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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 

July 2 , 2010
Hyperspectral Imaging by Library of Congress Reveals Change Made by Thomas Jefferson in Original Declaration of Independence Draft

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 

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

 

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