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ICON preservation projects
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| ICON’s Newspaper Preservation Program
addresses challenges related to the storage and preservation of international
newspaper collections, such as inadequate storage conditions and lack
of funds for microfilming. ICON is working to collect and disseminate
newspaper preservation policies from around the world. We are also
compiling preservation standards for microfilming, digitization, and
retaining materials in their original formats. ICON evaluates the
viability, historical importance, and impact of all titles proposed
for its preservation microfilming. ICON’s preservation microfilming
process includes producing a print negative (stored with the microfilm
vendor), an archival master negative (stored at Iron Mountain/National
Underground Storage) and a positive service copy (added to the collection
of the Center for Research Libraries). An additional positive service
copy is made for those institutions that loan materials for filming. |
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