Committee chairman William Weisenberg says the lawyers group is for greater use of merit-based selections.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

According to Librarian of Congress James Billington, "The latest list of selections showcases the diverse beauty, humanity and artistry found in the American soundscape."

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

Other selections are new compositions by members of the group - works that sound very different from anything the Balinese people will have heard before.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

Selections for the Registry, which are recommended to Mr.Billington by the National Recording Preservation Board, must be at least 10 years old and deemed "culturally,historically or aesthetically significant."

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

Selections made him streamlined for his liquid habitat.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25