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Who We Are

Image Permanence Institute is a university-based, nonprofit research laboratory devoted to scientific research in the preservation of visual and other forms of recorded information. We are the world’s largest independent laboratory with this specific scope.

IPI was founded in 1985 through the combined efforts and sponsorship of the Rochester Institute of Technology and the Society for Imaging Science and Technology. We provide information, consulting services, practical tools, and preservation technology to libraries, archives, and museum collections worldwide. IPI is based on the campus of the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY. Funding for our preservation research and outreach efforts has come mainly from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.