§ 701.16 - Service of folklife materials.

(a) The American Folklife Center renders specialized reference, bibliographic and consulting services pertaining to “preserving and presenting” folk cultural traditions in the United States. The Center is not a grant-giving agency but concentrates on varied services to the field—coordination of folk cultural activities, local, state, Federal and at the Library of Congress; field projects, technical and consultant services; research and archival service; and publications, exhibits and live presentations designed to disseminate ideas and materials pertaining to American folk culture.

(b) The Center's Archive of Folk Song provides reference and referral services concerning folklife and ethnomusicology by telephone, through correspondence, and directly to readers in the Archive's Reading Room on the Library's pertinent collection of books, periodicals, recordings, manuscripts, etc. Printed descriptions of the Archive's published reference and findings aids, recordings, intern program, and other services, are available from the Archive of Folk Culture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540.