Mr. ANDREWS. What do you anticipate it will be in 1966 and 1967? Mr. ROSSITER. Cash, sir? Mr. ANDREWS. Yes. Mr. ROSSITER. For 1966 we estimate it will be $1,462,516, and for 1967, $1,717,018. Mr. ANDREWS. Those fees are paid into the Treasury? Mr. ROSSITER. Yes, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. That income is generated by your Library but you do not get the proceeds from it? Dr. MUMFORD. No, sir; not at all. Mr. ANDREWS. In 1967 you anticipate cash income from the Copyright Office of $1,717,018? Dr. MUMFORD. Yes, sir. That is actual cash fees not including the value of the materials. INCOME FROM CATALOG CARD DISTRIBUTION Mr. ANDREWS. How much in 1967 do you estimate you will get from your card sales? What page is that on? Mr. LORENZ. Page 137. Dr. MUMFORD. $4.7 million for 1966. Mr. ANDREWS. $4.7 million for 1966. Did you estimate for 1967? Mr. WELSH. In excess of $5 million, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. So offsetting this request for funds for 1967 for the operation of the Library of Congress, you anticipate that approximately $6,717,000 will be paid into the Treasury? Dr. MUMFORD. Yes, sir. Mr. ROSSITER. That is right. Mr. ANDREWS. As income generated by the Library of Congress? Dr. MUMFORD. Yes, for services rendered by these activities, copyright and card distribution. USE OF FUNDS UNDER HIGHER EDUCATION ACT Mr. ANDREWS. Speaking again of this $3 million anticipated under the HEW bill passed by the House last week, do you have a breakdown of what you would do with the extra money? For example, I understand you might or probably would more than double your regular funds for buying foreign publications? Dr. MUMFORD. We would increase considerably the acquisition of foreign publications and some would be very welcome and useful to the Library because of the difficulty we have had in getting them or not being able to get them at all. We do not anticipate we would retain all of this material. The law authorizes us to exchange or distribute excess copies to other libraries. Mr. ANDREWS. What would you spend or budget for employees and how many? Dr. MUMFORD. 150 is the number estimated to be added for this new program under title II. Mr. ANDREWS. 150. I asked you a few moments ago how many new employees and you said 175. Dr. MUMFORD. That is by direct appropriation to the Library. Dr. MUMFORD. Yes, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. Where would they be used? Dr. MUMFORD. They would be used, some of them, in posts abroad to help to acquire quickly materials that cannot be obtained through regular channels: to place additional orders with dealers abroad; to make arrangements with foreign bibliographic agencies to acquire cataloging information from them; and to provide for cataloging here in Washington. Mr. ANDREWS. Would those 150 new employees be in addition to the 184 employees that you told us you had overseas engaged in acquisition programs? Mrs. HAMER. Yes, but not all of them would be overseas. Mr. ANDREWS. But they would add to the 184? Dr. MUMFORD. There would be some additional ones overseas, but the majority would be here in Washington to catalog the materials as they come in. Mr. ANDREWS. And they would be added to the 3,675 total you say you have here and those not used here would be added to the 184 you now have overseas? Dr. MUMFORD. Yes, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. In a different program? Dr. MUMFORD. While the 184 are Library employees, nearly 170 are native personnel. We have only a very limited number of U.S. personnel overseas to supervise these programs. BACKLOG IN CATALOGING Mr. ANDREWS. You will recall that 2 years ago we gave you money for some 57 additional catalogers with the idea that over a period of several years you could catch up with your backlog. Are you in fact making any progress? Dr. MUMFORD. Yes, we have made considerable progress but this has been offset to some degree by the increase in the number of publications being issued both here and abroad. We are cataloging considerably more material than before we obtained these additional catalogers, but we still are unable to keep up with all the material that comes in. Mr. ANDREWS. Given all this enlarged cataloging, would you continue to sell cards to libraries over the country? Dr. MUMFORD. Yes, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. But even if you can efficiently absorb this enlarged expenditure, can you say whether or not you would then be buying all over the world pretty much all the material you would want to get and retain? In other words, would this tend to give you adequate worldwide coverage? Dr. MUMFORD. Together with what we are now doing, we think it would, Mr. Chairman. When the amendment to title II of the Higher Education Act was offered, it was based on the assumption of supplementing what we are now doing by way of acquiring foreign publications. With what we would have to acquire additionally by reason of this title II acquisitions and centralized cataloging program, and what we able to acquire by exchange and purchase at the present time, we think we would be able to get the most significant publications