The American Library Association is now promoting SOS Save Our Stuff 2015. Each year during national Preservation Week in the United States, ALA reaches out to family historians and cultural organizations with helpful resources for preserving archives and family records. Here are the links for SOS Save Our Stuff 2015:
Preservation Facts
Shocking facts that illustrate the need for national preservation awareness.
More Preservation Facts
More facts that discusses how items become damaged and simple steps to keep items safe.
Resources for Military Families
Information for the specific challenges that come with documenting and preserving a military career.
Preserving Your Memories
Organized by material type, these websites, books, and other sources give useful information on caring for any kind of collection.
Disaster Recovery
Information for before and after a disaster has damaged precious collections.
Bibliographies & Indexes
A list of links to resources collected by professional preservation organizations
Videos
Video resources showing ways and reasons to preserve collections
Preservation for Children
Tools to help children understand the importance of preservation.
Comprehensive Resources
Resources in Other Languages
Spanish, French, Chinese, Italian, and Arabic resources for spreading the preservation message.
Fiction Books About Conservation
Fiction Books About Books For Book Groups
May Day is the perfect time to use the links from SOS Save Our Stuff 2015 to help your family records.
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