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R.C. Miessler

Digital Initiatives Librarian
Library Special Collections
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Phone
717-337-7020
Campus Box

0420

Address
Musselman Library
Website
Current CV

R.C. Miessler is the Digital Initiatives Librarian in Musselman Library's Special Collections and College Archives. He is responsible for digital archives, digital preservation, and Digital Humanities initiatives. His research interests lie in the intersection of humanistic inquiry and technology, and video games as cultural artifacts.

Education

BA, Franklin College, 2002MA, Christian Theological Seminary, 2010MSLIS, Indiana University, 2012Other, Indiana University (Graduate Cert. in Archives Management), 2024

Academic Focus

Digital Humanities, Video Games, Digital Archives, Digital Preservation Digital Humanities, Video Games, Digital Archives, Digital Preservation

Publications

Conference Presentation/Poster

Miessler, R.C. and William O'Hara. "Save the Frames: The Video Game Playthrough Encoding Initiative." Presented at Save the Games 2.0, Rochester, NY, 29 July 2026.

Conference Presentation/Poster

Miessler, R. C. (2025, November 17-19). DAM'ed if You Do, DAM'ed if You Don't: Using Generative AI to Support a Digital Asset Manager Migration [Conference presentation]. Digital Library Federation Forum, Denver, CO, United States. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17636450