CULTURETECHLENSNational Recording Registry
STRONG EVIDENCE evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)
Combined Graph record U-00299 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-L-0009. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
National Recording Registry is a canon/list of the Library of Congress (issuer confirmed in full, tier 1): the Library's own newsroom states the Librarian of Congress names 25 recordings yearly as 'audio treasures worthy of preservation... based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance', under the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, with advice from the National Recording Preservation Board; recordings must be at least 10 years old. Stored list_type=canon and issuer=Library of Congress confirmed at the bar. Stored founded=2002 is not stated by the Library source and sits in unresolved tension with the Act of 2000 — see conflicts; capped at STRONG.
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National Recording Registry is a canon/list of the Library of Congress (issuer confirmed in full, tier 1): the Library's own newsroom states the Librarian of Congress names 25 recordings yearly as 'audio treasures worthy of preservation... based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance', under the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, with advice from the National Recording Preservation Board; recordings must be at least 10 years old. Stored list_type=canon and issuer=Library of Congress confirmed at the bar.
Sources
- https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/national-recording-registry-inducts-music-from-madonna--mariah-carey--queen-latifah--daddy-yankee/s/5a91b115-3825-4a5f-a702-35940b4de958?loclr=twloc (verification source · master store)
Evidence note (master store)
National Recording Registry is a canon/list of the Library of Congress (issuer confirmed in full, tier 1): the Library's own newsroom states the Librarian of Congress names 25 recordings yearly as 'audio treasures worthy of preservation... based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance', under the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, with advice from the National Recording Preservation Board; recordings must be at least 10 years old. Stored list_type=canon and issuer=Library of Congress confirmed at the bar. Stored founded=2002 is not stated by the Library source and sits in unresolved tension with the Act of 2000 — see conflicts; capped at STRONG.
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