1962 1963 1964 551 In addition to funds appropriated annually by Congress, Descriplion 1962 actual 1963 estimate 1964 estimate 526 615 Copyright 411 435 720 730 1,926 1,950 2,000 Official donation from State and local 115 125 Exchange. 485 650 Total.. 4,922 5,403 5.555 2. Organization of the collections.-Library materials are organized for use; and binding operations are controlled. 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): 1962 actual 1963 estimate 1964 estimate Volumes fully cataloged and added to the 449 519 154 200 2,495 2,646 3,415 Items otherwise organized for use (with- 20 22 1,556 1,600 1,800 Volumes bound.. 111 85 210 265 8,266 10,185 10,405 1,338 1,450 1,600 1.730 1,800 1,850 189 3. Reader and reference services.-Books and other Li- brary materials are provided inside and outside of the 8,455 10,185 10,405 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 8,455 9,810 10,405 reference services, and to organize more material for use. 67 The workload in all major activities is expected to increase 308 in 1963 and 1964 as follows (in thousands): 1962 actual 1963 estimate 1964 estimate Materials served.. 1,864 1,900 1,910 Units issued on loan.. 215 225 Reference inquiries answered in person. 348 355 186 200 Reference letters.--- 85 90 Books and pamphlets served. 238 275 300 Reference inquiries answered.. 52 58 of national treasures in the world. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS-Continued and indexed catalogs for each class of copyright entries. The Office is conducted for the most part on a self-sustain- ing basis. The amount requested is substantially counter- balanced by fees received for services rendered and the value of books and other library materials deposited in accordance with the Copyright Act and transferred to the Library of Congress. The income and costs for 1962 and estimates for 1963 and 1964 are as follows (in thousands of dollars): 1962 actual 1963 estimate 1964 estimele 6,732 7,476 8, 487 Income: 122 137 1,044 1,075 1,107 163 598 616 Total income... 1,624 1,673 1,723 506 572 638 8 6 Costs: 2 1 1,396 1,476 1,583 127 198 211 540 544 569 8 1,594 1,682 1,794 9 1,111 49 49 The program and performance under each of the activi- 8,266 10,185 10,405 ties described are predicated on an estimated 270 thousand copyright registrations during 1964, an estimated 262 thousand during 1963, and an actual 255 thousand during 1. Receiving and accounting for applications, fees, and 1,169 1,211 1,309 42 42 correspondence.-Materials received by the Copyright 1,178 1,242 1,341 Office are assembled and routed; accounts are maintained 1,314 1,344 1,442 for all moneys received; records relating to the registra- 6.6 6.7 6.8 tion of copyrights are filed; and materials are deposited $6,120 $6,519 $6,594 in accordance with the Copyright Act. Performance data (in thousands): 1962 actual 1963 estimate 1964 estimate 255 270 Mail received and dispatched. 553 586 certificates or recording of documents to determine whether the provisions of the Copyright Act have been satisfied. Performance data are as follows (in thousands): 1962 actual 1963 estimate 1964 estimate 283 300 Registrations and recordation of docu- ments..-- 268 285 Letters written. 34 35 36 416 426 447 3. Indexing and cataloging materials received.—The 365 407 434 Register of Copyrights is required to print complete and 171 188 198 indexed catalogs of all items registered. The catalog entries prepared by the Copyright Office are made avail- 72 65 65 194 215 242 able in part to the Library for its general operations. There were 255 thousand registrations cataloged in 1962 1,594 1,682 1,794 and estimates for 1963 and 1964 are 262 thousand and 270 thousand respectively. 6 4. Reference services. --The Copyright Office makes available to the public information concerning the pro- 1,600 1,682 1,794 visions of the Copyright Act, including procedures, poli- cies, and rulings; information concerning registrations is furnished on a fee basis. Obtaining compliance with 1,600 1,620 1,794 registration requirements is also part of this activity. 62 1962 actual 1963 estimate 1964 estimate Titles searched.. 92 98 24 1962 24 1963 1964 1962 actual 1 and bulletins of copyright decisions are printed and made The Legislative Reference Service prepares research available to the public. reports, digests, etc., and supplies information in answer to 6. General supervision and legal services. The work of inquiries from Members and committees of Congress. the Copyright Office includes legal services relating to the 1. Research and analysis.-The Legislative Reorganizastatus and improvement of copyright law in its foreign as tion Act of 1946 lists 19 specific fields of congressional well as domestic aspects. For the next several years, a concern in which top-level research by senior specialists is major effort of the Copyright Office will be directed toward authorized. These fields correspond in general to the the preparation, introduction, and enactment of legislation areas of committee responsibility. The following. 