National Recording Preservation Board

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advisory body federal advisory committee governmental organization

The National Recording Preservation Board is an advisory body of the Library of Congress that recommends culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant sound recordings for inclusion in the United States National Recording Registry.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
National Recording Preservation Board canonical	4
Library of Congress National Recording Preservation Board	1
National Recording Preservation Plan	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T288705 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: National Recording Preservation Board
Context triple: [United States National Recording Registry, relatedTo, National Recording Preservation Board]

A. United States National Recording Registry
The United States National Recording Registry is a program of the Library of Congress that annually selects and preserves sound recordings deemed culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant to American life.
B. Recording Academy
The Recording Academy is an American professional organization of musicians, producers, and recording professionals best known for organizing and overseeing the annual Grammy Awards.
C. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation is an independent U.S. federal agency that advises the President and Congress on national historic preservation policy and oversees the protection of historic properties in federal planning and decision-making.
D. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a museum and institution in Cleveland, Ohio, dedicated to celebrating the history and influential artists of rock and roll and related popular music genres.
E. Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
The Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is the federally appointed governing body responsible for overseeing the policies, operations, and strategic direction of the United States’ national cultural center in Washington, D.C.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: National Recording Preservation Board
Target entity description: The National Recording Preservation Board is an advisory body of the Library of Congress that recommends culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant sound recordings for inclusion in the United States National Recording Registry.

A. United States National Recording Registry
The United States National Recording Registry is a program of the Library of Congress that annually selects and preserves sound recordings deemed culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant to American life.
B. Recording Academy
The Recording Academy is an American professional organization of musicians, producers, and recording professionals best known for organizing and overseeing the annual Grammy Awards.
C. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation is an independent U.S. federal agency that advises the President and Congress on national historic preservation policy and oversees the protection of historic properties in federal planning and decision-making.
D. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a museum and institution in Cleveland, Ohio, dedicated to celebrating the history and influential artists of rock and roll and related popular music genres.
E. Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
The Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is the federally appointed governing body responsible for overseeing the policies, operations, and strategic direction of the United States’ national cultural center in Washington, D.C.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	advisory body ⓘ federal advisory committee ⓘ governmental organization ⓘ
advises	Librarian of Congress ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
appointedBy	Librarian of Congress ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
field	audio archiving ⓘ cultural heritage preservation ⓘ sound recording preservation ⓘ
focusesOn	preservation of audio history of the United States ⓘ sound recordings across all genres ⓘ
foundedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	selection recommendations for the National Recording Registry ⓘ
hasPart	public members ⓘ representatives from archives and libraries ⓘ representatives from the music industry ⓘ representatives from the recording arts ⓘ representatives from the recording industry ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception	2000 ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal government of the United States ⓘ linked to: United States government
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalBasis	National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
namedAfter	national recording preservation ⓘ
operatedBy	Library of Congress ⓘ
operatesIn	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
parentOrganization	Library of Congress ⓘ
partOf	Library of Congress ⓘ National Recording Preservation Program ⓘ linked to: United States National Recording Registry
purpose	to advise the Librarian of Congress on the National Recording Registry ⓘ to promote preservation of culturally significant sound recordings ⓘ to recommend sound recordings for inclusion in the National Recording Registry ⓘ
responsibleFor	recommending recordings for the United States National Recording Registry ⓘ
scope	sound recordings at least ten years old ⓘ sound recordings fixed in the United States ⓘ
selectionCriteria	aesthetic significance of sound recordings ⓘ cultural significance of sound recordings ⓘ historical significance of sound recordings ⓘ
subordinateTo	Librarian of Congress ⓘ
topic	aesthetically significant sound recordings ⓘ culturally significant sound recordings ⓘ historically significant sound recordings ⓘ
typeOfAdvisoryBody	cultural heritage advisory board ⓘ
website	https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board ⓘ
worksOn	United States National Recording Registry ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States National Recording Registry → relatedTo → National Recording Preservation Board ⓘ

United States National Recording Registry → supervisedBy → National Recording Preservation Board ⓘ

National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 → establishes → National Recording Preservation Board ⓘ

National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 → createsAdvisoryBody → National Recording Preservation Board ⓘ

National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 → relatedTo → National Recording Preservation Plan ⓘ

linked to: National Recording Preservation Board

Michael Feinstein → boardMembership → Library of Congress National Recording Preservation Board ⓘ