National Archives Preservation Conferences
2012 Conference: Save the Date!
Please make note that the 2012 conference is being held at a different time of year than has been typical in the past. Please budget for and plan your travel accordingly.
- 26th Annual Preservation Conference – Friday, October 19, 2012
Preservation Now! Innovative Strategies to Protect the Future
Location: William McGowan Theater at the National Archives Building,
Seventh Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
Information describing conference topic, registration, exhibiting and speakers will be posted as soon as possible. Please check for updates.
Previous Conferences
- 25th Annual Preservation Conference – Wednesday, March 16 and Thursday, March 17, 2011
Conservation2 = Preserving Collections x Our Environment
- 24th Annual Preservation Conference – Thursday, March 18, 2010
Plan for Preservation: Assess, Prioritize, and Manage
- 23rd Annual Preservation Conference – Thursday, March 26, 2009
Digitizing for Preservation and Access: Past is Prologue - 22nd Annual Preservation Conference – Monday, March 10, 2008
The ABC's of Modern Fire Suppression in Cultural Institutions - 21st Annual Preservation Conference - April 30 and May 1, 2007
Managing the Intangible: Creating, Storing and Retrieving Digital Surrogates of Historical Materials - 20th Annual Preservation Conference - March 16, 2006
Beyond the Numbers: Specifying and Achieving an Efficient Preservation Environment - 19th Annual Preservation Conference - September 22, 2005
Parchment and Titanium: Preserving the Charters of Freedom - 18th Annual Preservation Conference - March 27, 2003
Preservation Reformatting: Digital Technology vs. Analog Technology
- 17th Annual Preservation Conference - March 21, 2002
Lessons Learned in Emergencies: Not Your Ordinary Disaster Conference
- 16th Annual Preservation Conference - March 27, 2001
2001, A Case Oddity: Preserving the Physical Evidence of Artifacts and Records
- 15th Annual Preservation Conference - March 2000
Deacidification Reconsidered
- 14th Annual Preservation Conference - March 1999
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