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CHICAGO — Events celebrating the fourth annual Preservation Week (April 21-27, 2013) will be held across the country at academic, public and special libraries. Activities will include lectures, presentations, demonstrations and workshops, as well as

There is still time to prepare a public event for sharing information about preserving collections, and an that contains resources for planning and promoting Preservation Week events can be found on the Two new online tools are available now:

1. the helps libraries promote their events and replaces the Google Maps that have been used during previous Preservation Weeks, and
2. the helps libraries find preservation professionals to give presentations and demonstrations during Preservation Week or any time.

Another new promotion tool for Preservation Week 2013 is a series of Preservation Week Quick Tip Cards titled "Save Your Stuff." Libraries can The cards give examples of items that need special care (textiles, scrapbooks, film, audio materials and others) and provide The reverse of the card explains the importance of Preservation Week. Please look at all the great tools that are available for you and your library to use to .

Recognizing the critical role libraries play in preservation, the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) in partnership with the Library of Congress and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, is proud to bring Preservation Week to libraries across the country. This national awareness campaign was developed to promote the understanding and importance of care for personal and community cultural heritage collections, such as books, documents, photographs, textiles, paintings, sculptures, furniture and decorative arts.

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