# February Resource Highlight: "Software Scenarios for (Re)Use and Access Across Time"

**URL:** <https://forum.eaasi.cloud/t/february-resource-highlight-software-scenarios-for-re-use-and-access-across-time/175>\
**Category:** EAASI Announcements\
**Tags:** resource-highlight\
**Created:** [March 1, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.eaasi.cloud/t/february-resource-highlight-software-scenarios-for-re-use-and-access-across-time/175 "2021-03-01T16:21:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.eaasi.cloud/t/february-resource-highlight-software-scenarios-for-re-use-and-access-across-time/175/1 "2021-03-01T16:21:49Z")

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Re-posted from @jmeyerson:

> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> We hope this message finds you all safe and healthy.
> 
> As February comes to a close and March begins anew, the Emulation-as-a-Service-Infrastructure (EaaSI) team is happy to share our February Resource Highlight, “Software Scenarios for (Re)Use and Access Across Time.”
> 
> It is important to remember that the curation community has been grappling with software dependencies and software preservation methods since the mid 1980s. You can find a little of that history [here](https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.softwarepreservationnetwork.org%2Fsoftware-preservation-literature-review%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cethan.gates%40yale.edu%7Cbcf4dfb3eab34a5386c208d8dc26dfa2%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C1%7C637501406826377557%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=CQ92mT0j3qRPQjhNnQR2xBnOzw0jpAxWRb1k2GrFi8s%3D&reserved=0) and [here](https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https:%2F%2Fweb.stanford.edu%2F~lowood%2FTexts%2Fhard_work.pdf&data=04%7C01%7Cethan.gates%40yale.edu%7Cbcf4dfb3eab34a5386c208d8dc26dfa2%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C1%7C637501406826382553%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=G8VE9vrpXVCtwqRTTjASYo6O41yiAuL1hcjPWJgdNh8%3D&reserved=0).
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> But in the last decade or so, we’ve seen mounting evidence of field-level advancement around the ways that institutions and practitioners conceive of software preservation as well as technological advancements to ensure long-term access to software. Given the recent gathering of software scenarios for (re)use & access completed by [EaaSI Hosted Service Pilot](https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.softwarepreservationnetwork.org%2Fhosted-emulation-services-pilot-summary%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cethan.gates%40yale.edu%7Cbcf4dfb3eab34a5386c208d8dc26dfa2%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C1%7C637501406826387543%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=oAtCIWgxifDEL902QSkQReuMGePgYPd0z%2FWOPLNbnls%3D&reserved=0) testers, we selected two documents that are in conversation across time about possible scenarios for (re)use and access of software.
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> _ **We invite you all to review, compare,and discuss!** _
> 
> _ **What are your scenarios for software reuse and access?** _
> 
> 🔹 “Software Preservation Benefits Framework: Purposes, Benefits, and Scenarios” (from JISC, Curtis+Cartwright, and the Software Sustainability Institute ): [http://bit.ly/softpres-benefits-framework](https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fsoftpres-benefits-framework&data=04%7C01%7Cethan.gates%40yale.edu%7Cbcf4dfb3eab34a5386c208d8dc26dfa2%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C1%7C637501406826392533%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=whTYSoj7Pb%2Bc98UHWmPjOV1%2Bd2E8Cl1KU7HPKYdKjos%3D&reserved=0) (table with scenarios for reuse starts on p.2)
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> 🔹“Exploring Curation-Ready Software: Use Cases”, (from members of SPN Curation-Readiness Working Group): [http://bit.ly/software-curation-use-cases](https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fsoftware-curation-use-cases&data=04%7C01%7Cethan.gates%40yale.edu%7Cbcf4dfb3eab34a5386c208d8dc26dfa2%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C1%7C637501406826397521%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=8zHDH2nbCwqUyxiJ%2Fk5PmUcVX9tkNagI%2Bez1GK2mVxM%3D&reserved=0) (table with scenarios for reuse starts on p.4)