Culpeper, VA (Top40 Charts/ National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress) The
National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress is like the Dean's List of American sounds.
An annual list of 24, it's the Library's wy to recognize sound recordings that are "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Founded in 2002, and open to public voting, today, there are over 350 recordings on the Registry.
The following criteria for the selection of recordings into the
National Recording Registry are intended to be read broadly, so that as many recordings as possible will be eligible. Nominations will be referred to the
National Recording Preservation Board and, ultimately, the Librarian of Congress, for selection.
* Recordings selected for the
National Recording Registry are those that are culturally, historically or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States.
* For the purposes of recording selection, "sound recordings" are defined as works that result from the fixation of a series of musical, spoken, or other sounds, but not including the sound component of a moving image work, unless it is available as an autonomous sound recording or is the only extant component of the work.
* Recordings may be a single item or group of related items; published or unpublished; and may contain music, non-music, spoken word, or broadcast sound.
* Recordings will not be considered for inclusion into the
National Recording Registry if no copy of the recording exists.
* No recording should be denied inclusion into the
National Recording Registry because that recording has already been preserved.
* No recording is eligible for inclusion into the
National Recording Registry until ten years after the recording's creation.
You can learn more at: https://www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/
You can nominate recordings at: https://www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/nrpb-nrr.html