2025

SCHEDULE

Library of Congress Collection Safeguarding and the Site Assistance Visit Program

On-site

| Wednesday, Sept. 24

This talk will present examples of collaborative efforts among Library of Congress physical security, preservation, collection stakeholders, and inventory control specialists, particularly as demonstrated in the design, planning, and implementation of the Site Assistance Visit Program (SAV). The SAV program is a critical component of the Library of Congress’ collections safeguarding efforts that provides a consistent mechanism for ensuring that collection safeguarding standards are being met and that divisional staff have the resources they need for the implementation of those standards. The value of SAVs is multifold – in addition to assuring ongoing adherence to collections safeguarding standards, these visits provide a vital communication link between collection security specialists and staff who work with collections.