Federal Funds—Continued

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

General and special funds:

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress, not otherwise
provided for, including development and maintenance of the Union
Catalogs; custody, care, and maintenance of the Library Buildings;
special clothing; cleaning, laundering, and repair of uniforms; pres-
ervation of motion pictures in the custody of the Library; organizing
and microfilming the papers of the Presidents of the United States in
the collections of the Library of Congress; and expenses of the Library
of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income
of any trust fund held by the Board, [$15,892,000, including
$880,000 $17,545,000, including $613,322 to be available for
reimbursement to the General Services Administration for rental
of suitable space in the District of Columbia or its immediate
environs for the Library of Congress, together with $478,000 to be
derived by transfer from the appropriations made for the Office of
Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. (2
U.S.C. 131-167j; 5 U.S.C. 150, 1081, 1105, 2205-2206; 17 U.S.C.
201-215; 20 U.S.C. 91; 28 U.S.C. 2672; 39 U.S.C. 4156; 44 U.S.C.
139, 139a; Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968.)

Note.-Includes $75,000 for activities previously carried under "Preservation of
Motion Pictures" and $210,000 for activities previously carried under "Books for
the General Collections." The amounts obligated in 1967 are shown in the schedule
as comparative transfers. Includes $112,800 for activities previously carried under
"Organizing and Microfilming the Papers of the Presidents." The amounts obli-
gated in 1967 and 1968 are shown in the schedule as comparative transfers.

Personal services and incidental expenses for basic
operations are financed from this appropriation.

1. Acquisition of library materials.-The Library's
collections are developed in accordance with established
acquisition policies: Materials are procured by purchase,
gift, exchange, copyright deposit, transfer and official
deposit; and materials are selected for addition to the
permanent collections. The objective for 1969 is continued
improvement in acquisitions procedures. The collections
totaled 55,457,244 items as of June 30, 1967, and consisted
of 14,107,259 books and pamphlets; 28,415,370 manu-
script pieces, and 12,934,615 maps, pieces of music, reels
of microfilm, photographs, and other miscellaneous items.
Of the items received, about 1 million are added to the
permanent collections annually. Those received from
various sources in 1967 and estimated for 1968 and 1969
are as follows:

Total.....

Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars)

3. Reader and reference services.

5,087

5. Executive direction and general ad-

6,612,421 7,618,000 8,185,000

2. Organization of the collections.-Library materials are
cataloged, classified, marked, and arranged; Library of
Congress catalogs are maintained; special collections are
organized for use; and binding operations are controlled.
The objectives for this activity in 1969 are the continued
maintenance on a current basis of the Library's record of
serial publications, the maintaining of currency in the
filing of cards into the Library card catalogs, the reduction.
of cataloging arrearages, the improvement of cataloging
methods and procedures to assure the usefulness of the
collections. The continued microfilming of deteriorating
materials as a necessary preservative and space-saving
measure, and the conversion of the nitrate portion of the
Archival Collection of Motion Pictures to safety base film.
Selected performance data for 1967 and estimated for
1968 and 1969 (not including processing activities per-
formed by the Reference Department and the Law
Library) are as follows:

71

Obligations affecting expenditures...

13,328

72 Obligated balance, start of year....
74 Obligated balance, end of year..
77 Adjustments in expired accounts..

782

-1.208

Cards filed in catalogs..

2,545,522

25.000
3,000,000

25,000

3,500,000

1,649

-1,811

-4

3. Indexing and cataloging materials received. The Register of Copyrights is required to print complete and indexed catalogs of all items registered. The catalog entries prepared by the Copyright Office are made available in part to the Library for its general operations. There were 294,406 registrations cataloged in 1967 and estimates for 1968 and 1969 are 306,000 and 318,500, respectively.

4. Reference services.-The Copyright Office makes available to the public, information concerning the provisions of the Copyright Act, including procedures, policies, and rulings; information concerning registrations is furnished on a fee basis. Obtaining compliance with registration requirements is also part of this activity. Performance data are as follows:

LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended (2 U.S.C. 166), [$3,239,000] $3,675,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection with any publication, or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Congress unless such publication has obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House Administration or the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. (2 U.S.C. 166; 5 U.S.C. 1105; Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968.)

160,000 28,000

Program by activities:

1. Research and analysis.

2,541

2,813

3,087

2. Preparation of indexes and digests.. 3. Reference files, bibliographies, and congressional reader services...

118

134

147

229

268

294

4. Administration..

116

134

147

Total obligations...............

3,004

3,349

3,675

For more than 12 years the Office has been engaged in work on a bill that would completely revise the 1909 copyright law. In the House Judiciary Committee, a subcommittee held extensive hearings on the revision bill in 1965 and devoted 51 executive sessions to reviewing and amending it in 1966. The full committee reported the amended bill in 1966 and again in 1967, and after 2 full days of debate the House of Representatives passed it with further amendments on April 11, 1967. In 1967, a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee also conducted a full series of hearings and is now considering further amendments with the goal of final passage in 1968. When enacted, the bill will require either entirely new or extensively changed procedures, regulations, and organizational arrangements, and all of these must be devised and completed before the effective date of the measure.