13 revising the entire copyright statute. fields are now covered by one or more senior specialists: Object Classification (in thousands of dollars) International economics, international relations, taxation and fiscal policy, American government and public ad ministration, conservation, American public law, labor, estimate estimate engineering and public works, agriculture, price economics, national defense, social welfare, and science and tech11 Personnel compensation: nology. The senior specialists provide authoritative Permanent positions.... 1,380 1,471 1,566 research and consultative services. Other personnel compensation In addition, 6 16 17 subject matter divisions, upon request, furnish to Members Total personnel compensation.. 1,396 1,476 1,583 and committees information on, or analysis of, public 12 Personnel benefits.- 102 116 affairs problems in report form or otherwise, charts, 21 Travel and transportation of persons.. 4 7 23 Rent, communications, and utilities. translations, and bibliographies, and answers to spot 9 9 9 24 Printing and reproduction -- 72 67 reference questions. In 1962, 99 thousand congressional 25 Other services... 1 inquiries were answered. The number answered in 1961 Services of other agencies. 1 was 84 thousand. The number of inquiries in 1963 is 26 Supplies and materials.. 7 8 estimated at 105 thousand; and in 1964, 110 thousand. 31 Equipment: Books and other library materials. 2 2 2. Preparation of indexes and digests.- The Digest of Public General Bills covers all public bills and resolutions. Total obligations.- 1,594 1,682 1,794 It is expected that there will be about the same number of bills to be digested during the first session of the EightyPersonnel Summary eighth Congress as were digested for the first session of the Eighty-seventh Congress. Total number of permanent positions.. 247 253 3. Reference files, bibliographic and congressional reader Average number of all employees... 242 247 253 services.-Reference files, containing clippings, pamphlets, Number of employees at end of year. 250 253 259 Average GS grade.. 6.0 6.1 and documents, are maintained as the basis for reply to Average GS salary.- $5,718 $6,042 $6,106 a high percentage of inquiries; researchers are supplied with bibliographic and reference tools; selective and comprehensive bibliographies are prepared for Members LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE SERVICE and committees of Congress; and reader services are provided by the congressional reading room. During SALARIES AND EXPENSES 1962, 107 thousand reference file items were processed, For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 15 thousand bibliographic citations prepared, 125 thousand 166), ($1,870,000] $2,143,000: Provided, That no part of this appro- published items acquired and processed, and 4 thousand priation may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection readers served. with any publication, or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Object Classification (in thousands of dollars) Congress unless such publication has obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House Administration or the Senate Com 1962 1964 mittee on Rules and Administration. (2 U.S.C. 166; Legislative estimate estimate Branch Appropriation Act, 1963.) Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) 11 Personnel compensation: 1,609 1,771 1,907 Positions other than permanent. 25 25 3 22 1,637 1,803 1,954 Program by activities: 12 Personnel benefits.. 113 127 135 1. Research and analysis.---1,498 1,625 1,772 21 Travel and transportation of persons. 4 4 2. Preparation of indexes and digests... 67 26 30 3. Reference files, bibliographies, and congres 25 Other services: Services of other agencies. 1 1 sional reader services.. 147 166 182 17 13 19 4. Administration... 86 97 101 1,798 1,972 2,143 Total obligations... 1,798 1,972 2.143 247 1963 actual 1962 1963 4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS-Continued Filmstrips (quarterlies with ann Music and Phonorecords (issued or General and special funds-Continued annual cumulation). There were 1 for all issues in calendar year 196 DISTRIBUTION OF CATALOG CARDS that there will be 1,200 subscriptio for 1963. Included under this ac For necessary expenses for the preparation and distribution of Library of Medicine Catalog. catalog cards and other publications of the Library, [$2,700,700] 5. Preparation, printing, and dis $2,977,000. (2 U.S.C. 150; Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1969.) Catalog.—This catalog is issued in th with an annual cumulation. Ther Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) scriptions for calendar year 1961. there will be 475 paid subscription estimate estimate 500 in 1963. 