§ 701.29 - Service of sound recordings.

(a) Services to readers in the Recorded Sound Reference Center in the Performing Arts Reading Room are provided in accordance with prescribed conditions of reader registration and use of the sound recordings of all kinds (except recordings for the blind) in the custody of the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. The use of such materials, for serious research only, is restricted to the Performing Arts Reading Room and appointments to use them must be sought in advance by application to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.

(b) The professional staff of the Recorded Sound Reference Center renders reference and discographic services pertaining to the collections, by telephone, through correspondence, and directly to adult readers in the Performing Arts Reading Room.

(c) Reference and information pertaining to folk music and ethnomusicology are available from the Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center.

(d) A list of recordings of poetry and folk music issued by the Library of Congress and available for a sale may be obtained from the Public Services Coordinator, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540.