Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
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The Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division is a major curatorial unit of the Library of Congress responsible for preserving, cataloging, and providing access to the nation’s audiovisual heritage, including films, television, radio, and sound recordings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4391685 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Context triple: [Performing Arts Reading Room, operatedBy, Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division]
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A.
Library of Congress as administrator of the National Film Registry
The Library of Congress as administrator of the National Film Registry is the U.S. institution responsible for selecting and preserving films deemed culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant for the nation’s cinematic heritage.
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B.
Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division
The Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division is the unit within the Library of Congress responsible for developing, maintaining, and overseeing cataloging policies, standards, and classification systems used by libraries worldwide.
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Federal Film Archive
The Federal Film Archive is Germany’s national institution responsible for preserving, documenting, and providing access to the country’s cinematic heritage.
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D.
National Film Preservation Board
The National Film Preservation Board is a U.S. advisory body that recommends culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant films for preservation in the Library of Congress.
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E.
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive research libraries, serving as the research arm of the U.S. Congress.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Target entity description: The Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division is a major curatorial unit of the Library of Congress responsible for preserving, cataloging, and providing access to the nation’s audiovisual heritage, including films, television, radio, and sound recordings.
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A.
Library of Congress as administrator of the National Film Registry
The Library of Congress as administrator of the National Film Registry is the U.S. institution responsible for selecting and preserving films deemed culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant for the nation’s cinematic heritage.
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B.
Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division
The Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division is the unit within the Library of Congress responsible for developing, maintaining, and overseeing cataloging policies, standards, and classification systems used by libraries worldwide.
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C.
Federal Film Archive
The Federal Film Archive is Germany’s national institution responsible for preserving, documenting, and providing access to the country’s cinematic heritage.
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D.
National Film Preservation Board
The National Film Preservation Board is a U.S. advisory body that recommends culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant films for preservation in the Library of Congress.
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E.
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive research libraries, serving as the research arm of the U.S. Congress.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archival repository
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audiovisual archive ⓘ library division ⓘ |
| collectionIncludes |
78 rpm discs
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LP records ⓘ audio tapes ⓘ broadcast archives ⓘ cylinder recordings ⓘ digital audio files ⓘ digital video files ⓘ early sound recordings ⓘ educational films ⓘ home movies ⓘ industrial films ⓘ motion pictures ⓘ music recordings ⓘ newsreels ⓘ oral histories ⓘ radio broadcasts ⓘ radio comedy ⓘ radio drama ⓘ radio news ⓘ sound effects recordings ⓘ sound recordings ⓘ spoken word recordings ⓘ television news ⓘ television programs ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| fieldOfWork |
access services
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audiovisual archiving ⓘ cataloging ⓘ film preservation ⓘ radio preservation ⓘ sound recording preservation ⓘ television preservation ⓘ |
| hasAccessPolicy |
copyright-restricted access for some materials
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on-site research access ⓘ reading room use only for many items ⓘ |
| hasCollection | National Audio-Visual Conservation Center collections ⓘ |
| hasFacility | Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMission | to preserve and provide access to the nation’s audiovisual heritage ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/ ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Library of Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Library of Congress Collections and Services Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Library of Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
cataloging of audiovisual materials
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preservation of the United States audiovisual heritage ⓘ reference services for audiovisual collections ⓘ rights and reproductions services for audiovisual materials ⓘ |
| usesPreservationMethod |
audio restoration
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climate-controlled storage ⓘ digital reformatting ⓘ film duplication ⓘ video restoration ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Description of subject: The Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division is a major curatorial unit of the Library of Congress responsible for preserving, cataloging, and providing access to the nation’s audiovisual heritage, including films, television, radio, and sound recordings.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Performing Arts Reading Room
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operatedBy
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Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
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