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Archiving Interactive Narratives at the British Library

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Interactive Storytelling (ICIDS 2020)

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This paper describes the creation of the Interactive Narratives collection in the UK Web Archive, as part of the UK Legal Deposit Libraries Emerging Formats Project. The aim of the project is to identify, collect and preserve complex digital publications that are in scope for collection under UK Non-Print Legal Deposit Regulations. This article traces the process of building the Interactive Narratives collection, analysing the different tools and methods used and placing the collection within the wider context of Emerging Formats work and engagement activities at the British Library.

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  1. InGAME, University of Dundee, Seabraes Ln, Dundee, DD1 4LN, UK

    Lynda Clark

  2. The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB, UK

    Giulia Carla Rossi & Stella Wisdom

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    David E. Millard

  3. Creative Technology, Bournemouth University, Poole, Dorset, UK

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Clark, L., Rossi, G.C., Wisdom, S. (2020). Archiving Interactive Narratives at the British Library. In: Bosser, AG., Millard, D.E., Hargood, C. (eds) Interactive Storytelling. ICIDS 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12497. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62516-0_27

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