The Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson Climate Change & Sustainable Agriculture Collection is dedicated to preserving the items in its care for long term use. Wear and tear on physical items and well as constantly changing digital technologies mean that maintaining and preserving the Dr. J CCSA Collection is an ongoing process. Repair and preservation work is done by the UCONN main campus staff, New England Academic Consortium members or students at the North Bennett Street School whenever possible. The collection will only use third party repair and preservation services if there is no other alternative.