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All TitlesTitle 2Chapter 5
§ 179m.
Duties of Librarian of Congress
(a)
Powers
(1)
In general
The Librarian shall, after consultation with the Board established pursuant to section 179n of this title—
(A)
continue the implementation of the comprehensive national film preservation program for motion pictures established under the National Film Preservation Act of 1992, in conjunction with other film archivists, educators and historians, copyright owners, film industry representatives, and others involved in activities related to film preservation, taking into account the objectives of the national film preservation study and the comprehensive national plan conducted under the National Film Preservation Act of 1992. This program shall—
(i)
coordinate activities to assure that efforts of archivists and copyright owners, and others in the public and private sector, are effective and complementary;
(ii)
generate public awareness of and support for these activities;
(iii)
increase accessibility of films for educational purposes; and
(iv)
undertake studies and investigations of film preservation activities as needed, including the efficacy of new technologies, and recommend solutions to improve these practices;
(B)
establish criteria and procedures under which films may be included in the National Film Registry, except that no film shall be eligible for inclusion in the National Film Registry until 10 years after such film’s first publication;
(C)
establish procedures under which the general public may make recommendations to the Board regarding the inclusion of films in the National Film Registry; and
(D)
determine which films satisfy the criteria established under subparagraph (B) and qualify for inclusion in the National Film Registry, except that the Librarian shall not select more than 25 films each year for inclusion in the Registry.
(2)
Publication of films in Registry
(3)
Seal
(b)
Use of seal
(c)
Coordination of program with other collection, preservation, and accessibility activities
In carrying out the comprehensive national film preservation program for motion pictures established under the National Film Preservation Act of 1992, the Librarian, in consultation with the Board established pursuant to section 179n of this title, shall—
(1)
carry out activities to make films included in the National Film registry more broadly accessible for research and educational purposes, and to generate public awareness and support of the Registry and the comprehensive national film preservation program;
(2)
review the comprehensive national film preservation plan, and amend it to the extent necessary to ensure that it addresses technological advances in the preservation and storage of, and access to film collections in multiple formats; and
(3)
wherever possible, undertake expanded initiatives to ensure the preservation of the moving image heritage of the United States, including film, videotape, television, and born digital moving image formats, by supporting the work of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center of the Library of Congress, and other appropriate nonprofit archival and preservation organizations.
(Pub. L. 104–285, title I, § 103, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3377; Pub. L. 109–9, title III, § 302(a), Apr. 27, 2005, 119 Stat. 224; Pub. L. 110–336, § 3(a)(2), Oct. 2, 2008, 122 Stat. 3727.)
cite as: 2 USC 179m
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