About This Program
The National Recording Preservation Plan has been devised to provide a blueprint to "implement a comprehensive national sound recording preservation program," as mandated in the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000.
News & Events
- IMS Museum to Offer Series of 'Lost' Indy 500 Radio Broadcasts for sale; 1958 Race Available Now in Crisp Digital Quality External
December 10, 2018 -
Meet The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow's newest member, a 1980s 24-track Studer External
November 20, 2018 - Mickey Hart of The Grateful Dead Brings His Art Collection To Hard Rock Hotel & Casino External
November 8, 2018 - Hear theEarliest Surviving Radio Broadcast by Duke Ellington, A Historic Find, in Deep Dive External
October 4, 2018 - A nonprofit battles the ‘magnetic media crisis’ by digitizing aging movies before they vanish External
October 1, 2018 - Meet the Guy Tasked With Archiving Prince’s Entire Vault External
September 20, 2018 - Sorry, That Ain't No Cloud External
- University Libraries receives $1.75 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation External
August 8, 2018 - Podcast publishers, start preserving your stuff. (This podcast will tell you how.) External
February 27, 2018 - 75 Years of WNYC-FM External
February 23, 2018 - Historian captured sounds of First Nations External
February 18, 2018 - How to Preserve Your Family Memories, Letters and Trinkets External
February 8, 2018 - Scripps to sell all its radio stations, including 4 in Knoxville External
January 25, 2018 - Music Labels Sue Fit Radio for 'Massive Scale' Copyright Infringement External
January 18, 2018 - Spotify Has New Plan to Take on Radio and Reinvent Podcasts External
January 18, 2018 - Radio Broadcaster Pacifica Teeters on Edge of Bankruptcy External
January 2, 2018 - What public libraries will lose without net neutrality External
December 14, 2017 - Before Net Neutrality, There Was Radio Regulation External
December 11, 2017 - Nine decades in, KONO radio remains a vintage escape External
December 10, 2017 - The Selenophone, a Short-Lived, Highly Flammable Sound-Recording System External
December 8, 2017 - Music & Copyright: What You Need to Know About the CASE Act External
November 28, 2017 - Your phone probably has an FM radio — so why can’t you use it? External
November 25, 2017 - Heavy Rotation: The Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing External
November 25, 2017 - Your Favorite Radio Hits May Go Silent External
November 22, 2017 - Community Broadcaster: Saving Our Sounds External
November 17, 2017 - Music publishers call on Canada to extend its copyright terms External
November 13, 2017 - Sony & Warner Sue TuneIn For Copyright Infringement in UK High Court External
November 9, 2017 - Prism Sound audio interfaces used for George Blood LP record preservation project External
November 6, 2017 - Eminem’s Publisher Triumphs in New Zealand Copyright Battle External
October 25, 2017 - 200,000+ Historic Recordings to Be Digitized by Boston Public Library and Released Online External
October 20, 2017 - DC's Legendary Punk Label Dischord Records Makes Its Entire Music Catalog Free to Stream Online External
August 3, 2017 - Black Grooves – July 2017 issue External
July 7, 2017 - Black Grooves – June 2017 issue External
June 2, 2017 - Black Grooves – May 2017 issue External
May 2, 2017 - Black Grooves – April 2017 issue External
April 4, 2017 - Black Grooves – January 2017 Issue External
January 4, 2017 - First Proposal for Copyright Reform Arrives, Emphasizes Congressional Role External
Billboard
December 18, 2016 - Scholars, archivists partner on public media history project External
Current
November 29, 2016 - Black Grooves - December 2016 Issue External
- SiriusXM Agrees to Pay Up to $99 Million to Settle Turtles-Backed Copyright Suit External
New York Times
November 29, 2016 - Black Grooves – July 2016 Issue External
July 1, 2016 - Black Grooves – June 2016 Issue External
June 1, 2016 - Black Grooves – February 2016 Issue External
February 2, 2016 - Black Grooves – January 2016 Issue External
January 4, 2016 - Black Grooves – November 2015 Issue External
November 2, 2015 - Lomax Recordings Update External
The Lomax Kentucky Recordings
October 21, 2015 - UCSB Audio Cylinder Library Turns 10 External
The UCSB Current
October 13, 2015 - Something into Nothing: On the Materiality of the Broadcast Archive External
Antenna
July 27, 2015 - New Archiving Tool Released External
AVCC is an open-source web application for the rapid inventory of physical film, video, and audio materials. Developed with funding from the Library of Congress’ National Recording Preservation Board–in addition to funding support from the Metropolitan New York Library Resource Council and New York State Documentary Heritage Program for previous versions of the tool–AVCC provides a series of inventory templates and quantitative reports that promote simple and fast documentation and analysis of collections of audiovisual materials. - ARSC Guide to Audio Preservation External
May 2015 - News about the Radio Preservation Task Force External
May 18, 2015 - The Library of Congress and the Digital Age External
National Public Radio
May 7, 2015 - Edison Talking Doll Speaks External
New York Times
May 4, 2015 - Black Grooves – May 2015 Issue External
May 1, 2015 - Black Grooves – April 2015 Issue External
April 1, 2015 - "The 'Tribal Drum' of Radio: Gathering Together the Archive of American Radio" ("Sounding Out!") External
February 20, 2015 - "Today's Rich Audio Environment: An Interview with Michele Hilmes" (Radio Survivor) External
February 19, 2015 - Alan Lomax Practice Footage (1982) External
February 12, 2015 - Black Grooves - November 2014 Issue External
November 3, 2014 - Oregon State Archives Unlocks "Ancient" Audio
August 11, 2014 - The Discographer Magazine Volume 1, No. 6 External
June 2014 - World IP Day…Taking Stock of the Archives and Archivists… External
Motion Picture Association of America
April 26, 2014
World IP Day is a day to celebrate movies, music and other creative works as well as all those who create these works. - Still the Gershwins, but Dig That Pace External
New York Times
April 26, 2014Michael Feinstein and Company Celebrate Vintage Jazz
Publications & Reports
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The National Recording Preservation Plan has been devised to provide a blueprint to "implement a comprehensive national sound recording preservation program," as mandated in the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000. Congress specified that the program established by the Librarian of Congress under this legislation "shall ... increase accessibility of sound recordings for educational purposes." Preserved recordings can benefit the public only if they are made available for listening. Technological, institutional, and legal impediments to broadened access create daunting challenges for the national preservation effort. This plan identifies the audio field's most important preservation and access problems and offers recommendations for surmounting them.
Tools & Resources
Related Resources.
The following is a list of organizations that deal, at least partially, with issues related to recorded sound preservation. (This list does not purport to be exhaustive. Suggestions of additional organizations should be sent to [email protected] Please include the full names and web addresses of the organizations.)
Collections Management
Sample Contracts & Donor Agreements.
Several sample agreements are provided below to facilitate the acquisition by museums, archives and libraries of recorded sound materials from private collectors, recording studios, record companies, radio stations, private businesses, and other entities.
Contact Us
Comments, questions, and suggestions related to National Recording Preservation Plan and this web site can be sent to us online.
Address:
National Recording Preservation Board
Library of Congress
19053 Mt. Pony Road
Culpeper, VA 22701-7551
Phone:
202-707-0394