United States National Recording Registry

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United States national registry cultural heritage registry sound recording registry

The United States National Recording Registry is a program of the Library of Congress that annually selects and preserves sound recordings deemed culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant to American life.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
National Recording Registry	3
Library of Congress sound preservation programs	1
National Recording Preservation Act of 2000	1
National Recording Preservation Program	1
National Recording Registry (for selected works)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States national registry ⓘ cultural heritage registry ⓘ sound recording registry ⓘ
administeredBy	Library of Congress ⓘ
announcedBy	Librarian of Congress ⓘ
category	National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled ⓘ surface form: United States Library of Congress programs cultural heritage of the United States ⓘ sound archives in the United States ⓘ
collectionType	audio recordings ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
establishedBy	United States National Recording Registry self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: National Recording Preservation Act of 2000
firstSelectionsYear	2002 ⓘ
focus	American cultural heritage ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/recording-registry/ ⓘ
hasPart	annual list of selected recordings ⓘ
inception	2000 ⓘ
includesFormat	field recordings ⓘ live performance recordings ⓘ music recordings ⓘ radio broadcasts ⓘ spoken word recordings ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalBasis	National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 ⓘ
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
maintainedBy	Library of Congress ⓘ surface form: Library of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center
mediaType	sound recording ⓘ
operator	Library of Congress ⓘ
partOf	United States National Recording Registry self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Library of Congress sound preservation programs
preservationAction	ensures long-term preservation of selected recordings ⓘ
purpose	preservation of sound recordings ⓘ recognition of aesthetically significant recordings ⓘ recognition of culturally significant recordings ⓘ recognition of historically significant recordings ⓘ
relatedTo	National Film Registry ⓘ National Recording Preservation Board ⓘ
scope	sound recordings related to American life ⓘ
selectionBasis	aesthetic significance ⓘ cultural significance ⓘ historical significance ⓘ
selectionCriteria	recordings must be at least 10 years old ⓘ recordings must be culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant ⓘ
selectionFrequency	annually ⓘ
selectionProcess	final approval by Librarian of Congress ⓘ public nominations ⓘ recommendations by National Recording Preservation Board ⓘ
significance	documents the audio history of the United States ⓘ
supervisedBy	National Recording Preservation Board ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States National Recording Registry → establishedBy → United States National Recording Registry self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Recording Preservation Act of 2000

National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 → establishes → United States National Recording Registry ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Recording Registry

Willie Nelson → hallOfFameInduction → United States National Recording Registry ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Recording Registry (for selected works)

Georgia on My Mind → includedInRegistry → United States National Recording Registry ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Recording Registry

National Recording Preservation Board → partOf → United States National Recording Registry ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Recording Preservation Program

United States National Recording Registry → partOf → United States National Recording Registry self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Library of Congress sound preservation programs

"I Have a Dream" speech → recognizedBy → United States National Recording Registry ⓘ

National Film Registry → relatedTo → United States National Recording Registry ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Recording Registry

National Recording Preservation Board → worksOn → United States National Recording Registry ⓘ