Information preservation and security is the most important building block in ensuring a long term preservation and accessibility of documentary heritage. This paper seeks to access information, preservation and security practices in information and repository centers. The aim of the study is to establish the challenges in information preservation on security for ensuring a long term information bearing collections. This study seeks to establish that while the libraries are housed in magnificent buildings that hold vast collections of printed materials as well as electronic resources, there is the need to implement the draft preservation and conservation policy, improve the house keeping practices and supervision of user using the collections, develop a disaster prepared plan and develop a strategy for the long term preservation of its electronic resources