Education
IPI is committed to realizing its mission in ways that ensure research, education programs, resources, and tools are accessible to as broad and diverse of an audience as possible.
In addition to web-based resources and tools, IPI has increased international reach through online education and training programs, specifically webinars. Hands-on education and training opportunities are presented in different geographic regions of the United States to ensure accessibility to a wide range of library, archives, and museum professionals and are often subsidized with grant funding to ensure affordability. Institutions can also request workshop presentations. IPI’s social media presence includes Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Additional online outreach is achieved through a quarterly e-newsletter. Subscribe to receive information about upcoming education and training opportunities.
Web Resources
eClimateNotebook
Web-based environmental data management software designed to help museums, libraries, and archives document, analyze, and improve the storage environment for long-term preservation. Easily evaluate the preservation quality of your storage environments with metrics that calculate the rate of natural aging, the risk of mechanical damage, and the risk of mold. Available at various subscription levels depending on institutional size.
Graphics Atlas
Graphics Atlas is a sophisticated web resource that presents a unique, object-based approach to the identification and characterization of prints and photographs. This resource is designed to provide collection identification and management information to archivists, curators, historians, collectors, conservators, educators, and the general public.
DP3 - Digital Print Preservation Portal
DP3project.org is a website devoted to presenting IPI’s research on digital print preservation. Information about digital printing technologies, common forms of deterioration, and guidelines for handling, storage, display, and naming of materials are provided at dp3project.org and summarized in IPI’s Guide to Preservation of Digitally-Printed Images.
FilmCare.org
IPI’s knowledge and experience in film preservation is synthesized in a web-based application called FilmCare.org. This site provides information and an easy-to-implement decision-making tool for preserving all types and formats of film materials. It highlights the need for defining sustainable approaches to film care and facilitates the otherwise intricate process of implementing best-fit preservation strategies for a wide variety of real-life situations.
Sustainable Preservation Practices
The cost of energy to heat, cool, and dehumidify can be a significant portion of an institutional budget, and a necessary investment for collecting institutions obligated to provide the best stewardship possible to the materials in their collections. Finding the appropriate balance between preservation and resource allocation goals is a process unique to each institution, based on their specific situation. Join a webinar, attend a workshop, and explore many resources on this topic at ipisustainability.org.
Dew Point Calculator
This tool is designed to calculate and visually present the relationship between temperature, relative humidity and dew point. These calculations are used to evaluate the preservation quality of the environment based on four types of material decay—natural aging or chemical decay, the risk of mechanical damage, the potential for mold growth or for metal corrosion.