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The Andrew Jackson Papers and Other Collections are Now Online Three new collections are now available online. They include: The Andrew Jackson Papers http://www.loc.gov/collections/andrew-jackson-papers/about-this-collection/; the Papers of Jedediah Hotchkiss, http://www.loc.gov/collections/jedediah-hotchkiss- papers/about-this-collection/ and the Archived Websites collection, which includes political campaign websites from 2000-2012. http://www.loc.gov/websites/collections/. Festival Videos are Available Online Videos of the dozens of author presentations delivered at the 2015 Library of Congress Book Festival are now available online at: http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/results.php?mode=s&cat=70&loclr=eanbf. The Library Adds 25 Films to the National Registry Acting Librarian of Congress David Mao announced today the annual selection of 25 motion pictures to be named to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. These films, which epitomize the diversity and richness of the nation’s cinematic heritage, have been identified as motion pictures that deserve to be preserved because of their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance.

"Selecting a film for the National Film Registry recognizes its importance to cinema and America’s cultural and artistic history," said Mao. "The registry is an invaluable way to advance public awareness of the richness, creativity and variety of our nation’s film heritage."

Under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act, each year the Librarian of Congress names to the National Film Registry 25 motion pictures that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant. The films must be at least 10 years old. The Librarian makes the annual registry selections after conferring with the distinguished members of the National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) and Library film staff, as well as considering thousands of public nominations. The public is urged to nominate titles for next year’s registry at the NFPB’s website. In addition to advising the Librarian of Congress on the annual selection of titles to the National Film Registry, the board also provides counsel on national preservation planning policy.

The films added to the registry in 2015 are:

 Being There (1979)  Black and Tan (1929)  Dracula (Spanish language version) (1931)  Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906)  Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer (1975)  Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894)

December 2015

 A Fool There Was (1915)  Ghostbusters (1984)  Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)  Humoresque (1920)  Imitation of Life (1959)  The Inner World of Aphasia (1968)  John Henry and the Inky-Poo (1946)  L.A. Confidential (1997)  The Mark of Zorro (1920)  The Old Mill (1937)  Our Daily Bread (1934)  Portrait of Jason (1967)  Seconds (1966)  The Shawshank Redemption (1994)  Sink or Swim (1990)  The Story of Menstruation (1946)  Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)  Top Gun (1986)  Winchester ’73 (1950)

December 2015