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Film, Video Packard Campus Gift Ushers in New Era for Audio-Visual Conservation

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Title

  • Packard Campus Gift Ushers in New Era for Audio-Visual Conservation

Summary

  • David Woodley Packard, president of the Packard Humanities Institute (PHI), officially transfered the new Packard Campus -- Audio-Visual Conservation, a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to the preservation of the nation's moving images and recorded sound heritage, at a signing ceremony on Capitol Hill. The program for the conveyance of the largest-ever private gift to the U.S. legislative branch of government included top congressional leaders, the Librarian of Congress and the Architect of the Capitol. Internationally acclaimed baritone and scholar Thomas Hampson, who, in his performances, encourages Americans of all ages to explore the vast music collections of the Library, performed at the celebration.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2007-07-26.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Education
  • -  Performing Arts, Music
  • -  Technology, Industry

Notes

  • -  Classification: Education.
  • -  Classification: General Works.
  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Various.
  • -  Recorded on 2007-07-26.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021687872

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center. Packard Campus Gift Ushers in New Era for Audio-Visual Conservation. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-26, 2007. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687872/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, S. B. (2007) Packard Campus Gift Ushers in New Era for Audio-Visual Conservation. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-26. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687872/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center. Packard Campus Gift Ushers in New Era for Audio-Visual Conservation. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-26, 2007. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021687872/>.