Preservation—Future Directions Symposia

The Preservation Directorate of the Library of Congress, in its role as the Regional Center for Preservation and Conservation for IFLA in North America, periodically hosts invitational events focusing on future directions in preservation.

Date	Conference	Brief Description
July 24-25, 2008	Summit of Research Scientists in Preservation	Approximately 30 senior conservation scientists will convene to share the objectives of scientific research in which they are currently engaged and to identify essential lines of research needed to meet today’s preservation challenges.
May 15-16, 2008	Preservation Education in the 21st Century	Approximately 60 preservation and conservation leaders, educators, and employers responsible for the preservation of document collections in libraries, archives and museums in the US and abroad convened to distill and synthesize their cumulative experience and vision to identify preservation education priorities for the 21st century.
February 25, 2008	Safety Net: Networking for Disaster Response	Developed a framework for a network of federal libraries to share mutual assistance in the greater Washington, DC, region.
December 7, 2006	Safeguarding Document Collections, Part II	Updated stakeholders on LC's planning strategy and elicited ideas and feedback to help the subsequent shaping of the Library Services Strategic Plan with regard to preservation objectives. Three focus groups discussed research, emergency mitigation, and training and other preservation needs and objectives.
April 20-21, 2006	Safeguarding Document Collections	Gathered oral histories of "first preservers" or conservators who aided library and archive collections in the wake of the 2005 hurricane season and reviewed findings of the Heritage Health Index survey pertinent to emergency preparedness for collections and future funding needs.

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