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Discusses the preservation of information and the challenges libraries and archives are faced with as information rapidly increases in digital form. What preservation is and the importance of it; How libraries preserve materials; Library preservation technology; The increase in digital data technology and the risks of losing or corrupting the information; What is being done to preserve the nation's intellectual and cultural heritage and other digital information. INSET: Paper Prints to Bytes and Bits.

Reports on a program supported by two United States institutions, the Library of Congress and Cornell University, to help preserve the cultural legacy of Islamic manuscript collections in Asia. Discussion of the project involving librarian William Tuchrello in Indonesia at the Keraton Yugyakarta, or Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Palace and the work of conservator John Dean; How the preservation project can help build a connection between the U.S. and the region's Muslims.

Provides advice to library personnel on what to do with materials in the library's collection that have significant historical or monetary value, such as rare books or manuscripts. Need to research the item's origin, consult an expert to determine its authenticity, and then decide whether to keep, donate or sell it; Importance of strong security, conservation techniques and insurance to protect valuable items.

Presents news updates concerning public libraries from around the world as of January 2004. Appointment of a debt-collection firm by Scotland's Aberdeen University in an effort to recover unreturned library books from students; Restoration of some of the rare manuscripts at the UAE University Library in Abu Dhabi; Plan of the city council of Liverpool in England to make its library part of what could become Great Britain's largest cultural facility.

Discusses the efforts of the Library and Information Service of Western Australia (LISWA) to preserve Western Australian 20th-century heritage material in the State Library. The establishment and objective of the Save Our Century Fund; Strategies of State Librarian Lynn Allen; The selection of the Custodians Of Western Australia State Library, a group of high profile individuals.

Reports on the suit filed by Coretta Scott King for the return of the collection of papers of Martin Luther King Jr. from Boston University in Massachusetts to Atlanta, Georgia. Coretta King's accusation that the university failed to preserve the collection; University's defense of its King collection.