(A) [News release from Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education, July 14, 1966] The first Federal grants to help colleges and universities strengthen their library resources have been awarded to 1,830 institutions in every State and the outlying areas, the U.S. Office of Education announced today. Totaling more than $8 million, the funds were authorized under title II-A of the Higher Education Act of 1965. This section provides for basic grants of up to $5,000 to aid colleges and universities and their branch campuses in buying books, periodicals, documents, tapes, recordings, audiovisuals, and other library materials. Federal funds totaling $10 million were made available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, with the signing of the second 1966 supplemental appropiration by President Johnson on May 13. The Higher Education Act was signed last November. (NOTE TO EDITORS.-Names of institutions receiving grants may be obtained from Stanley Fink, WO-2-1166.) College library resources program (title II-A, Higher Education Act of 1965)— Institutions which were disapproved for basic grants in fiscal year 1966 because of failure (by $1,000 or more) to meet maintenance-of-effort requirements based on average annual expenditures for fiscal years 1964 and 1965 NOTE.-Figures in cols. 1 and 2 indicate the extent to which institutions fell short of base-years averages, for "all library purposes" and/or for "library materials" respectively. (B) [News release from Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education, July 10, 1966] Award of 139 graduate fellowships in library and information science to 24 colleges and universities was announced today by the U.S. Office of Education. The fellowships, authorized under title II-B of the Higher Education Act of 1965, total $898,941. Funds for fiscal year 1966 became available with the signing of the second supplemental appropriation by the President last month. Fellowships for students seeking a master's degree in librarianship are $2,200 each and for a post master's or doctor's degree $5,000 each. Doctoral fellowships are renewable. In addition, $400 is granted to a student for each dependent, up to four, plus travel expenses. The institution receives $2,000 for each fellow to assist in the cost of instruction. Because of a critical shortage of fully qualified library school faculty members, the first priority for fellowships at the post master's level will be for those designed to produce additional instructors for schools of library and information science, the Office of Education said. The fellowships granted include 52 doctoral, 25 post master and 62 master's. Institutions in the program, fellowships, and grant amounts are: Institution Catholic University Department of Library Science, Washing- Columbia University School of Library Service, New York City. State University of New York School of Library Science, Albany, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Library and Infor- Pratt Institute Graduate Library, Brooklyn, N.Y. Simmons College School of Library Science, Boston, Mass University of Chicago Graduate Library School, Chicago, Ill... Indiana University Graduate Library School, Bloomington, Ind. University of Minnesota Library School, Minneapolis, Minn.... Western Reserve University School of Library Science, Cleve- University of Wisconsin Library School, Madison, Wis. University of California School of Librarianship, Berkeley, Calif. University of Washington School of Librarianship, Seattle, Wash. 56 (C) ACQUISITION AND CATALOGING BY LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Title II, part C of the Higher Education Act of 1965 authorizes funds which are to be transferred to the Librarian of Congress for the purpose of (1) acquiring, so far as possible, all library materials currently published throughout the world which are of value to scholarship; and (2) providing catalog information for these materials promptly after receipt, and distributing bibliographic information by printing catalog cards and by other means, and enabling the Library of Congress to use for exchange and other purposes such of these materials as are not needed for its own collections. ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN FISCAL YEAR 1966 With the $300,000 appropriated for fiscal year 1966, planning proceeded, national and international discussions were held concerning shared cataloging, and survey trips to determine the feasibility of speedier and more extensive acquisitions programs were undertaken. A conference in London on shared cataloging brought together with the Librarian of Congress national librarians and producers of the national bibliographies in five Western European countries. Contracts were signed with bookdealers and the producers of national bibliographies in Western Europe to supply the Library with current publications and cataloging copy, and paved the way for the development to be implemented in 1967. A survey trip to East and Central Africa determined the feasibility of establishing a regional acquisitions office functioning out of Nairobi, Kenya, and a similar trip to South America established the feasibility of a regional acquisitions office functioning out of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The administrative pattern for the implementation of the program at the Library of Congress was established and recruitment was begun. PLANS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1967 The major effort of the program is being directed toward increasing the cataloging capacity and coverage of the Library of Congress. Staffing and training for the Shared Cataloging Division is being further developed and expanded. Detailed arrangements are being worked out with national bibliography authorities and dealers in Great Britain, Norway, Austria, Germany, and France, and efforts are being directed toward the formulation of a shared cataloging program in each of these countries by which the Library of Congress will be able to utilize elements of descriptive cataloging prepared in the country of origin of the publications. As a result of these efforts, a shared cataloging program is operational in England and will be operational during fiscal year 1967 in West Germany, Austria, Norway, and France. Regional acquisition offices have also been established in Kenya and Brazil. In fiscal year 1967 it is anticipated that full-scale cataloging will be done for materials in English, French, German, and the Scandinavian languages. Every attempt will also be made to give full cataloging to Latin American material. Exploration of full-scale shared cataloging arrangements in Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, and Spain will be made during the year. EXPLANATION OF REQUIREMENTS The appropriation of $7,770,000, the maximum authorization, in fiscal year 1968 will enable the Library to establish comprehensive shared cataloging programs in all areas of Western Europe where such arrangements prove feasible, assuring for the Americna research library community scholarly coverage of the most prolific publishing area of the world. In addition, the Library will undertake the establishment of shared cataloging arrangements for publications emanating from Eastern Europe to the fullest extent possible. In order to assure the necessary procurement of publications appearing in those areas of the world that lack satisfactory book procurement channels and bibliographic controls, it is proposed that further regional acquisitions offices be established on the pattern of the Brazil and Kenya offices. The expanded acquisitions effort would include Asia as well as Africa and South America. The major effort at the Library of Congress will continue to be directed toward the development of a highly competent cataloging staff large enough to place promptly under cataloging control all of the materials acquired under this program. The development of improved procedures that will assure the prompt printing and dissemination of this cataloging information to the research libraries of the country will also receive high priority. In order to meet these goals, intensified recruiting and training of cataloging staff will be undertaken and a thorough review of printing and distributional practices will be carred out. It is expected that this appropriation will enable the Library of Congress to bring this program to a level that will satisfy the bulk of the cataloging requirements of the American research library community. |