§1724 Responsibilities of Board

Summary

The Board must review nominations for the National Recording Registry and advise the Librarian about which sound recordings to add and how to preserve recordings that are culturally, historically, or artistically important. The Board must consider nominations from the public, archives, the recording industry (like guilds and societies), and other creative artists. The Board must also study and write a report on current archiving, preservation, and restoration work; the methods and standards needed to move from analog "open reel" preservation to digital preservation and standards for access, taking into account work by the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center at Culpeper, Virginia; standards for copying old recordings (including equipment specs and equalization); current laws and limits on using sound archives and recommended changes to help the Library of Congress and other nonprofit preservers share collections digitally; and copyright and other laws that affect preservation.