As we rebuild the COMPEL platform to sidestep technological limitations of the old infrastructure, the main task is to find a solution for an open, future-oriented, engaging, and institutionally recognized archiving solution for the activities of the community that ensures reproducibility of archived artifacts. While NIME publications are archived according to the FAIR principles, currently no solutions exist for archiving information about instruments/interfaces and other hardware/software-based artifacts produced in the community. Neither do we have a system for describing and preserving compositions/pieces, installations, performances, and workshops. We believe that this challenge affects the computer music community at large. The goal of this workshop and forum discussions is to propel the project forward and expand the community engagement.

Thank you for your consideration and participation. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact one of the workshop organizers.

Best,

Ico

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Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.
Director, Creativity + Innovation
Director, Human-Centered Design iPhD
Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology
Virginia Tech
Creative Technologies in Music
School of Performing Arts – 0141
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-6139
ico@vt.edu

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