The Library of Congress offers free public programs to share basic preservation information and practical advice for caring for personal collections, and to raise awareness of preservation issues for both family heirlooms and for our communal cultural heritage. Most occur during Preservation Week 
(annually, in the springtime) and during the Library's National Book Festival (annually, at the end of summer) and are varied to cover different types of materials, such as books, paper, photographs, and digital files.
Preservation Programming for the 2019 American Library Association Annual Meeting
The Preservation Directorate at the Library of Congress is excited to participate in the Annual ALA Conference in Washington, DC. Check out the Preservation Directorate's 2019 ALA programming.
Preservation Week at the Library of Congress
Every spring, libraries all across the U.S. celebrate Preservation Week , an initiative launched by the Library of Congress, Institute of Museum and Library Services, American Library Association, American Institute for Conservation, Society of American Archivists, and others to highlight what we can do, individually and together, to preserve our personal and shared collections. During Preservation Week (usually the last week of April), visitors to the Library can pick up preservation bookmarks at the Library's visitor information desks.
Preservation Week 2020. The Library of Congress celebrates with online programming throughout the week. Five TOPS webinars will feature preservation related projects conducted at the Library of Congress
Preservation Week 2019. The Library of Congress celebrates with programming throughout the week, including behind-the-scenes tours of Preservation at the Library, a Preservation takeover of the Library’s main Twitter account, and tips presented by Library conservators.
Preservation Week 2018. The Library of Congress celebrates with a full day of programming, including behind-the-scenes tours of Preservation at the Library, a lecture focused on the Library's enduring work to collect, preserve, and honor the legacies of our veterans, and a special table display of collection items from the Library's Veterans History Project presented by Library conservators and the Project's archivists.
Preservation Week 2017. The Library presents a lecture as the IFLA PAC (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions - Preservation and Conservation) center for the U.S.A. and Canada.
Preservation Week 2016. The Library commemorates the 50th anniversary of the 1966 Florence Flood, which brought national and international attention to the fields of book conservation and emergency preparedness:
- Special documentary film screening: Florence: Days of Destruction (Italian title, Per Firenze), by Franco Zeffirelli
- TOPS lecture: Emergency Management since the Florence Flood -- Federal Programs and Initiatives (Andrew Robb, Head of Special Formats Section, Conservation Division, Library of Congress
Preservation Week 2015. The Library presents SOS! Saving Our Stuff, a special display in the Jefferson Building (April 28 to June 22, 2015) and accompanying online exhibit.
Preservation Week 2014. The Library celebrates Preservation Week with presentations on conservation treatment, analyzing large data/datasets, and preservation supply options for properly storing collections.
Preservation Week 2013. Special focus in 2013 on our military families and the challenges for preserving correspondence, photographs, and scrapbooks -- both in traditional and digital form.
Preservation Week 2012. Programs on preserving books, documents, and other paper-based family treasures, preserving digital files, and a screening of a special Library of Congress photofilm.
Preservation for K-12
Occasionally, preservation staff from the Library participate in local K-12 programs, such as career day, National Reading Month, and other school, library, reading, and science initiatives.
