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The Center for the Preservation of Irish-American Publications is a research unit of the CUNY Institute for Irish-American Studies. The Center has preserved and created free access to over 100 book of Irish interest published with American imprints between 1820 and 1922.

Preservation Lab: The BookEye A2 station is used for brittle books. By scanning from above, it does not require the book to be pressed open on a flatbed glass. Software can correct for partial opening of tightly bound books. The light used by the scanner is UV and IR free to prevent further damage. The lab is controled for temperature, humidity, and damaging light.

Cooperating Institutions: Iona College has lent books to the Center's project as well as several CUNY campuses. We have also been receiving numerous contributions of Irish American books from the general public.

Grants: Funding for this project has been received from the Lehman College Faculty Development Program (2003-2004), Mirrer Grant to CUNY Council on Foreign Language Study (2004-2005), and the American Conference for Irish Studies /ACIS (2005) and METRO Award Digitization Grant (2006).