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Program Management

Managing a preservation program involves developing policies, assigning preservation responsibilities to staff members, and documenting preservation activities. Budgeting and identifying funding for preservation activities is also important, but this will be considered separately.

Remember that if preventive preservation is to be effective, it must become part of all activities within the organization. Part of your job will be to make your colleagues aware of their roles in the preservation program. In other words, preservation should not be an "add-on" activity—it must be an integral component of the day-to-day operations and responsibilities in every department, office, and division.