Research
IPI’s mission is achieved by maintaining an active preservation research program that informs and advances professional-level education and training activities, publications, consulting services, and the development of practical preservation resources and tools.
IPI’s original research focus was the preservation of photographs, microfilm, and motion pictures and it remains a world leader in preservation resources for photographic collections. Over the last two decades, IPI research has also focused on sustainable preservation environmental management. Today, IPI’s research program is well known internationally for translating laboratory research into resources that can be used by collection stewards to make well-informed decisions that enhance the long-term preservation of collections. IPI’s primary audience is collections staff, including librarians, archivists, conservators, collections managers, and other allied professionals responsible for preserving cultural heritage collections.
