Preservation programs

The Preservation program focuses on helping to preserve and manage your collections with microfilming, digitizing and archiving services. Learn more about best practices for collections care, funding a preservation program, and discover outsourcing opportunities that let you manage your physical collection life cycle.

Preservation collections and resources

Film Preservation

(April 2006) The Washington State Film Preservation Manual, newly published by Nicolette Bromberg and Hannah Palin, with Libby Burke, offers low-cost and no-cost suggestions on how to care for film collections. The manual was funded by a grant from the Washington Preservation Initiative.

Read or download a copy of the manual

Archival supplies

Buying in bulk means we all share the savings. The volume discounts from OCLC Western members' cooperative purchasing make preservation and archival supplies available at a considerable discount.

Learn more in Library supplies.