1963 1962 actual 1964 The card division sells copies of the Library's printed Total number of permanent positions. catalog cards and publications. It maintains a stock of Average number of all employees. over 104 million catalog cards representing approximately Number of employees at end of year 4 million titles, and fills orders from over 14 thousand Average GS grade. Average GS salary 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 BookS FOR THE GENERAL ( deposited in miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury in 1962. The objectives for 1964 are: meeting the increased demand For necessary expenses (except persona of books, periodicals, and'newspapers, and for catalog cards and maintaining a reasonable level of increase of the Library, [$570,000] $670 service and economy; providing older series of cards by a until expended. (2 U.S.C. 131, 132, more economical and quicker reproduction process thereby Appropriation Act, 1963.) conserving space and providing fuller service; and the Program and Financing (in thousa 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, Program by activities: 4,900 thousand; and for 1964, 5,100 thousand. Purchase of books and library materials (obligations) 2. Supplying cards for other libraries.-The number of cards sold in 1962 was 42,386 thousand; estimated for Financing: 1963, 47 million; and for 1964, 50 million. Unobligated balance brought forward (-). 3. Preparation, printing, and distribution of publications Unobligated balance carried forward.. related to cataloging.—These publications are an integral New obligational authority (appropriation) part of the cataloging activities of the Library of Congress and include the Classification Schedules, lists of Subject Headings, Rules for Descriptive Cataloging, Cataloging This appropriation is used to Service Bulletins, and similar publications. foreign trade publications, both cur 4. Preparation, printing, and distribution of the National The publications acquired by purch Union Catalog:- This catalog (a cumulative author list) important part of the Library's is issued monthly and cumulated quarterly and annually. they represent only a small portion of Subscribers also receive issues of Motion Pictures and annually. The objectives for 1964 program for procurement of important research materials to strengthen the Library's collections; to acquire selected important foreign newspapers and periodicals; to increase the acquisition of important materials from critical areas, particularly from Eastern Europe, Africa, and Asia; tó increase the acquisition of materials 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; and to continue the microfilming of deteriorating materials as a necessary preservative and spacesaving measure. Object Classification (in thousands of dollars) Program by activities: New obligational authority: Purchase of books and other library materials Appropriation..-- 1,786 1,885 1,902 (obligations) 88 113 110 10 The division for the blind is responsible for adminisUnobligated balance carried forward... 3 tering a national program to provide reading material for New obligationalauthority (appropriation) 90 110 110 the blind of the United States, U.S. territories and insular possessions. It has two closely related operations. 1. Procurement and distribution. It provides books in This appropriation constitutes the only means of embossed characters, and talking books with their assoacquiring law books published in the regular domestic ciated reproducers. The books are distributed through trade (except for copyright deposits) and many foreign 31 regional libraries which assume responsibility for their law books published in countries all over the world. The custody and circulation. The reproducers are distributed legal publications acquired by purchase constitute a most through 54 State agencies. The maintenance and proimportant part of the law library's acquisitions, although curement of these books are shown in the following table: a substantial part of the annual receipts is received by Description 1962 actual 1963 estimate 1964 estimate means other than purchase. The special objectives for Talking books purchased: 1964 are: to improve the procurement of current foreign (a) New titles and magazines. 325 355 legal materials by placing purchase orders for certain (b) Old titles-rerecorded.-- 35 45 necessary publications now received only irregularly Embossed books and magazines: Press 269 245 245 through exchange or gift; to increase procurement of both Talking book machines: current and noncurrent materials needed to strengthen Purchased.. 11,250 12,500 10,000 the law library's already comprehensive coverage of Repaired. 18,800 11,000 10,000 critical areas in Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa; to Salvaged scrapped 1,467 10,000 5.000 Records replaced 25,637 15,000 15,000 acquire photoduplicates of important research items, especially those from critical areas, which are no longer Objectives for 1964 are: (1) the sustained procurement obtainable in the original; and to initiate a program for of braille books, (2) procurement of more titles and copies the microfilming or acquiring of microreproductions of of talking books together with the development of a servdeteriorating legal materials as a necessary preservative ice of books on magnetic tape, (3) procurement of a and space-saving measure. sufficient number of machines to equip newly registered |