Pass It On: Preservation Week

April 22-28, 2012

Get updates on Preservation Week 2012 events in Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/preservationweek. Add your preservation event to our PW 2012 Google map.

Some 630 million items in collecting institutions require immediate attention and care. Eighty percent of these institutions have no paid staff assigned responsibility for collections care; 22 percent have no collections care personnel at all. Some 2.6 billion items are not protected by an emergency plan. As natural disasters of recent years have taught us, these resources are in jeopardy should a disaster strike. Personal, family, and community collections are equally at risk.

ALA encourages libraries and other institutions to use Preservation Week to connect our communities through events, activities, and resources that highlight what we can do, individually and together, to preserve our personal and shared collections. Last year, over 65 events took place nationwide. View the 2010 and 2011 Preservation Week Event Maps in Google Maps. ALA would like to thank the founders, partners, and sponsors of Preservation Week for their generous support.

Announcing PW 2013: April 21-27, 2013

It is easy to get involved:

• create a display about preserving and collecting personal, family, or community heritage
• offer a preservation workshop or event or
• highlight Preservation Week on your web site with a link to ALA’s Preservation Week resources.
• Add your Need help with the map? Read these instructions.
• View the Facebook event and RSVP or Share it. Tweet about Preservation Week #preswk.

Let ALA-ALCTS help you find information, resources, templates, graphics, and ideas for celebrating Preservation Week.

• Toolkit: Plan your event: program ideas | find a speaker | event checklist | get feedback
• Toolkit: Promote your event: writing press releases | logos and artwork | handouts | videos
• News & History: press releases | campaign resources | event history
• Event Finder: view and add to the 2011 event map | view webcasts | learn about past events
• Preservation Resources: videos | statistics | links | preservation awareness stories

preservation@yourlibrary

Find resources specifically designed for library users: families, children, and teens, on the preservation@yourlibrary site: www.atyourlibrary.org/passiton.