Do you have precious family photos and documents stored in your closet, basement, or even on your phone? What about family scrapbooks, albums, or bibles in the attic? Learn from SFPL conservators and librarians how to keep your collections safe so they can be enjoyed by you and your loved ones in the years to come.

We’ll share tips for avoiding and addressing mold outbreaks, handling and storing damaged books, maintaining born-digital collections, and more. We’ll have lots of handouts and resources to share, and there will be plenty of time for questions.

This workshop is presented by conservators from the SFPL Preservation Unit and librarians from the SFPL Digi Center in conjunction with Preservation Week 2024.