Nominate a Recording to the National Recording Registry

The Librarian of Congress invites you to submit your recommendations for recordings to be included on the National Recording Registry.

Public nominations play a key role when the Librarian and Recording Preservation Board are considering their final selections.

To be eligible for the Registry, a recording must be at least 10 years old and be “culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States.”

More information on the Registry is available here. Not sure what to nominate? View the complete list of recordings already named to the registry. If you have a question about the Registry selection process, please email recregistry@loc.gov.

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* Would you like to receive regular updates from the Library about Recording Preservation?If you respond "yes" to this question, you'll receive posts from Now See Hear, the blog of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, in your email box 1-2 times weekly.

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* Please tell us how you learned of the Registry.

* Please enter your email address
Your privacy is protected. We will not provide your email address to other organizations for marketing or advertising. We may use your email address to get in touch with you about your National Recording Registry nomination(s).

* Would you like to receive regular updates from the Library about Recording Preservation?

If you respond "yes" to this question, you'll receive posts from Now See Hear, the blog of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, in your email box 1-2 times weekly.