Title 2 — The CongressRelease 119-73

§1711 Establishment of program by Librarian of Congress

Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 27— - SOUND RECORDING PRESERVATION BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - NATIONAL SOUND RECORDING PRESERVATION PROGRAM › § 1711

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Librarian of Congress must create a national program to preserve sound recordings after talking with the National Recording Preservation Board and working with archivists, educators, historians, copyright owners, and the recording industry. The program must coordinate preservation work, build public support, make recordings more available for education, study preservation methods and new technologies and recommend improvements, and use the Library’s audiovisual conservation center in Culpeper, Virginia to store and share preserved recordings under copyright rules and any agreements.

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Title 2, §1711

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(a)The Librarian shall, after consultation with the National Recording Preservation Board established under subchapter III, implement a comprehensive national sound recording preservation program, in conjunction with other sound recording archivists, educators and historians, copyright owners, recording industry representatives, and others involved in activities related to sound recording preservation, and taking into account studies conducted by the Board.

(b)The program established under subsection (a) shall—

(1)coordinate activities to assure that efforts of archivists and copyright owners, and others in the public and private sector, are effective and complementary;

(2)generate public awareness of and support for these activities;

(3)increase accessibility of sound recordings for educational purposes;

(4)undertake studies and investigations of sound recording preservation activities as needed, including the efficacy of new technologies, and recommend solutions to improve these practices; and

(5)utilize the audiovisual conservation center of the Library of Congress at Culpeper, Virginia, to ensure that preserved sound recordings included in the National Recording Registry are stored in a proper manner and disseminated to researchers, scholars, and the public as may be appropriate in accordance with title 17 and the terms of any agreements between the Librarian and persons who hold copyrights to such recordings.

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2 U.S.C. § 1711

Title 2 — The Congress

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73