News & Events

• Institute of Jazz Studies Receives “Save America’s Treasures” Grant to Conserve/Preserve Count Basie Collection External
  September 16, 2020
• Stereo recordings believed to be the world's oldest preserved at IU External
  July 9, 2020
• The digital Dark Ages External
  May/June 2020
• Here’s why “baking” damaged reel-to-reel tapes renders them playable again External
  April 21, 2020
• State launches initiative to capture, preserve coronavirus experiences Externala>
  April 16, 2020
• WSU grad hunts for historic audio at nation’s historically black schools External
  February 27, 2020
• Audio preservation recovers old classics in the heart of Chicago External
  February 22, 2020
• Experts express need for caution with digitally preserved Native American songs External
  February 20, 2020
• Saving History at College Radio Stations, One Tape at a Time External
  January 19, 2020
• Preservation is One of the Most Important Radio Trends of the Decade External
  January 8, 2020
• Strategies for the Preservation and Production of Audio Recordings External
  September 30, 2019
• Audio-visual heritage materials as important sources of history External
  October 23, 2019
• How Indian museums are using AV to preserve history External
  October 21, 2019
• Library of Congress, Ken Burns Unveil Inaugural Documentary Prize External
  October 16, 2019
• Michael Sticka Reveals Details Behind Latest GRAMMY Museum Projects & Initiatives External
  August 19, 2019
• University of Alabama in Huntsville restoring historic audio recordings of Apollo program External
  July 17, 2019
• Archivists learn how to preserve audiovisual collections despite time, technology and tragedy External
  July 12, 2019
• GRAMMY Museum Grant Program Awards $200,000 For Music Research, Sound Preservation External
  July 10, 2019
• New Partnership To Preserve Manhattan Project History External
  July 9, 2019
• What did we lose in the Universal Music fire that blazed through archives in 2008? External
  July 4, 2019
• A Generation of Hip-Hop Was Given Away for Free. Can It Be Archived? External
  June 25, 2019
• UW archivists working to digitize early recordings of public radio in Wisconsin External
  June 3, 2019
• Grant from Commencement Speaker’s Foundation Funds Library Preservation External
  April 22, 2019
• Jackson: Why I want tapes of my interviews with stars to go digital External
  April 21, 2019
• Team receives grant to recreate the ‘sound signature’ of cultural heritage sites External
  March 13, 2019
• Looking for our nation's forgotten stories? Turn up the volume. External
  February 27, 2019
• Library of Congress seeks system for 8PB audio-visual collection External
  February 7, 2019
• A $25 million grant will help Stanford Libraries preserve Silicon Valley Archives External
  February 7, 2019
• 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
• A Race Against Time to Preserve University Media Collections External
  June 29, 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, 2014

  Michael Feinstein and Company Celebrate Vintage Jazz

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The Library of Congress National Recording Preservation Plan

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.

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