Image Management (AIIM) Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) Buffalo State College. Art Conservation Department, Buffalo, New York Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies, Mount Carroll, Illinois George Eastman House. School of Film & Video Preservation Rochester, New York The International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) Bologna, Italy The Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record Library Binding Institute New York University. Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York, New York North Bennet Street School. Boston, Massachusetts Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Queen's University. Master of Art Conservation Program, Ontario, Canada Rare Book School (RBS) at the University of Virginia Society of American Archivists LYRASIS University of Delaware. Winterthur Art Conservation Program, Newark, Delaware The National Archives Preservation in non-academic facilities Public libraries Limited, tax-driven funding can often interfere with the ability for public libraries to engage in extensive preservation activities. Materials, particularly books, are often much easier to replace than to repair when damaged or worn. Public libraries usually try to tailor their services to meet the needs and desires of their local communities, which could cause an emphasis on acquiring new materials over preserving old ones. Librarians working in public facilities frequently have to make complicated decisions about how to best serve their patrons. Commonly, public library systems work with each other and sometimes with more academic libraries through interlibrary loan programs. By sharing resources, they are able to expand upon what might be available to their own patrons and share the burdens of preservation across a greater array of systems. Archival repositories and special collections Archival facilities focus specifically on rare and fragile materials. With staff trained in appropriate techniques, archives are often available to many public and private library facilities as an alternative to destroying older materials. Items that are unique, such as photographs, or items that are out of print, can be preserved in archival facilities more easily than in many library settings. Museums Because so many museum holdings are unique, including print materials, art, and other objects, preservationists are often most active in this setting; however, since most holdings are usually much more fragile, or possibly corrupted, conservation may be more necessary than preservation. This is especially common in art museums. Museums typically hold to the same practices lead by archival institutions. History Antecedents Preservation