for research, provided the funds authorized under part Ĉ of title II are appropriated. Mr. ANDREWS. You have a very fast-growing program, I assume? Dr. MUMFORD. Yes, sir. As I indicated in the preliminary statement, a great research library-and the Library of Congress particularly cannot stand still. It must move and progress in performing services to Members and committees of Congress, other Federal agencies, other libraries, and the research community. The Library of Congress is the logical place for these materials to be located and for the program to be administered. TOTAL INCREASE REQUESTED Mr. ANDREWS. What is the total increase of this budget request for 1967 over your appropriation for 1966 including the $3 million that you anticipate under the HEW bill? Mr. ROSSITER. That would be $7,794,400, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. $7,794,400? Mr. ROSSITER. Yes, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. And that would include 175 new employees for the Library? Mr. ROSSITER. Yes, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. Plus 124 new employees overseas, plus 150 new employees that would be used locally and overseas: is that correct? Mr. ROSSITER. It would be 175 and 150 and 60, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. What is the 60? Mr. ROSSITER. The request is for 60 additional. There are 124 overseas now. Along with the 150 under title II and 175 in the Library, the total would be 385 new positions. Mr. ANDREWS. A total of 385 new positions? Mr. ROSSITER. That is correct, sir. Mr. ANDREWs. At home and overseas? Mr. ROSSITER. Yes, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. Now we will take up the biggest item, on page 109 of the committee print and page 4 of the justifications, "Salaries and Expenses, Library of Congress." We shall insert pages 4 through 14 of the justifications. (The pages follow:) 1966 regular bill__ Proposed supplemental due to pay increase. 1966 adjusted_ 1967 estimate---- Net increase.... 1 $11, 738, 000 256, 700 1 Includes $880,000 budget amendment as contained in House Document 431. Analysis of increases and decreases DECREASES 11, 994, 700 14, 342, 000 2,347, 300 1. Accident compensation-Reimbursement to Bureau of Employees' Compensation--- The Library's reimbursement to the Bureau of Employees' Compensation for benefits and other payments for fiscal year 1965 are less than that required for fiscal 1964. -$528 INCREASES 2. Ingrade increases and other anticipated increases in salary costs_ Funds are requested to cover the cost of within-grade increases, reallocations, and wage board increases as follows: Step ingrade increases_. Wage board increases_. Total salaries.. Personnel benefits__. Total_ +$183, 824 93, 433 58,018 20, 920 172, 371 11, 453 183, 824 To absorb this amount would mean that the equivalent of approximately 24 positions could not be filled. 3. To provide for full-year for the pay raise enacted under Public Law 89-301___. Pay increases for Government employees were granted ef-: fective on the first day of the first pay period beginning after Oct. 1, 1965. The Library's first pay period began Oct. 11, 1965, and the computation for the supplemental to cover these pay costs was based on this beginning date. This increase is necessary to provide for the pay raise for a full year covering 7.2 pay periods (July 1 through Oct. 10 inclusive): Salaries___ Personnel benefits.. Total-- 4. Automation study. Request is made to continue and expand the long-range development of a program to automate the central bibliographic control of functions of the Library through the use of contractual services for system design, administered by a staff of specialists and supported by staff studies, and to complete an experimental machine-readable catalog project. 5. Rental of space-- Request is made for approximately 220,000 square feet of rental space at $4 per square foot. This request results from the fact that each year approximately 44,000 square feet of space is needed to accommodate expansion of the Library's collections. The Library's third building will not be available for at least 5 years, thereby making it imperative that the Library acquire this rental space to provide for the expansion of its collection over this period of time. & Supplies, postage, and telephone---- Increased costs, additional personnel, and expanded pro- Supplies--- Postage-- Total__. 7. Printing and reproduction---. +137, 970 130, 810 7,160 137,970 +475,000 +880,000 +19,000 Re 9,000 5,000 5,000 19,000 +90, 700 Pay increase of the Government Printing Office, $4,700: Bookbinders (men) at the Government Printing Office received a salary increase of 20 cents an hour in October 1965. Bindery women were granted an increase of 7 cents per hour in May 1965. The Government Printing Office estimates that these raises will result in an annual increase of approximately $4,700 in binding costs to the Library. Binding, $60,000: The growth of the Library's collections and the increased use of Library materials makes it necessary to request additional funds for binding. It is estimated that $60,000 will provide for binding of an additional 26,200 volumes. |