UNT as a Preservation Steward

As a Preservation Steward, UNT is committed to retaining tangible depository resources and has taken on the additional responsibilities for preserving these materials, which may includes both preventive maintenance and conservation treatments.

The UNT Libraries became a Preservation Steward of U.S. Government Publications in 2020 for the following print collections:

• Statistical Abstract of the United States
  C 3.134:, C 14.16:, C 18.14:, C 56.243:, and T 37.10:
• Area Handbook Series
  D 101.22:550-
• Indian Reading Series
  ED 1.319:
• Department of the Army Technical Manuals
  M 101.18:
• Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology/Bureau of American Ethnology
  SI 2.1:
• Bulletins, Bureau of Ethnology/Bureau of American Ethnology
  SI 2.3:
• Handbook of North American Indians
  SI 1.20/2:
• War Department Technical Manuals
  W 1.35:
• U.S. Congressional Serial Set
  Y 1.1/2:
• Comics & Graphic Novels
  Various Call Numbers
• Coloring Books & Activity Books
  Various Call Numbers

UNT as Digital Preservation Steward Partner

Since the early 2000s, UNT has been a leader in preserving born digital government information (Cyber Cemetery and CRS Reports) as well as creating digital surrogates for tangible materials. UNT is recognized by the GPO as a Digital Preservation Steward for our extensive digital collections. 

Learn more about GPO Partnerships.

UNT Libraries is an Affiliated Archive of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). UNT serves as an official partner with NARA on the CyberCemetery. Additionally, UNT's Digital Library Division partners with NARA, the Internet Archive, GPO, the Library of Congress on the End of Term web archive, which captures the government web at the end of each Presidential term. 

Learn more about NARA's Affiliated Archive program through Prologue, NARA's monthly publication.