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BOTANIC GARDEN-Continued

General and special funds—Continued

SALARIES AND EXPENSES-Continued

including personal services; waterproof wearing apparel; not to exceed $25 for emergency medical supplies; traveling expenses, including bus fares, not to exceed $275; the prevention and eradication of insect and other pests and plant diseases by purchase of materials and procurement of personal services by contract without regard to the provisions of any other Act; purchase and exchange of motor trucks; purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; purchase of botanical books, periodicals, and books of reference, not to exceed $100; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library; [$452,000: Provided, That not to exceed $62,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation under this head for the fiscal year 1962 is hereby continued available until June 30, 1964] $488,000. 216; Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1963.)

Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars)

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

The Library of Congress, established in 1800, is not only the library of the Congress itself, but is also the principal general library of the Government of the United States. Its collections are comprehensive and varied, and include outstanding collections of books, periodicals, newspapers, documents of the national governments of the world, literature in the Oriental languages, etc., and manuscripts, maps, music, motion picture films, sound recordings, prints, and photographs. In addition to maintenance of the collections and the rendering of the general and basic services connected therewith, including the Legislative Reference Service, certain specialized functions are performed: registration of copyrights, catalog card distribution, and the service of books in raised characters and talking books to the blind. In terms of these broad fields of activity comparative obligations (including only those chargeable to annual appropriations) for 1962 and estimated 1963 and 1964 are (in thousands of dollars):

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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; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund
Board not properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held
by the Board; [$9,810,430: Provided, That not to exceed $67,000
of the unobligated balance of the appropriation under this head for
the fiscal year 1962 is hereby continued available until June 30, 1963:
Provided further, That not to exceed $1,100,000 shall be available
for reimbursement to the General Services Administration for altera-

tions, including air conditioning, of space to be occupied by the
Library of Congress in the Naval Weapons Plant] $10,405,000.
(2 U.S.C. 131-166; 5 U.S.C. 150; 17 U.S.C. 1-215; 20 U.S.C. 91;
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1963.)

Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars)

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cataloged, classified, marked and arranged; Library of
2. Organization of the collections.-Library materials are
Congress catalogs and the main National Union Catalog
(card catalog) are maintained; special collections are
organized for use; and binding operations are controlled.
The objectives for this activity in 1964 are the cataloging
on a current basis of all important materials received
during the year, the reduction of cataloging arrearages,
and improved cataloging methods and procedures to
assure the usefulness of the collections.

Selected performance data for 1962 and estimated for
1963 and 1964 (not including processing activities per-
formed by the Reference Department and the Law
Library) are as follows (in thousands):

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

3. Reader and reference services.-Books and other Li-
brary materials are provided inside and outside of the
Library, reference and bibliographic assistance is rendered,
and custody of the collections is maintained. The objec-
tive of this activity for 1964 is to improve circulation and
reference services, and to organize more material for use.
The workload in all major activities is expected to increase
in 1963 and 1964 as follows (in thousands):

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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 1964 is: intensi-
fication of acquisitions activities and continued improve- 4. Maintenance and protective services.-A staff of 197,
ment in acquisitions procedures and in exchange relations including 82 part-time charwomen, preserves, cleans, and
with institutions in the more important areas of the world. maintains the two Library buildings, collections, and
The collections totaled 41,880 thousand items as of June grounds; operates telephone switchboards, elevators, check
30, 1962, and consisted of 12,534 thousand books and stands, and motor vehicles; procures and maintains furni-
pamphlets; 17,989 thousand manuscript pieces and 11,356 ture, office supplies, housekeeping materials, and miscel-
thousand maps, pieces of music, reels of microfilm, photo-laneous equipment; assigns space; and operates the receiv-
graphs and other miscellaneous items. Of the items
received, about one million are added to the permanent
collections annually. Those received from various sources
in 1962 and estimated for 1963 and 1964 are as follows

(in thousands):

ing and stock rooms. The Guard Force staff of 75 is
necessary to prevent fire and theft, to maintain order, and
to provide regular inspections of all areas in both buildings
in which is assembled one of the greatest accumulations
of national treasures in the world.

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and bulletins of copyright decisions are printed and made available to the public.

6. General supervision and legal services.-The work of the Copyright Office includes legal services relating to the status and improvement of copyright law in its foreign as well as domestic aspects. For the next several years, a major effort of the Copyright Office will be directed toward the preparation, introduction, and enactment of legislation revising the entire copyright statute.

Object Classification (in thousands of dollars)

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The Legislative Reference Service prepares research reports, digests, etc., and supplies information in answer to inquiries from Members and committees of Congress.

1. Research and analysis.-The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 lists 19 specific fields of congressional concern in which top-level research by senior specialists is authorized. These fields correspond in general to the areas of committee responsibility. The following 13 fields are now covered by one or more senior specialists: International economics, international relations, taxation and fiscal policy, American government and public administration, conservation, American public law, labor, engineering and public works, agriculture, price economics, national defense, social welfare, and science and technology. The senior specialists provide authoritative 1.566 research and consultative services. In addition, 6 subject matter divisions, upon request, furnish to Members and committees information on, or analysis of, public affairs problems in report form or otherwise, charts, translations, and bibliographies, and answers to spot reference questions. In 1962, 99 thousand congressional inquiries were answered. The number answered in 1961 was 84 thousand. The number of inquiries in 1963 is estimated at 105 thousand; and in 1964, 110 thousand. 2. Preparation of indexes and digests.-The Digest of Public General Bills covers all public bills and resolutions. 1,794 It is expected that there will be about the same number of bills to be digested during the first session of the Eightyeighth Congress as were digested for the first session of the Eighty-seventh Congress.

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3. Reference files, bibliographic and congressional reader 253 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 1962, 107 thousand reference file items were processed, 15 thousand bibliographic citations prepared, 125 thousand published items acquired and processed, and 4 thousand readers served.

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), [$1,870,000 $2,143,000: 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; Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1963.)

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Filmstrips (quarterlies with annual cumulation), and Music and Phonorecords (issued on a 6-month basis and annual cumulation). There were 1,186 paid subscriptions for all issues in calendar year 1961, and it is estimated that there will be 1,200 subscriptions for 1962 and 1,400 for 1963. Included under this activity is the National Library of Medicine Catalog.

5. Preparation, printing, and distribution of the Subject Catalog. This catalog is issued in three quarterly volumes with an annual cumulation. There were 467 paid subscriptions for calendar year 1961. It is estimated that there will be 475 paid subscriptions in 1962 and about 500 in 1963.

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The card division sells copies of the Library's printed catalog cards and publications. It maintains a stock of over 104 million catalog cards representing approximately 4 million titles, and fills orders from over 14 thousand regular subscribers-mostly libraries in the United States and abroad. In fiscal 1962, 119% of this appropriation was recovered in the form of receipts from card and publication sales. Receipts of $2,792 thousand were deposited in miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury in 1962. The objectives for 1964 are: meeting the increased demand for catalog cards and maintaining a reasonable level of service and economy; providing older series of cards by a more economical and quicker reproduction process thereby conserving space and providing fuller service; and the continued development of the National Union Catalog as the country's major bibliographic and locational tool.

1. Supplying cards for the Library of Congress.-The number of cards supplied to the Library of Congress in fiscal 1962 was 4,862 thousand; estimated for 1963, 4,900 thousand; and for 1964, 5,100 thousand.

2. Supplying cards for other libraries.-The number of cards sold in 1962 was 42,386 thousand; estimated for 1963, 47 million; and for 1964, 50 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, Rules for Descriptive Cataloging, 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

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