Promoting Preservation Interest Group

Purpose

Advocates for preservation of cultural heritage materials among librarians and non-librarians by offering educational opportunities and supporting outreach efforts both inside and outside of institutional library contexts. To promote understanding of preservation principles and objectives, development of preservation skill sets, and cultivation of potential preservation funding sources.

This interest group is part of Core's Metadata and Collections Section.

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Interest Group Leaders

Ms. Elizabeth A. Stone (Chair, July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023)
Jenny Levine (Staff Liaison, December 12, 2022, to June 30, 2025)

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Resources

Activities

The group's conveners have committed to providing the following activities throughout the year:

  • Facilitate year-round discussion in the ALA Connect group;
  • Plan an in-person discussion (not a program) at the ALA Annual Conference.

Get Involved

Interest group members do not need to be members of Core, or even of ALA. Anyone with an ALA account can join a Core interest group in ALA Connect. Conveners must be Core members, but anyone can join or leave an interest group at any time.