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As this year’s Preservation Week comes to a close, here are a few resources to keep your library’s preservation projects moving forward.

AskLIPA. Have a preservation question? Looking for help creating an archival collection? Want more information about a particular LIPA program? Drop us a note using AskLIPA!

Check out our resources. LIPA maintains a list of preservation materials and documents, including webinars (there’s even a series on funding sources and grant-writing).

Digital Projects Registry. Let us know what online projects you are working on! We can highlight your digital collection and the information you provide will assist other LIPA members undertaking similar work.

Stay informed. Follow the LIPA blog and Twitter account, and join the listserv for preservation tips, news, and program updates.

Support the Alliance. There are many ways to help further our preservation efforts. LIPA is an Amazon Smile participant. If you buy through LIPA’s Amazon Smile page a percentage of your purchase will be donated to LIPA at no cost to you. You can also make donations directly to LIPA through our Support the Alliance page.

Thank you all for your preservation efforts. Cheers to a “well-preserved” 2019!

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The Legal Information Archive (LIA) is a digital archive established to preserve and ensure permanent access to vital legal information published online. The collection consists of content gathered by the Chesapeake Digital Preservation Project, a collaboration between Georgetown University Law Library, the Maryland State Law Library, the Virginia State Law Library, and Harvard University Law Library. These materials feature government, policy, and legal information archived from the Web. LIA is powered by Preservica’s Cloud Edition Essentials for Consortia.

We are actively seeking additional partners for this exciting and innovative project!

If you have digital materials and are seeking an affordable archival solution for them, or if you’d simply like more information about LIA, please contact Michelle Trumbo.

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Today, LIPA’s Preservation Week 2019 series continues with information about Preserving America’s Legal Materials in Print (PALMPrint)!

Is your library running out of space to house print materials? Is your library materials budget not keeping up with inflation?  Are you facing difficult weeding decisions? Join the 61 libraries that have already become members of PALMPrint!

PALMPrint is a collaborative project developed by the Legal Information Preservation Alliance (LIPA) and the NELLCO Law Library Consortium (NELLCO). This innovative print repository is devoted to a legacy collection of U.S. federal and state primary legal materials. More information about PALMPrint is available on the LIPA Website.

What Makes PALMPrint Unique?

  1. It is a shared collection, jointly owned by the two sponsoring organizations and the participating libraries.

  2. It is focused on a single discipline, which is not unique but is unusual. PALMPrint is and always will be about print legal materials.

  3. It has a foundational collection development plan that can and will be expanded over time as collection goals are reached. PALMPrint is a collection, not merely a storage facility.

  4. The collection is centralized in a remote storage facility that does not belong to any of the participating institutions.

  5. Subscribing libraries do not have to commit to retain any titles in their own collections, because PALMPrint is there when they need it.

  6. The collection holds a single copy of each title selected, so there is no need for complex formulas to determine the appropriate number of copies to retain for specific categories of material.

  7. The project’s goals are both preservation and access. While not a dark archive, this legacy print collection is widely replicated in digital form, so we expect low use and minimal physical impact to the materials.

  8. PALMPrint is a highly collaborative model, driven by two library consortia and many of their member libraries.

The PALMPrint collection is held at the William B. Meyer high density library storage facility in Windsor, CT. Subscribing libraries have access to online searching and ordering through the PALMPrint interface. For searching and ordering tips, consult the PALMPrint Instructions document or view the recording of the PALMPrint Interface Launch webinar.

For more information, please feel free to contact LIPA Executive Director Michelle Trumbo or NELLCO Executive Director Corie Dugas.

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