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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; to 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.

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The division for the blind is responsible for administering a national program to provide reading material for 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 embossed characters, and talking books with their associated reproducers. The books are distributed through 31 regional libraries which assume responsibility for their custody and circulation. The reproducers are distributed through 54 State agencies. The maintenance and procurement of these books are shown in the following table:

Description

Talking books purchased:

(a) New titles and magazines.
(b) Old titles-rerecorded.
Embossed books and magazines: Press
braille titles...

This appropriation constitutes the only means of acquiring law books published in the regular domestic trade (except for copyright deposits) and many foreign law books published in countries all over the world. The legal publications acquired by purchase constitute a most important part of the law library's acquisitions, although a substantial part of the annual receipts is received by means other than purchase. The special objectives for 1964 are: to improve the procurement of current foreign legal materials by placing purchase orders for certain necessary publications now received only irregularly through exchange or gift; to increase procurement of both Talking book machines: current and noncurrent materials needed to strengthen the law library's already comprehensive coverage of critical areas in Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa; to acquire photoduplicates of important research items, especially those from critical areas, which are no longer obtainable in the original; and to initiate a program for the microfilming or acquiring of microreproductions of deteriorating legal materials as a necessary preservative and space-saving measure.

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Objectives for 1964 are: (1) the sustained procurement of braille books, (2) procurement of more titles and copies of talking books together with the development of a serv ice of books on magnetic tape, (3) procurement of a sufficient number of machines to equip newly registered

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SALARIES AND EXPENSES-continued

blind readers and to complete the replacement of singlespeed machines, and (4) continued increased emphasis on research in sound reproduction.

2. Cataloging, reference, circulation, and training services. Catalogs of talking and braille books are prepared and maintained, including a Union Catalog of Hand Copied Books in Braille which brings together a record of holdings of all libraries for the blind. The division also maintains a unique collection (about 30 thousand volumes) of books in braille not available elsewhere for loan in the United States. During the past 5-year period 1958-62 the number of readers throughout the country requiring catalogs from which to select reading matter has grown from 59 thousand to 78 thousand and circulation from 1,646 thousand units (volumes or containers) to 2,513 thousand. The number of readers and circulation are expected to continue to increase in 1963 and 1964. quiries are received concerning library and related services available to the blind. Individuals throughout the Nation who are interested in transcribing or proofreading braille are trained and those qualified are certified. During fiscal 1962, 531 individuals were certified, and it is anticipated that this level will continue during 1963 and 1964.

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Public Law 85-147 (2 U.S.C. 131), approved August 16, 1957, authorizes an appropriation of $720 thousand to remain available until expended to arrange, index, and microfilm the papers of the Presidents of the United States in the collections of the Library of Congress. The purpose is to preserve their contents and to make them more readily available for research. The program was started in fiscal year 1959 with an appropriation of $107 thousand. The objectives for the 6th year will be to provide negative and positive service copy on microfilm of material arranged and indexed, and to continue publishing indexes by photo-offset in editions of 1,000 copies each. Object Classification (in thousands of dollars)

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Personnel Summary

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For fiscal year 1962, $61 thousand was appropriated to enable the Librarian of Congress to provide for the conversion of safety base film additional paper prints of early American motion pictures now in the custody of the Library.

With these funds, approximately 136 thousand feet of paper prints were converted.

It is anticipated that with the $61 thousand appropriated for fiscal year 1963, an additional 136 thousand feet of paper prints will be converted.

The $61 thousand requested for 1964 will allow for the conversion of the remainder of the paper prints and for the conversion of irreplaceable motion pictures from nitrate film to safety base film.

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COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM)

For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of section 104(n) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1704(n)), to remain available until expended, [$678,000, of which $630,000] $978,000, of which $898,000 shall be available for the purchase of foreign currencies which [accrue under that Act and which] the Treasury Department shall determine to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States. (Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1963.)

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Section 104(n) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (established by Public Law 85-931, approved Sept. 6, 1958) authorizes the Librarian of Congress to use foreign currencies accruing under this act to provide information of technical, scientific, cultural, or educational significance to the United States through the collection of foreign library materials and the distribution of copies thereof to libraries and research centers in the United States. The program is being continued on a full year's basis in three countries in 1963: India, Pakistan, and United Arab Republic. It is proposed to continue the program in 1964 on a slightly expanded basis in these countries. Also the initiation of similar programs in Burma, Indonesia, and Israel on a 6-month basis is proposed. Of the total amount requested, $898 thousand will be used to purchase foreign currencies, while $80 thousand will provide U.S. dollar support.

1. Acquisition of books and other library materials.Based upon the information received during the exploratory stage concerning materials available in the three additional countries and the requirements of other Federal agencies and certain research libraries in the United States, publications and other library materials will be purchased in multiple copies from six countries and distributed to selected libraries and research centers in the United States, including the Library of Congress.

2. Bibliographic listings.-Accessions lists of materials acquired in the six countries will be prepared and distributed to libraries and research centers in the U.S. to inform scholars of the range of books, serials, and other library materials available under this program. Cataloging information will also be provided.

3. Operation of centers.-Centers staffed with foreign nationals and a limited number of U.S. personnel will handle acquisition, listing, cataloging, and microfilming.

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OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents, including compensation of all employees in accordance with the Act entitled "An Act to regulate and fix rates of pay for employees and officers of the Government Printing Office", approved June 7, 1924 (44 U.S.C. 40); travel expenses (not to exceed $1,500); price lists and bibliographies; repairs to buildings, elevators, and machinery; and supplying books to depository libraries; [$4,683,600: $5,417,880: Provided, That $200,000 of this appropriation shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 665), with the approval of the Public Printer, only to the extent necessary to provide for expenses (excluding permanent personal services) for workload increases not anticipated in the budget estimates and which cannot be provided for by normal budgetary adjustments. (Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1963.)

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PRINTING AND BINDING

For authorized printing and binding for the Congress; not to exceed $7,500 for printing and binding for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 182); printing, binding, and distribution of the Federal Register (including the Code of Federal Regulations) as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 309, 311, 311a); and printing and binding of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the recipients; [$15,200,000 $18,200,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for printing and binding part 2 of the annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture (known as the Yearbook of Agriculture): Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years. (Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1963.)

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1964 estimate

14,000

1,700 4,200 13,400 15,200 18,200

Financing:

1 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders, 1961. $5 thousand; 1962, $11 thousand; 1963, $5 thousand; 1964. $10 thousand.

The work programs of the Office of the Superintendent of Documents are of a service nature, and hence there is no control over the volume of work which is required by law.

1. Sales distribution.-Government publications are purchased from the Public Printer to be placed on sale. Acquisition costs are paid from sales receipts; hence no appropriation is required for printing sales copies. By law, the sale price is set at the cost of manufacture plus 50%. At the end of each year, excess receipts from sales not required for purchasing additional publications are turned in to the Treasury Department as miscellaneous receipts. For 1962, earnings from the sale of publications amounted to $5,770 thousand. It is estimated that

This appropriation covers all authorized printing, bind- earnings for 1963 will be $5,800 thousand and $6,000
Federal Register, and Government publications authorized appropriation required to finance the sales program.
by law to be distributed without charge to the recipients

thousand for 1964. These earnings more than cover the

(76 Stat. 693).

The sale of Government publications has been steadily increasing, and in the last 10 years the sales volume has

Reimbursable program:

4,770

5,413

2. Distribution for other agencies and
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