addition you now have talking pictures, you have television, radio, One aspect that has developed so rapidly even the House Judiciary Committee did not have time to consider it fully, and that is the impact of the computer-the information that will be stored in the computer, will be, in large part, copyrighted material. This will require a real balancing of interests as to how that is to be done, and how it is to be paid for. Mr. ANDREWS. In formulating this request that now appears before the committee for your appropriation for 1968, did you take into consideration the possibility of the copyright bill becoming law? Mr. KAMINSTEIN. No, sir. The only thing we have tried to do is to ask for 3 people, at a cost of $33,064, who would do management work in planning for the changes that would have to be made. There is no personnel predicated on the new law going into effect at this time. Dr. MUMFORD. In other words, the other 15 positions are based upon the present workload and anticipated increase under the present law. TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES Mr. ANDREWS. How many employees do you have? Mr. KAMINSTEIN. 293. Mr. ANDREWS. At the present time? Mr. KAMINSTEIN. That is right. Mr. ANDREWS. Do you have any vacancies? Mr. KAMINSTEIN. There have been from time to time. Our average personnel has been 290 during the past year and we have put indefinite and temporary employees on above that and paid them from what funds we have. Mr. ANDREWS. You have 293 authorized positions. NEW POSITIONS REQUESTED Mr. ANDREWS. How many new positions are you seeking under this appropriation request? Mr. KAMINSTEIN. Eighteen, at a cost of $116,424. Mr. ANDREWS. If granted that would give you a total of 311? TIME REQUIRED TO PROCESS APPLICATIONS Mr. ANDREWS. What about the operation of the Copyright Office, including workload? Discuss that. Mr. KAMINSTEIN. The last time I appeared here the committee was disturbed by the fact that it was taking us from 6 to 8 weeks to process applications. Mr. ANDREWS. What is the length of time that it takes now to process applications? Mr. KAMINSTEIN. I am glad to report that due to the fact we have had the additional positions that has come down to 3 weeks and in certain categories now is a little below 3 weeks. Mr. ANDREWS. In other words, the longest applicant for copyright would have to wait would be 3 weeks? Mr. KAMINSTEIN. If it presents no real problem. If it presents problems then the correspondence will require a longer period. PROJECTED INCREASE IN APPLICATIONS Mr. ANDREWS. What is the percentage increase in applications anticipated? What is the percentage increase in personnel requested? Mr. KAMINSTEIN. We are projecting an increase of 5 percent, Mr. Chairman, because that has been the experience over the long run. Mr. ANDREWS. Have you a table there showing the number of applications? Mr. KAMINSTEIN. We show the number of applications but not in the form of a table. We can supply that, Mr. Chairman. Mr. ANDREWS. I wish you would, for the last 5 years. (Information follows:) *Original estimates projected a 2-percent increase. Registrations to March 1967 do not support this and the present figure is identical with registrations for fiscal 1966. INCREASE FOR WITHIN-GRADE INCREASES AND REALLOCATIONS Mr. ANDREWS. You are requesting an increase of $30,647 to cover the cost of within-grade increases and reallocation. Is that right? Mr. KAMINSTEIN. That is right. Mr. ANDREWS. That is a matter over which you have little or no discretion? Mr. KAMINSTEIN. That is right, Mr. Chairman. 18 NEW POSITIONS REQUESTED Mr. ANDREWS. You are requesting $116,424 for 18 new positions? Mr. KAMINSTEIN. That is correct. Mr. ANDREWS. I believe the committee gave you 25 additional positions last year. Mr. KAMINSTEIN. It did, sir. As I say, that has enabled us to bring down the time it takes to process applications from 6 to 8 weeks to 3 weeks, and in some cases it is a little better than that. Mr. ANDREWS. I believe Dr. Mumford said that 15 of the new positions relate to workload. Mr. KAMINSTEIN. Yes, sir. I think even if we were not facing the prospect of a new bill we would have to face the necessity of studying the procedures in the office and seeing what could be done to revise them and simplify them. I feel it is absolutely necessary that we have these two people and a secretary to assist them to make a study of the office and its procedures and to come up with recommendations. Mr. ANDREWS. Thank you. Mr. ANDREWS. Next we will take up "Salaries and expenses, distribution of catalog cards," shown on page 113 of the committee print, page 157 of the justification. You are requesting $6,511,000 for 1968, which is an increase of $1,862,400 over 1967. Is that correct? Dr. MUMFORD. Yes, sir. Mr. ANDREWs. We shall insert the summary sheets on pages 157 through 162. (Pages follow:) Proposed supplemental due to pay increase_ 1967 regular bill___. 