Mr. ROSSITER. $2,087,000 for 1965, sir. Senator MONRONEY. In other words, what percentage of the cost of the Library for the current year, roughly $4 million from the sale of cards and publications and $2 million from the copyrights is earned back? Mrs. HAMER. About 23 percent of our total appropriations is returned to the Treasury. Dr. MUMFORD. Of all the appropriations to the Library. Senator MONRONEY. Twenty-five percent. That would be $6 million roughly. That is about the only two places that you have any earnings of a substantial nature? Dr. MUMFORD. Yes, sir. Senator MONRONEY. With respect to the Monthly Index of Russian Accessions, I request that pages 24-26 of the justifications be included in the record at this point. (The document referred to follows:) To continue the publication of the Monthly Index of Russian Accessions1 Cyrillic bibliographic project, Monthly Index of Russian Accessions, 38 positions: Total cost including personnel benefits-at old salary rates-- Amount of financing provided by transfer from National Science $236, 500 86, 500 150,000 Last year's budget request read in part as follows: "Financial support for MIRA has come from several sources since its inception in 1948. Last year the House Appropriations Committee, responding to a request for a direct appropriation for this purpose, provided that support for 1964 should come from the National Science Foundation. It was also indicated that "*** another look can be taken at the financing arrangement in future budgets.' The Senate Appropriations Committee concurred. On the grounds that about a third of the contents of MIRA relate to subject fields outside the mission of the agency, the National Science Foundation has urged the Library to include funding for MIRA in its own budget for 1965. "Two specific improvements most frequently requested by users were made in 1964. The listing of tables of contents of periodicals, the former part B of the index, was reinstated, and a reduction in the timelag in listing publications was achieved. "Sixty-five to seventy percent of the contents of the index fall into the fields of science and technology and its heaviest use is by physical scientists. However, use by social scientists is also significant. It should also be noted that the Library of Congress makes considerable use of this publication for the bibliographical control and reference exploitation of its own collections." The subsequent House report read in part as follows: "The committee again went into the question of continuing, and the method of financing, the Monthly Index of Russian Accessions ***. At the urging of the Foundation, the Library is again seeking direct financing * * *. The committee thinks the value of the work to the scientific community, to the Library, and to certain other agencies justifies its continuation. It is said to be the most complete record of documentation outside the Iron Curtain countries published anywhere in the world and that it probably includes a majority of the important materials published in Russia." 1 The cost of printing this publication $28,000, is partly covered by an $18,000 transfer of funds from the National Science Foundation administered under the appropriation "Distribution of catalog cards." The other $10,000 is provided by direct appropriation to the "Distribution of catalog cards" appropriation. A request for direct appropriation of $18,000 is included in the 1966 "Distribution of catalog cards" appropriations. 49-381-65 1 The 1965 legislative branch appropriation bill provided for $96,000 to the Library of Congress for direct support of MIRA and $168,000 to be transferred by the National Science Foundation. The point has been made that "It is not so much the quality or the need for the service itself, that confronts us, as it is where the cost should be placed in the Federal budget." " The National Science Foundation generally does not undertake to fund endeavors of this kind on a continuing basis. In view of the bookkeeping and paperwork transactions that have to take place if funding is continued on this basis, as well as the need for annual submittal of budget requests and justifications for a portion of this ongoing operation, reconsideration of full direct funding is respectfully requested at this time. CHANGE IN METHOD OF FUNDING OF ITEM Senator MONRONEY. I think the committee will be interested in your reasons for requesting full funding by the Library of this item as opposed to the arrangement previously agreed upon by both Houses of Congress. Would you care to comment further on the change of this method of financing to the committee for the benefit of the record? Dr. MUMFORD. Last year we requested the full support for this publication, Mr. Chairman, but the two Houses agreed that, because about two-thirds of the material listed in the publication relates to science and technology, the National Science Foundation, which had stepped in to finance the index the year before, should continue to finance twothirds of it and this was written into the appropriations act. However, the National Science Foundation feels that, since it is not its policy to finance things on a continuing basis ordinarily, it should not be required to finance the index and we were informed that they would not include it in this year's estimates. Therefore, we felt it necessary to include the full amount for direct appropriations of the Library. HOUSE DIRECTION OF FINANCING BY NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION However, the House has again directed that the National Science Foundation finance two-thirds of it. Senator MONRONEY. Where does that show up in the breakdown? Dr. MUMFORD. This is in the report of the House committee and in the language of the appropriations act as passed by the House. In our justification book we had requested the full amount, as you see, because of the fact that the National Science Foundation had indicated it would not request it. In the House report there is a minus $150,000 which the National Science Foundation has financed before. Including the printing of the index that I just exhibited to you, sir, it comes to $174,600. In the bill H.R. 8775 is the language: together with $174,600 to be derived by transfer from the appropriation "Salaries and expenses, National Science Foundation," of which $18,000 shall be retransferred to the appropriation, "Distribution of catalog cards, salaries and expenses." In other words, about $18,000 of that is for printing and some $156,000 for salaries. 