Recipients of comprehensive sets of publications from the various countries are listed below-Continued Recipients of comprehensive sets of publications from the various countries are listed below-Continued Recipients of comprehensive sets of publications from the various countries are listed below-Continued Recipients of comprehensive sets of publications from the various countries are listed below-Continued During fiscal 1968, the Library proposes to annualize the pilot programs in Ceylon, Yugoslavia, and Poland. Funds are requested to pay the salary of a fulltime American director to supervise acquisitions activities in both Ceylon and South India. Each library participating in the program for comprehensive sets of publica. tions contributes $500 per year per set of publications to the general hard dollar support of the program. Receipts from this source are deposited in Miscellaneous Receipts of the Treasury. In fiscal 1967 these contributions amounted to $46,700 and are expected to total $50,000 in fiscal 1968. During the coming year it is planned to continue all aspects of the program in all areas presently covered, including not only acquisition of current materials considered to be of research value, but also their bibliographic listing by means of accessions lists and the establishment of preliminary cataloging control by the local offices. The accessions lists prepared by the various overseas offices are widely distributed within the United States, where they serve as valuable research tools. By providing preliminary cataloging control in the field, it is possible to save on dollar cataloging costs. It is also proposed to establish 9-month pilot programs in the Congo and Tunisia, where excess currencies are now available. At the present time bibliographic coverage of these areas leaves much to be desired. There is a keen interest in publications from both North and Central Africa on the part of the American scholarly community, but experience has proved that on-the-spot coverage is the only feasible and successful way to insure receipt of needed materials. Use of U.S. owned foreign currencies in these two countries for the establishment of book procurement programs is highly desirable in the interests of increasing our understanding of these areas. COUNTRIES NOW COVERED India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Ceylon Selected newspapers from both Indian and Pakistan are currently being microfilmed. Serial publications are bound before shipment with service copies provided for selected titles. Nepalese publications are now represented in the Englishlanguage program. In fiscal 1968 it is proposed that a selected number of Englishlanguage titles from Ceylon also be included in this highly successful program, under which 310 libraries in every state of the Union benefit from the Library's acquisitions activities financed by excess foreign currencies. No increases in foreign currencies are requested for these countries except to purchase additional English-language material from Pakistan and to annualize the program in Ceylon. United Arab Republic Funds made available by Congress this year permitted continued improvement in the geographical coverage and the cataloging of Middle Eastern publications through our office in Cairo, thereby further easing the dollar burden for American libraries. Small increases requested for next year will permit the replacement of worn-out equipment, help to meet increased local salary costs, etc. Poland, Yugoslavia An increased amount in local currencies is requested in both Poland and Yugoslavia in order to annualize the program and to provide materials to additional libraries in this country for which there has been great demand. Other Countries No increase in foreign currencies requested for on-going programs in other countries. Congo NEW PROGRAMS REQUESTED Request is made for $94,000 to initiate a program for the purchase and bibliographic listing of publications. Tunisia Request is made for $178,000 to initiate a program for the purchase and bibliographic listing of publications. For all countries the increases requested for fiscal 1968 is $496,000 in soft currencies and $89,800 in U. S. dollars. |