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CHICAGO - For , 91´«Ã½ has created a new section on the website focusing on issues that military personnel, their families and their friends encounter when they want to save, document or record their family's military experience.

Librarians who serve this community were asked for information and suggestions based on their interaction with their patrons. Their wonderful feedback has made this new webpage, For Military Families, possible (). The page features articles and resources. New, print-ready handouts, and can be passed on to library patrons for easy reference.

This information is just the tip of the iceberg, and this effort is the beginning of a much longer conversation. To share personal stories that illustrate the importance of saving and preserving meaningful keepsakes for future family members, please share them on the . Your stories and examples can encourage military families to take the time to preserve these important memories.

There are additional resources recommended to help librarians who serve military families and veterans on the .

Preservation Week is grateful to the of the at the Library of Congress and the , for their generous contributions to this project.

Preservation Week is a presentation of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (), a division of the 91´«Ã½.