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2012
April 10, 2012
Library of Congress Celebrates "Preservation Week: Pass It On"
April 5, 2012
Library of Congress Conservation Expert Works with National Library and Archives of Egypt To Conserve Damaged Books
March 19, 2012
Mark Sweeney Appointed Director of Preservation
2011
December 14, 2011
Library of Congress Helps Unlock Experimental Sound Recordings of Alexander Graham Bell
August 16, 2011
Fenella France Named Chief, Preservation Research and Testing Division
February 16, 2011
Preservation Directorate Hosts New Research Fellowship and New Conservation Training Internship
2010 and earlier
July 14, 2010
Library Reads Between (and Under) the Lines
July 3, 2010
Jefferson changed 'subjects' to 'citizens' in Declaration of Independence
May 19, 2010
Personal Archiving Day at the Library of Congress
February 5, 2010
Preserving ‘Herblock’ a Rewarding Job for Conservators
February 1, 2010
New Optical Lab Brings LOC into 21st Century
July 1, 2008
Preserving America's Birth Certificate [article with video]
June 13, 2010
Library of Congress Hires Four Preservation Research Scientists
March 27, 2008
Researchers Play Tune Recorded Before Edison
February 11, 2008
The Library of Congress and the Institute of Museum and Library Services Collaborate on Preservation Outreach
January 11, 2008
Library of Congress and Foundation Center Create New Funding Guide for Preserving Historical, Cultural Collections
September 30, 2007
3D Scanner May Save Vanishing Languages from Extinction [PDF: 34 KB / 4 pp.]
September 14, 2007
Eric Hansen Named Chief of Preservation Research and Testing Division
July 17, 2007
Alcoa Aluminum Helps Preserve Map That Named America
June 4, 2007
Preserving Library of Congress' treasures is goal of FSU researcher
May, 2007
The Preservation Directorate at 40
May 22, 2007
Carl Haber To Discuss Capturing Recorded Sound Through Digital Imaging on June 18
July 11, 2006
Jeanne Drewes Named Chief of Binding and Collections Care
June 28, 2006
Diane Vogt-O'Connor Named Chief of Conservation
October 6, 2005
Library of Congress Uses Its Resources on Behalf of Hurricane Katrina Victims
September 12, 2005
Dianne L. van der Reyden Named Director For Preservation
August 9, 2005
Library of Congress Receives $40,000 Grant from Mellon Foundation for Photo Conservation Study
February 28, 2005
Preservation of Iraqi Archives is Subject of Symposium on March 8
April 16, 2004
Library Collaborates on Preservation Research with U.S. Dept. of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley Lab
October 18, 2002
Proceedings from Preservation and Security Symposium to be Published by the Library of Congress
August 17, 2000
Library of Congress Web Site Tells Preservation Story