---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 1711"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "1711"
heading: "Establishment of program by Librarian of Congress"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/1711"
units:
  - "Chapter 27 — Sound Recording Preservation by the Library of Congress"
  - "Subchapter II — National Sound Recording Preservation Program"
---

# §1711. Establishment of program by Librarian of Congress

- (a) **In general—** The [Librarian](/usc/2/1741.md?p=1) shall, after consultation with the National Recording Preservation [Board](/usc/2/1741.md?p=2) established under subchapter III, implement a comprehensive national [sound recording](/usc/2/1741.md?p=3) preservation program, in conjunction with other [sound recording](/usc/2/1741.md?p=3) archivists, educators and historians, copyright owners, recording industry representatives, and others involved in activities related to [sound recording](/usc/2/1741.md?p=3) preservation, and taking into account studies conducted by the [Board](/usc/2/1741.md?p=2).
- (b) **Contents of program specified—** The program established under [subsection (a)](#a) shall—
  - (1) coordinate activities to assure that efforts of archivists and copyright owners, and others in the public and private sector, are effective and complementary;
  - (2) generate public awareness of and support for these activities;
  - (3) increase accessibility of [sound recordings](/usc/2/1741.md?p=3) for educational purposes;
  - (4) undertake studies and investigations of [sound recording](/usc/2/1741.md?p=3) preservation activities as needed, including the efficacy of new technologies, and recommend solutions to improve these practices; and
  - (5) utilize the audiovisual conservation center of the Library of Congress at Culpeper, Virginia, to ensure that preserved [sound recordings](/usc/2/1741.md?p=3) included in the National Recording Registry are stored in a proper manner and disseminated to researchers, scholars, and the public as may be appropriate in accordance with [title 17](/usc/17.md) and the terms of any agreements between the [Librarian](/usc/2/1741.md?p=1) and persons who hold copyrights to such recordings.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–474, title I, § 111, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2087.)