Object Classification (in thousands of dollars)

90

01 Out of current authorizations.

and public welfare, foreign affairs, government and general research, natural resources, science policy research, and the congressional reference division. Under specific authorization of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, senior specialists are also available for high-level research and consultative services in the following fields: International economics, international relations, American government and public administration, conservation, American public law, labor, engineering and public works, agriculture, price economics, national defense, social welfare, taxation and fiscal policy, and science and technology. In 1967, 121,013 congressional inquiries were answered. The number of inquiries in 1968 is estimated at 125,000, and in 1969, 130,000.

2. Preparation of indexes and digests.-The Digest of Public General Bills covers all public bills and resolutions. It is expected that the number of bills to be digested during the second session of the 90th Congress will be somewhat higher than the numbers digested for the second session of the 89th Congress.

3. Reference files, bibliographic, and congressional reader services.-Reference files, containing clippings, pamphlets, and documents, are maintained as the basis for reply to a high percentage of inquiries; researchers are supplied with bibliographic and reference tools; selective and comprehensive bibliographies are prepared for Members and committees of Congress; and reader services are provided by the Congressional Reading Room. During 1967, 127,661 reference file items were processed, 34,629 bibliographic citations prepared, 424,893 published items acquired and processed, and 6,955 readers served.

Object Classification (in thousands of dollars)

Identification code 01-25-0127-0-1-704

11.3

11.5

Positions other than permanent.. Other personnel compensation.....

For necessary expenses for the preparation and distribution of catalog cards and other publications of the Library, [$6,422,800] $7,338,000: Provided, That $200,000 of this appropriation shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 665), only to the extent necessary to provide for expenses (excluding permanent personal services) for workload increases not anticipated in the budget estimates and which cannot be provided for by normal budgetary adjustments. (2 U.S.C. 150; Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968.)

The Card Division sells copies of the Library's printed catalog cards and publications. It maintains a stock of over 150 million catalog cards representing approximately 4,500,000 titles, and fills orders from over 20,000 regular subscribers mostly libraries-in the United States and abroad. In 1967, 124 percent of this appropriation was recovered in the form of receipts from card and publication sales. Receipts of $5,741,755 were deposited in miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury in 1967. The objectives for 1969 are: Meeting the increased demand for catalog cards and maintaining a reasonable level of service and economy; the continued development of the "National Union Catalog" as the country's major bibliographic and locational tool; the development of other technical publications; and the use of new technology to increase efficiency and reduce costs.

1. Supplying cards for the Library of Congress.-The number of cards supplied to the Library of Congress in 1967 was 22,608,467; estimated for 1968, 30 million; and estimated for 1969, 35 million.

2. Supplying cards for other libraries.-The number of cards sold in 1967 was 74,503,175; estimated for 1968, 82 million; and for 1969, 90 million.

3. Preparation, printing, and distribution of publications related to cataloging. These publications are an integral part of the cataloging activities of the Library of Congress and include the "Classification Schedules," lists of "Subject Headings," "Cataloging Service Bulletins," and similar publications.

4. Preparation, printing, and distribution of the "National Union Catalog."-This catalog (a cumulative author list) is

issued monthly and cumulated quarterly and annually. Subscribers also receive issues of "Motion Pictures and Filmstrips" (quarterlies with annual cumulation), "Music and Phonorecords" (issued on a 6-month basis and annual cumulation), as well as the "Register of Additional Locations," and the "National Register of Microform Masters." There were 1,865 paid subscriptions for all issues in calendar year 1966 and it is estimated that there will be 2,000 subscriptions for 1967 and 2,200 for 1968.

5. Preparation, printing, and distribution of the "Subject Catalog." This catalog is issued in three quarterly volumes with an annual cumulation. There were 780 paid subscriptions for calendar year 1966. It is estimated that there will be 850 paid subscriptions in 1967 and about

24 Unobligated balance available, end of

year..

24

40 New obligational authority (appropriation).

This appropriation is used to acquire domestic and foreign trade publications, both current and noncurrent. The publications acquired by purchase constitute a very important part of the Library's acquisitions although they represent only a small portion of the material received annually. The objectives for 1969 are: to continue the program for procurement of important research materials to strengthen the Library's collections; to continue the acquisition of selected important foreign newspapers and periodicals; to continue the program for procurement of important materials from critical areas, particularly from eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America; to continue to strengthen the Library's acquisitions in the fields of science and technology; to continue the purchase of selected current titles on microfilm as an economy measure in lieu of binding; to acquire a few important special collections long needed by the Library to fill gaps in the collections; and to preserve important materials now on nitrate negative stills by converting them to a safety base film.

Personnel compensation:

11.1

Permanent positions...

2,620

11.5

Other personnel compensation..

457

3.464 116

Total personnel compensation..

3,077

3,580

12.0 Personnel benefits..

203

271

3,897 298

BOOKS FOR THE GENERAL COLLECTIONS

For necessary expenses (except personal services) for acquisition of books, periodicals, and newspapers, and all other material for the increase of the Library, [$590,000] $765,000, to remain available until expended, including $25,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials for additions to the collections. (2 U.S.C. 131, 132, 132a; Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968.)

Note.-Excludes $210,000 for activities transferred in the 1968 estimates to "Salaries and expenses, Library of Congress." The amount obligated in 1967 is shown in the schedule as a comparative transfer.