1967 adjusted_ 1968 estimate Net increase___. Analysis of increases and decreases DECREASE 1. Pay above the stated annual rate____. Fiscal year 1967 requires the payment of salary funds for 1 day in excess of the stated annual rates, or a total of 261 days. Fiscal 1968 will have only 260 days. $4, 564, 000 84, 600 4, 648, 600 6, 511, 000 1,862, 400 -10, 286 INCREASES 2. Ingrade increases and other anticipated increases in salary costs_ Funds are requested to cover the cost of within-grade increases and reallocations as follows: Pay increase at the Government Printing Office_-_. Printers, pressmen, card reproducers, and laborers at the Government Printing Office were granted pay increases in 1966 which the GPO estimates will add approximately $24,000 annually to the cost of printing. Printing of catalog cards_. Because of the greatly increased cataloging activity, 32 million more cards will be produced in 1968 than were produced in 1967. Printing of book catalogs and other publications-- Request is made to provide sufficient funds to permit the printing of the book catalogs and other publications which are necessary tools in the operation of a library. The anticipated increase in catalog cards will necessarily result in much larger book catalogs and at increased printing costs. In addition, the demand for many of the publications is much greater because of the rapidly growing number of libraries throughout the world changing from the Dewey Decimal classification system to the Library of Congress classification system. Effort will also be made with these funds in fiscal 1968 to publish publications which had to be deferred because of insufficient funds in the previous fiscal year. The sale of these publications will produce revenue sufficient to offset the requested funds. 4. Office supplies Increased sales, production, and size of publications require increasing use of supplies, such as billing forms, wrapping paper, tape, etc. 5. Long distance telephone--- Increased business, with an ever-increasing number of subscribers, has resulted in using long distance telephone more and more. This increase is necessary to provide for the Division's share of the Library's FTS costs. +52, 174 48, 848 3, 326 52, 174 +937,000 24, 000 441, 000 472, 000 +5, 000 +5,000 6. Special mechanization project-- The rapid growth of the catalog card business in recent years made it necessary to reexamine our basic procedures with the result that it was decided to mechanize the Card Division's operations. It is anticipated that this mechanization will eliminate the need for a number of small manual operations and improve the service. New positions requested (140). To provide personnel to implement the mechanization project (13): 1 GS-13; 2 GS-11; and 10 GS-3_. Contribution to retirement__ Group life insurance_. Contribution to health insurance_. Total To meet increases in workload resulting from increased sales 4 GS-8; 9 GS-7; 26 GS-6; 6 GS-5; 50 GS-4; 9 GS-3; and Group life insurance__ Contribution to retirement_ Contribution to health insurance_ Total +$50,000 +823, 512 74, 005 4,810 247 650 79, 712 555, 930 35, 647 1,853 5, 300 598, 730 To help maintain currency in editing and publishing the Na- 2 GS-9; 4 GS-8; 1 GS-6; 3 GS-4 and 4 GS-3__. Contribution to retirement-- Group life insurance__ Contribution to health insurance_. Total To prepare and publish new editions of the Library of Congress (7): 7 GS-9__. Contribution to retirement__ Group life insurance__ Contribution to health insurance_. Total Total new positions----- Total increases_. Net increases__ WORKLOAD INCREASES 80, 935 5, 261 270 700 87,166 53, 872 3,502 180 350 57, 904 823, 512 +1,872, 686 +1, 862, 400 Mr. ANDREWS. Insert the workload tables on pages 163 and 164. (Pages follow:) General statement This appropriation, which is self-supporting, provides for the printing of the Library's catalog cards, its catalogs in book form, and certain technical publications, and for their sale to Government agencies, libraries, and other institutions throughout the world. This service is of nation-wide importance because it permits other libraries to benefit from the library's work in cataloging and classification and eliminates costly duplication of effort. At the same time, these tools facilitate the research of all who use libraries. |