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Special Collections & Archives

Guide to collections from the Monroe Library's Special Collections & Archives

Learning Resources

Scanning Your Personal Collections

This overview from the Library of Congress provides basic considerations and steps to help you scan your documents and photos.

How Long Will Digital Storage Media Last?

This guide from the Library of Congress will help you determine the lifespan of your storage media and what steps you should take to ensure active management of your collections.

Preserving Your Digital Memories

Comprehensive guide from the Library of Congress National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program on how to preserve Digital Photographs, Digital Audio, Digital Video, Electronic Mail, Personal Digital Records, and Websites.

Low-Cost Ways to Preserve Family Archives

Excellent PowerPoint presentation by Karen E.K. Brown from SUNY Albany on cost-efficient steps towards identifying, organizing, and preserving your family's history.

Thirteen Tips on Preservation from Our Archivist

Easily digestible tips from the Clyfford Still Museum Archives' Jessie de la Cruz on both digital and physical preservation for personal archives.