International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA): Core Activity on Preservation and Conservation (PAC)
The IFLA Core Activity on Preservation and Conservation (PAC) 
was officially created in 1984 at the IFLA meeting in Nairobi and formally launched two years later at
the Conference on the Preservation of Library Materials in Vienna. An international
center, or Focal Point, currently hosted by the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris, promotes the global strategy of IFLA PAC, while regional centers manage activities in specific regions.
The Washington Regional Center coordinated the formation of a North American Network consisting of the following institutions and representatives:
- Cornell University: Barbara Berger Eden (607) 255-5291
- Harvard University: Franziska Frey (617) 495-8596
- Johns Hopkins University: Sonja Jordan-Mowery (410) 516-4383
- Library and Archives of Canada: Pierre Gamache (819) 953-7701
- Library of Congress: Mark Sweeney (202) 707-1024
- National Archives and Records Administration: Doris Hamburg (301) 713-6719
- National Library of Medicine: Margaret Byrnes (301) 435-7110
- National Park Service: Al Levitan (304) 535-6139
- New York Public Library: Evelyn Frangakis (212) 930-0644
- Pepperdine University: Mark Roosa (310) 506-4252
- Smithsonian Institution: Eliza Gilligan (202) 633-4713
- University of Texas - Austin: Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa (512) 471-8287
- University of Utah: Randy Silverman (801) 585-6782
- Yale University: Roberta Pilette (203) 432-1714
A complete list of international regional centers is given below. The International Center/Focal Point in Paris (Bibliothèque nationale de France) acts as the Regional Center for Western Europe, Middle East, and Africa.
- Canberra: National Library of Australia
- Cape Town: University Library of Cape Town
- Caracas: Biblioteca Nacional de Venezuela
- Moscow: Library of Foreign Literature
- Port of Spain: National Library and Information System Authority of Trinidad and Tobago
- Porto Nova: National Library of Benin
- Rio de Janeiro: Fundacao Biblioteca Nacional de Brasil
- Santiago: Biblioteca Nacional de Chile
- Tokyo: National Diet Library
- Washington: Library of Congress
Institutions throughout the world have benefited from PAC assistance and guidance, both at the practical and at the policy level. The PAC program operates under the following principles:
- the preservation of library and archive materials is essential to the survival and development of culture and scholarship;
- national and international interdependency exists in the preservation of library materials;
- each country must accept responsibility for the preservation of its own publications as well as of its other library and archive materials.
PAC activities include organizing courses, workshops, and conferences throughout the world, collaborating with international cultural agencies, raising preservation awareness, and in the last decade have resulted in a strong education and publications program.
The Library of Congress, as the Regional Center for North America, plays an active role in IFLA PAC activities by:
- distributing newsletters
- producing publications
- advancing the goals and objectives of IFLA and its affiliates
- hosting workshops
