Library of Congress Recommended Formats Statement 2022-2023
Recommended Formats Statement identifies hierarchies of the physical and technical characteristics of creative formats, both analog and digital, which will best meet the needs of all concerned, maximizing the chances for survival and continued accessibility of creative content well into the future.
2022-2023 Recommended Formats Statement (HTML)
2022-2023 Recommended Formats Statement (PDF)
Summary of Digital Format Preferences (HTML)
Change log from 2021-2022 to 2022-2023 version (PDF)
Evaluation matrix template
This worksheet details how the Library of Congress determines if a format is "preferred" or "acceptable" based on both global/community criteria and local/institutional criteria. For more information, see Introduction.
Format evaluation template with sample data (XLSX)
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2021-2022 Recommended Formats Statement (PDF)
Change log from 2020-2021 to 2021-2022 version (PDF)
Library Contacts and Links
Contacts for the Recommended Formats Statement
Sustainability of Digital Formats
Collection Development and Policies
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