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The United States National Recording Preservation Board selects recorded sounds for preservation in the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry.The National Recording Registry was initiated to maintain and preserve "sound recordings that are culturally, historically or aesthetically significant"; to be eligible, recordings must be at least ten years old.
The recordings preserved in the United States National Recording Registry form a registry of recordings selected yearly by the National Recording Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. [2] The National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 established a national program to guard America's sound recording heritage. The Act ...
The National Recording Preservation Plan is a strategic guide for the preservation of sound recordings in the United States. It was published in December 2012 by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and the National Recording Preservation Board of the Library of Congress.
The Library of Congress has released its annual list of 25 audio recordings earmarked for celebration and preservation as part of the National Recording Registry, and the musical artists selected ...
Originally, each branch and agency of the U.S. government was responsible for maintaining its own documents, which often resulted in the loss and destruction of records. Congress created the National Archives Establishment in 1934 to centralize federal record-keeping, with the Archivist of the United States serving as chief administrator. R. D. W.
The Library of Congress Recording Sessions refers to a March 1940 session of recordings Woody Guthrie made in Washington, D.C., for Alan Lomax. They were catalogued in the United States Library of Congress. They are notable as the first recordings made of Woody Guthrie.
Records of the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)/Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) Division Guide to Federal Records; National Park Service (NPS): official Heritage Documentation Programs website; Library of Congress HABS/HAER/HALS Collection; Photographer Stepen Schafer BLOG: Frequently Asked Questions about HABS, HAER and ...
In January 2007, a five-page letter was sent to the National Recording Preservation Board at the Library of Congress on behalf of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in support of a study on the current state of recorded sound preservation in the United States, stating "the lack of agreed upon standards and commonly accepted best ...