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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…
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KEK Conference: The Library of Congress Preservation Directorate: Fiscal and Organizational Sustainability
I presented work on fiscal and organizational planning for sustaining the Library of Congress’ preservation program at the 10th anniversary conference of the Koordinierungsstelle für die Erhaltung des schriftlichen Kulturguts (KEK), on Sept. 23, 2021. A video of the talk is available on YouTube and a proceedings is forthcoming. A pre-print is available here.
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Remarks for the International Association of Paper Historians Congress
I gave remarks for the opening of the 35th International Association of Paper Historians Congress, June 7–11, 2021, hosted by the Library of Congress and our interagency partners at the National Gallery of Art and the National Archives and Records Administration.
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New Publication: “Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost: Preservation in the Age of Shared Print and Withdrawal Projects”
“Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost: Preservation in the Age of Shared Print and Withdrawal Projects” has been published in the November 2019 issue of C&RL: College and Research Libraries (Vol. 80, no. 7: https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.80.7.945) The article — co-authored by Zachary Maiorana, Ian Bogus, Mary Miller, Katie Risseeuw, Jennifer Hain Teper, and myself — reviews current issues…
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Updates for the Preservation Administrators Interest Group (ALA)
The Library of Congress provides a regular update to the Preservation Administrators Interest Group (PAIG), part of the Association of Library Collections and Technical Services of the American Library Association. This page gathers the slide decks from my presentations in a PDF version, and is updated for each meeting. Additional details on the Library’s activities…
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Remarks for Mesoamerican Codices: New Discoveries and New Directions
Dumbarton Oaks, Library of Congress, and National Museum of the American Indian convened a symposium called “Mesoamerican Codices: New Discoveries and New Directions.” This meeting of the Pre-Columbian Studies Colloquium was organized by Diana Magaloni Kerpel and Barbara E. Mundy. Betsy Haude, from the Library’s Conservation Division, and Tana Villafana, from the Research and Testing Division…
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NDSR Art Immersion
I taught immersion sessions for the NDSR Art program in 2017 and 2018. These sessions have acquired the title of “Think Like a Computer,” which comes from a series of talks and lectures I’ve done for librarians to introduce basic computing concepts and teach preservation of digital objects just the same way I might explain preservation…
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Remarks on Preservation Week and the Veterans History Project
For Preservation Week 2018, the Preservation Directorate and the Veterans History Project presented a program on the work we do to collect and care for the history of people who served in the American armed forces. A video of the event is available as part of our Topics in Preservation series and my opening remarks…
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Remarks for Assessing the National Collection Inaugural Meeting
The Library of Congress and ReCAP received a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a project to evaluate the condition of bibliographically identical materials from partner libraries across different regions of the United States. The “Assessing the National Collections” project will provide rigorous scientific data on the characteristics of these materials, using test…
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Remarks on The Library of Congress accepting the Distinguished Award for the Advancement of the Field of Conservation
In 2017, the Library of Congress was recognized by the American Institute for Conservation for its long-standing program of educating conservators and supporting professional development. I was honored to take part in accepting this award and give some remarks at a celebration:
