Introduction

The Self Assessment is designed to help define the level of preservation activity in your library or archives. Its main objectives are as follows:

1. Provide you with an opportunity to assess the level of your preservation activities.

2. Create a benchmark for you in establishing where your library/archives is now and where you would like it be in the future.

3. Demonstrate any missing elements in your preservation activities.

Your answers will help you navigate the tutorial based on your needs. For example, the profile will direct you automatically to specific portions of the tutorial (e.g., "follow directions to develop a Disaster Response Plan"). It will also generate a "to do" list at the conclusion of the assessment.

The test may be taken online, or downloaded and saved as a Word Document for future reference.

Online version = Click this icon to begin the Self Assessment online

Printable version = Click this icon to download the Printable version


NOTE: For the purpose of this assessment, "preservation" means those activities concerned with prolonging the active life of the collection and includes book, paper, and photograph care and repair; bookbinding; reformatting (microfilming, digitization, acid free photocopying); collection maintenance (climate control monitoring, protective enclosures); commercial binding/conservation contracts; disaster response planning and training.