Center faculty applicants who (a) have a doctor's degree or equivalent, (b) have been professionally concerned during the previous two years with the language and area studies on which the Center focuses, (c) have a level of language competence commensurate with the proposed study program, (d) are U.S. citizens or nationals with personal and professional qualities which promise achievement in their studies and service to higher education on their return to the United States, and (e) have their applications for approved programs transmitted with the endorsement of the Center Director in terms of Center needs. Preference is given to those who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States.

Developments During the Past Year

Thirty-seven awards were made in fiscal year 1965 for the 1965-66 academic year.

The number for study and travel in each geographic area was: Eastern Europe 8, Far East 8, Latin America 7, South Asia 6, Africa South of the Sahara 4, and the Near East 4.

5. STUDY AND TRAVEL ABROAD BY PROSPECTIVE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY TEACHERS OF NON-WESTERN LANGUAGE AND AREA STUDIES

Purpose

To develop competence in modern foreign languages and related area subjects among advanced graduate students preparing to teach these subjects in institutions of higher education in the United States.

Grants are awarded for a year of study and travel abroad in the world area of the student's academic interest. Each includes a maintenance allowance (with adjustments for eligible dependents), tuition fees, travel expenses, and educational materials costs.

Citizens or nationals of the United States who (a) have completed two years of graduate study in the country before the proposed period of foreign

study, (b) have demonstrated competence in a non-Western language of the area with which their studies are concerned, (c) are preparing to teach in an institution of higher education either the language or the related area studies for which a knowledge of the language is essential, (d) are planning to (1) enroll in a full-time program of study approved by the home institution from which they normally will be expected to return to obtain their degrees, (2) engage in full-time Ph.D. dissertation research under supervision of the home institution, or (3) pursue a combination of the two, and (e) have demonstrated personal and academic qualities which give promise of future achievement and of teaching service to higher education. Preference is given to those who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States.

Developments During the Past Year

Ninety grants were awarded in fiscal year 1965 for study and travel during the 1965-66 academic year. Number of awards for study in each geographic area was: Latin America 21, Eastern Europe 18, Far East 15, Near East 15, Africa South of the Sahara 9, South Asia 9, and Southeast Asia 3.

COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY RESOURCES

Purpose

1. To assist and encourage institutions of higher education in acquisition for library purposes of books, periodicals, documents, magnetic tapes, phonograph records, audiovisual aids, and other related library materials (including necessary binding).

2. To strengthen college and research library resources by transfering funds to the Librarian of Congress to enable him to:

a. Acquire, so far as possible, all library materials currently published throughout the world which are of value to scholarship.

b. Provide and promptly distribute catalog and bibliographic information on such library materials.

The Higher Education Act of 1965 authorizes the program. From the appropriation for grants to institutions of higher education, the law authorizes funds for basic, supplemental, and special purpose grants. Basic grants may not exceed $5,000 each. Supplemental grants may not exceed an amount at the rate of $10 for the equivalent of each full-time student. Grants for special purposes include those to (a) help meet needs for quality in the educational resources of institutions, (b) meet special national or regional needs, and (c) help combinations of institutions meet special needs in establishing and strenthening joint-use materials. An Advisory Council on College Library Resources advises the U.S. Commissioner of Education on criteria for making supplemental and special grants. 89-426 made an initial appropriation on May 13, 1966.

Public Law

1/ Appropriated for basic grants by Public Law 89-1,26 (80 Stat. 146).

Method of Distribution

Basic grants: These grants are made on the basis of approved applications and to individual institutions or combinations of institutions.

Funds for transfer: The Commissioner of Education transfers funds from the appropriation for strengthening college and research library resources to the Librarian of Congress for acquiring published materials, providing related catalog information, distributing bibliographic information, and to permit him to use for exchange and other purposes such of the materials as are not needed for the Library's collections.

Criteria for Decision:

The Commissioner of Education approves applications for basic grants which provide satisfactory assurance of (1) fiscal control, fund accounting, and reporting; and (2) expenditures from other funds during the fiscal year for which the grant is requested, of (a) an amount (exclusive of construction) which is not less than the average expended for such library purposes during the 2-year period ending June 30, 1965, and not less than the grant, and (b) an amount not less than the average annual amount expended for books and other library materials (including necessary binding) during the same 2-year period.

Matching Requirements

Basic grants: Dollar for dollar.

Transfer of funds to the Librarian of Congress: None.

(Special grants, when funded, will require one dollar of institutional funds for each three dollars of Federal funds. Supplemental grants will not require matching.)

Who May Receive Federal Aid

tions.

Institutions of higher education and combinations of such institu

Application Procedure

Institutions submit their applications to the Commissioner of Education. They follow guidelines supplied by the Office of Education. Developments During the Past Year

1966.

The program was authorized and initially funded in fiscal year

Legal Basis

Public Law 89-329 (Higher Education Act of 1965), November 8, 1965, title II, parts & and C (79 Stat. 1224 and 1228)--20 U.S.C. 1021 and 1041.

Additional information may be obtained from: Division of Library Services and Educational Facilities, Bureau of Adult and Vocational Education, Office of Education, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D.C. 20202.

LIBRARY SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION

Purpose

1. To assist in extending public library services to areas where such services are inadequate or lacking.

2. To assist in the construction of public library facilities.

In 1956, the Library Services Act authorized grants to States for fiscal year 1957 through 1961, for further expansion of public library services to rural areas with a population of less than 10,000. Public Law 86-679 extended the authorization for five additional years; namely, through fiscal year 1966. Public Law 88-269 further amended the 1956 law and resdesignated it as the Library Services and Construction Act.

Among other amendments, Public Law 88-269 authorized Federal financial assistance for the improvement of public library services in both rural and urban areas and for construction of public library facilities in places lacking facilities necessary for developing library services. It defines the term "construction" to include construction of new buildings; expansion, remodeling, and alteration of existing buildings; initial equipment of any such buildings; architects' fees; and the cost of acquisition of the land.

Under the amended law, the term "State" means any of the 50 States of the Union, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. Each has participated at some time since the program was initiated in fiscal year 1957 though all may not have participated in a particular fiscal year.

For services $25,000,000 and for construction $20,000,000.

2/ For services $25,000,000 and for construction $30,000,000.

Method of Distribution

Not available

Each of the States of the Union, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico is allotted $100,000 for services and $80,000 for construction from the appropriation for the fiscal year. American Samoa, Guam, and the Virgin Islands each is allotted $25,000 for services and $20,000 for construction. The remaining portion of the funds for either purpose is allotted in the same proportion that the population of any one bears to that of the Nation.