1 Legislative branch appropriations for 1965; House subcommittee hearings, 88th Cong., 2d sess., p. 243 (statement of Chairman Steed). Senator MONRONEY. You are advised by the National Science Foundation that they would like to get out of this recurring expense. Dr. MUMFORD. Yes, sir. Senator MONRONEY. However, as you say, about 75 percent of this is scientific data. Dr. MUMFORD. About two-thirds of it is estimated to be in the area of science and technology. Senator MONRONEY. Do you have any questions? EFFECT OF PROGRAM TERMINATION Dr. MUMFORD. I would like to stress, Mr. Chairman, that this is an invaluable tool and it would be extremely tragic if it had to be terminated. Senator MONRONEY. I can see that that would be true. Undoubtedly, if this were to go down the drain, the first one to suffer would be the National Science Foundation. Dr. MUMFORD. They no doubt use it some. They recognize it is a valuable tool, but it is used by scientists and scholars all over the country. Senator MONRONEY. Whether the National Science Foundation likes it or not, the House bill transferred part of their appropriation to the Library. Dr. MUMFORD. Yes, sir. Senator MONRONEY. So it comes out that same way. Senator YARBOROUGH. Is the Science Foundation the one objecting to this transfer? Senator MONRONEY. They want to get free of the transfer. Senator YARBOROUGH. It seems to me like this is the function of the Library to keep the books and if the National Science Foundation doesn't want to build up a library we ought to let the scientific books go to the Library. SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE OF RUSSIAN SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENTS Senator MONRONEY. That is true, but it is the key to our understanding of what Russia is doing in the scientific field. What percent did you say was usable by scientists? Dr. MUMFORD. About two-thirds; 65 percent roughly. Senator YARBOROUGH. It could just as well be in the Library of Congress as the central repository. Senator MONRONEY. As the central repository, but the National Science Foundation pays for a portion of the cost as the user agency. Senator YARBOROUGH. The books will be in the Library of Congress. It is just who is charged. Senator MONRONEY. It is just whose account is charged and they don't mind the way it is handled today. In other words, I think the services that the Library of Congress renders to the National Science Foundation, both in collecting this material and also having it available in this publication, serves a great purpose. The National Science Foundation would perhaps be freeloading on it, otherwise. Mrs. HAMER. The list includes not only publications received by the Library of Congress, but also by a number of other American libraries. It is a union list. Senator MONRONEY. So you get a greater advantage and the National Science Foundation gets a great advantage. Dr. MUMFORD. I should say, Mr. Chairman, that I think the chief argument of the National Science Foundation is on the basis that it is not its policy to support a continuing activity and that such commitments make its funds less flexible for undertaking basic research or other new projects. Senator MONRONEY. With respect to this list of universities reporting receipt of publications, these are cooperators with you in making up the list, are they not? Dr. MUMFORD. Yes, sir. They report their receipts, which are included here. APPEAL LETTER Senator MONRONEY. Following your statement of your appeal from the House appropriations cuts I would like to insert in the record at that point the letter of appeal dated June 10, 1965, submitted to the committee by the Librarian of Congress in which restorations are requested for several items reduced or disallowed in the House bill. I have a table before me which gives the positions in the Library of Congress by appropriation item for 1964, 1965, and the request for 1966, together with the House allowances and the actual employment as of May 23 which I believe should be inserted in the record. (The document referred to follows:) LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Summary of budgeted positions, 1964, 1965, 1966, House allowance 1966, and employment, May 23, 1965 NOTE. The total number in each instance includes the full-time equivalent of part-time positions. PERSONNEL REQUEST Senator MONRONEY. I note that your total employment requested over fiscal year 1965 is 137 in 1 year. Is that correct? Dr. MUMFORD. Yes, sir; but part of that is for native personnel under the Public Law 480 program. Senator MONRONEY. That is 45 off of that then. That would be 92. Dr. MUMFORD. Yes, sir. Senator MONRONEY. The increase. The major part of that is for 63 jobs in the general appropriation of the Library. Are these jobs in the service end of the book departments? Dr. MUMFORD. That is for that main appropriation, "Library of Congress, salaries and expenses," which, as I indicated earlier, the House called the backbone of our funds. Senator MONRONEY. Can you break that down a little bit since you are asking for restoration of 13 of those jobs. Dr. MUMFORD. You wish a breakdown of the 63, or the 13 which the House did not allow? Senator MONRONEY. What would you have to cut off if we stayed with the House figure of 50. USE OF REQUESTED PERSONNEL Dr. MUMFORD. We are still deliberating and discussing that, sir, depending upon what this committee may do. It might, for example, affect the activity of the Order Division. Some of the positions were for handling increased acquisitions, for keeping our catalogs in good condition, for the filing of cards. Several of the positions were for maintenance of the catalogs. Senator MONRONEY. None of these is charged to copyrights or to the distribution of catalog cards. Dr. MUMFORD. No, sir. Our serial record, for example, which is the most monumental tool of its kind in the world, I think, serves as the central source for all periodicals and serials, and with the increase in publications we have not been able to stay up with the incoming materials. It might affect that, or our gift and exchange operation. Two positions were for service in the Law Library, and some of the positions were for the application of the new book classification, called class K, for legal materials. We have never had a classification for legal materials. Although we have developed classification schedules for all other fields of knowledge, only recently has a schedule been developed for law, and some positions were for the application of that. Then for our reference service in the Manuscript, Maps, Music, Orientalia, Prints and Photographs, Serial, and Stack and Reader Divisions positions were requested to strengthen the services, to enable us to provide prompter service. Other positions are for reading the shelves in the book collections to make sure that the books are in the right place. We have an increase in the number of books not on the shelves, or where they may be out of place or not properly shelved. In general, all 63 of the new positions requested were intended to try to avoid accumulating more arrearages and to strength our services in the use of the Library. The elimination of 13 positions would adversely affect a number of operations. CATALOGING AND CARD INDEXING Mrs. HAMER. Also quite a bit of cataloging and other processing work is done in the Reference Department because it has to deal with special material, such as manuscripts, prints, photographs, and maps, |