Renew and Recycle: Developing Sustainable Preservation Strategies


My Special Assistant, Erin Engle, and I presented our work on preservation program planning at Kuopio 7, on Sept. 7, 2022. A video of the talk is available  and a related paper will be published in Library Management along with a pre-print  available from this site.

Abstract: The Library of Congress is engaged in an effort to ensure the health and sustainability of its preservation program. This presentation will explain how the preservation management team re-evaluated and re-imagined its work through a series of workshops, cost studies, and planning exercises. This has led to a new way to respond to changes in immediate operational requirements across strategic planning cycles, while still making progress on large-scale preservation needs. This includes planning for the workforce and fiscal resources needed to maintain a rich array of options for use of the collections over the long term.


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