Six step scalable program for managing preservation in your library. Case study: The Library Company of Burlington. By Michele Stricker, Consultant, Library Development Bureau, New Jersey State Library. Presented at the American Library Association Conference, Chicago, July 2009.

4. Setting the Stage: The Library Company of Burlington

5. Patrons appreciate the library’s historic legacy

6. Burlington’s own Civil War General E. Burd Grubb

7. Librarians Hannah Severns and Lydia Weston

8. King George II

9. 1758 Charter

10. Original Seals

11. First to print a Catalog of Books - 1758

12. First Library Building Constructed - 1789

13. Wm. Franklin, NJ’s Last Royal Governor

15. 1864: We got a new building… and it’s old now, too.

27. The John James Audubon volumes

28. The John James Audubon volumes

29. Case Study: Designing a Preservation Program Case Study: Designing a Preservation Program

30. Collection Breakdown Case Study: Designing a Preservation Program

31. 35,000 volumes Adult Fiction & Non-Fiction

32. Children’s Room: Fiction and Non-Fiction

33. Computer Lab: High Speed Internet Access

34. Teen Lounge: Relax, Read, Hang, Chill Out

35. Public Meeting Room & Videoconferencing

36. Internet Café: Wi-Fi, Web, Coffee & Snacks

37. Case Study: Garnering Support for Preservation Case Study: Designing a Preservation Program

38. Case Study: Policies Case Study: Designing a Preservation Program

39. Case Study: Designing a Preservation Program: Policies

40. Missing Policies: Collections Development

41. Missing Policies: Collections Development

42. Missing Policies: Collections Development

43. Missing Policies: Collections Development

44. Missing Policies: Collections Development

45. Missing Policies: Collections Development

46. Case Study: Designing a Preservation Program Case Study: Designing a Preservation Program

47. Charter: Conservation framed and covered

48. Rare Books: Gathered and shelved by date

49. Clamshell box: Good Protection - at a price

50. Case Study: Designing a Preservation Program Case Study: Time to Assess the Collection

51. Case Study: Whoa. Case Study: Designing a Preservation Program

65. Rare Book Room

70. Case Study: Designing a Preservation Program: Gallery

71. Case Study: Light can reveal

72. Case Study: Light can reveal, light can destroy

77. A Scalable and Effective Preservation Program

80. Thank you for listening! Michele Stricker The New Jersey State Library