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C&RL News June 2011  364

Jane Hedberg is senior preservation program officer 
at Harvard University Library, e-mail: jane_hedberg@
harvard.edu; fax: (617) 496-8344

Web sites redesigned
The Preservation Directorate of the Library 
of Congress (LC) redesigned and updated 
its Web site in acknowledgement of May-
Day 2011. MayDay is an initiative promoted 
by Heritage Preservation to increase the 
emergency preparedness and response ca-
pabilities of cultural heritage organizations. 
LC’s new Web site features information 
about emergency preparedness, protecting 
family treasures, collections care, preserva-
tion science, and where to get help. It also 
highlights the activities of the Preservation 
Directorate, including conservation projects, 
outreach opportunities, and upcoming lec-
tures and events. 

In response to recent events in Japan, 
there is a section called tsunamis, which of-
fers advice about recovering cultural materi-
als after floods and mudslides. The Web site 
can be found at www.loc.gov/preservation/.

The Society of American Archivists’ (SAA) 
Preservation Section launched a revised Web 
site in recognition of ALA Preservation Week 
(April 24–30, 2011). The Web site is primarily 
devoted to activities of the Preservation Sec-
tion, but it also has a downloadable 8 ½ by 
11-inch poster that contains basic preserva-
tion advice. The Preservation Section part-
nered with the Preservation Programs at the 
National Archives to create the poster. The 
Web site can be found at www2.archivists. 
org/groups/preservation-section. 

The poster is available free-of-charge 
at www2.archivists.org/sites/all/files/2011 
%20Preservation%20Week%20Poster_0.
pdf or www.archives.gov/preservation 
/records-emergency/pdf/may-day-poster 
-2011.pdf.

The Preservation Department at Yale 
University Library has revised and updated 
its Web site. In addition to information 

about the department’s activities, the Web 
site contains information about care and 
handling of library materials and videos of 
recent preservation lectures. 

The videos include “But Storage is Cheap! 
. . . Preservation in the Age of Abundance” 
given by Abby Smith Rumsey, director of 
the Scholarly Communication Institute; 
“Paradoxes of Preservation—a Personal and 
Strategic Perspective on Crossing the Pond” 
given by Helen Shenton, executive director 
of the Harvard Library; and “Sustainable 
Stewardship: The New Thinking, Preserva-
tion Environments, and Building Operations” 
given by James J. Reilly, director of the Im-
age Permanence Institute. The Web site can 
be found at www.library.yale.edu/about/de-
partments/preservation/. The free videos are 
at www.library.yale.edu/about/departments 
/preservation/pres_lect_series.html.

NDIIPP report
The National Digital Information Infrastruc-
ture and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) at 
the Library of Congress released its 2010 
report, “Preserving Our Digital Heritage,” 
in March 2011. The 141-page report reviews 
the program’s progress on four major goals: 
developing a growing national preservation 
network, creating a content collection plan 
that will seed a national collection, building 
a shared technical platform for networked 
preservation, and fostering public policy that 
is conducive to digital preservation. The next 
phase for NDIIPP includes expanding the 
National Digital Stewardship Alliance to all 
50 states, developing cutting-edge tools and 
services for the Alliance, and encouraging 
public support for preserving digital content 
as the public good. In addition to the main 
body of the report, there are almost 100 
pages of appendices.

The report is available free-of-charge 
at www.digitalpreservation.gov/library 
/resources/pubs/docs/NDIIPP2010Report 
_Post.pdf. 

P r e s e r v a t i o n  N e w sJane Hedberg