#  Preventive Programs 

 



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 Preventive Programs is one of several units reporting to Harvard Library Preservation Services. We provide advice to all libraries within the Harvard University community on how to prevent damage to collections, including [emergency preparedness](/emergency-preparedness), [preservation storage environments](/environment-storage), and preventing damage during [handling](https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/carefulhandling), [exhibitions and loans](https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/exhibitonsandloans), [transport](https://transportoversized.library.harvard.edu/home), [collection moves](/handling-transport-moves), and [construction](/protecting-collections-renovation-construction). Staff expertise also includes audiovisual preservation and collection registration. We promote preventive preservation concepts through in-person [training](/training), presentation [events](https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/library-preservation), [the WEI resource library](/), and stewardship of online resources such as [guidelines ](/guidelines)and [forms](/forms). We are based at 90 Mt. Auburn Street in Cambridge, MA.

##  Mission

 Preventive Programs supports the Harvard Library mission by ensuring continued access to library and archive collections and content through preventive care planning, training and services on behalf of students, faculty, researchers, and staff of Harvard University and beyond.