Dr. MUMFORD. Perhaps Mr. Welsh can speak to that. It is very im portant that we acquire the important publications as they are issued even if there is no immediate call for them, because this materi will remain important and in years to come it will be much more dif ficult to acquire and more expensive, more so than it is to acquire ? currently. ACQUISITION GAP IN AFRICA AND FAR EAST COLLECTIONS Mr. STEED. You make reference to a gap in acquisitions in your co lections of Africa and the Far East, and you ask an increase of $42,000 to close this gap. Could you give us some comment on that! Dr. MUMFORD. Despite our best efforts to learn of the important publications being issued, some are not announced to the extent th we learn about them promptly. When we do learn about them they may no longer be available. As a result, gaps do occur in our colle tions as time goes on. In some years past, when the Library had eve less adequate funds for the purchase of material, such gaps occurred Now these gaps represent important materials for which there is: need and a demand. In recent years we have been able to do very little in filling the demand from the current appropriation becane most of it was required for current materials. We are asking for the second item to purchase selected retrospective materials, as we ca them, that is, materials over 2 years old, that are needed and art important. BOOKS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE SERVICE Mr. STEED. Will you make some comment about this item of $13,0for books for the Legislative Reference Service? What is the natur of this type of material? Dr. MUMFORD. Because of the heavy demand for current books b Members wishing to borrow, or Government agencies or individuse using them in the reading rooms, sometimes the staff of the Legs lative Reference Service is delayed in proceeding with a report beca it cannot get a particular book, the book is not on the shelf. Additiona copies of a small, selected number of very important books are pr chased for the reference collection in the Legislative Reference Serv Now, there is no intention of building up a second large library colle tion, but it does facilitate the work of the research people in LRS. M Jayson could elaborate. Mr. JAYSON. The problems that Congress is involved in, and ther fore we are involved in, are the ones before the public, so there is a competing need for the books on these subjects. CARRYOVER FUND Mr. STEED. This appropriation is made to remain available u expended. On page 126 of the committee print you show that y brought forward into the current year about $24,000 unused fr earlier appropriations. You do not show any anticipated carry from the 1968 funds into 1969. Does this indicate that you either or expect to obligate the entire amount available to you or will te be any carryover July 1, as you see it now? Mr. ROSSITER. This indicates there will be hardly any carry at all. Mr. STEED. We will turn now to page 181 of the justifications and page 127 of the committee print and take up the item; "Books for the Law Library." The request for this year is $125,000, the same as it has been for the last 3 years. How much have you obligated or expended up to some recent date in this year and what is the outlook as to what balance you may or may not have on June 30? Mr. COFFIN. During the fiscal year 1968 we spent actually in excess of $129,000, which means that we went into our carryover of the year before. For this amount we acquired 52,976 pieces of material in the law field. Mr. STEED. You anticipate no balance at the end of the year? Mr. COFFIN. We can't tell how much of a balance may be carried over because, as you know, money obligated may have to be disencumbered at the end of the year because some of these services which we have ordered may not come in. But we do not anticipate there will be nuch of a carryover, if any. Mr. STEED. What part of this item would you classify as being used for repeat items or continuation items, as against the complete volume? Mr. COFFIN. For periodical subscriptions, in 1968 we allotted $47,000 of the newly appropriated money; for microfilm subscriptions we llotted $250; and for subscriptions to special series of publications, $5,000. So you see, sir, that we use approximately $52,000-plus. Mr. STEED. Since you asked for no increase and since I assume that he materials you acquire have this same impact, that is, the impact of increased prices which you encounter in other sections, how do you nanage this without having to ask for additional money? Mr. COFFIN. We are expecting that there will be a small carryover. but we are told by the people who place our orders and who keep the accounts that they expect us to get through this next year on the $125,000. We have received a considerable number of pieces by exchange during the past year, a small number of gifts also. We get a good many pieces by what we call official donation, from the Government Printing Office, other agencies of the Federal Government, and from State governments. Dr. MUMFORD. It is true, too, that there has not been as great an impact in increased publication in the legal field as is true in the gen eral book field. Mr. STEED. Mr. Andrews? Mr. ANDREWs of North Dakota. No questions." BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, SALARIES AND EXPENSES Mr. STEED. Turn to page 183 of the justifications and page 129 of the committee print for the next item: Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Salaries and Expenses. Total request is for $6,668,000. We will include pages 183 thru 188 and pages 199, 202, and 203 in the record at this point. (The pages follow:) Salaries and expenses, books for the blind and physically handicapped 1968 regular bill__. Proposed supplemental due to pay increase_ 1968 adjusted.. 1969 estimates___ Net increase___ $6,085, 000 14, 690 6, 099, 690 6, 668, 000 568, 310 ANALYSIS OF INCREASES 1. In-grade increases_. Funds are requested to cover the cost of within-grade increases and reallocations as follows: Salaries Personnel benefits___ Total 2. Pay above the stated annual rate_____ - +7, 656 $7, 166 7, 656 Fiscal year 1969 required the payment of salary funds for 1 day in excess of the stated annual rates, or a total of 261 days. Fiscal 1968 had only 260 days, therefore funds are requested for the additional day in 1969. 3. Annualization of pay increase_ Public Law 90-206 granted pay increases to Government employees effective the first day of the first pay period after Oct. 1, 1967. The Library's first pay period began Oct. 9, 1967, and the computation for the supplemental to cover these pay costs was based on this beginning date. This request is necessary to provide for the pay raise for a full year. The Library of Congress reimburses the Post Office Department annually for postage usage. In a recent survey it was determined that the books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped has increased substantially its postal usage necessitating an increase of $5,000. 5. Teletype.---. Request is made to install a teletype machine for communication with regional libraries, machine lending agencies, and other cooperating organizations. The use of this equipment will reduce the costs of ordering and shipping of books and machines and also reduce staff correspondence which is increasingly costly in terms of time and clerical efforts. +1, 481 +5, 847 +5,000 +1,825 6. Other services ANALYSIS OF INCREASES-Continued miscellaneous.... +10,000 An increase of $10,000 is requested to determine if the present manual system for handling mailing lists and for the preparation of catalogs can be improved upon, possibly computerized. 7. Publications contracts_ In fiscal 1968, it is expected that Talking Book Topics and Braille Book Review will require 150,000 and 17,000 copies respectively, an increase of 30,000 and 2,000 respectively. This is a result of meeting the needs of physically handicapped as well as of blind persons. Also, cumulative listings of the collections which serve as mail order catalogs for use by readers must be brought up to date in sufficient quantities to be available to each reader as well as others serving the blind and physically handicapped. 8. Needles This request will provide an additional 32,000 for a total of about 74,000 needles for replacement purposes. With normal use these needles will last about 2 years. Currently there are around 120,000 machines in use. 9. Books in raised characters_ This increase will provide 4 new braille magazines. At present, braille readers, including the deaf-blind, have available only 12 nationally known magazines. As in fiscal 1968, 267 titles in braille book form will be provided. 10. Sound reproductions--. Disc increase of $245,000.—This increase will provide an additional 50 titles making a total of 600 available plus 3 additional recorded magazines for a total of 20. A wider range of reading material is necessary now since a significant number of persons with multiple handicaps are relying on this program. Tape-increase of $100,000.-Circulation of tapes has risen from almost 200,000 in fiscal 1966 to over 275,000 in fiscal 1967. With every indication that this growth will continue a larger number of copies are needed as well as more titles. This increase will provide for this expansion. Music—increase $18,000.—More than 1,000 blind persons who are either musicians or students of music are currently depending on the collection of braille musical scores and texts. This increase will provide additional resources particularly instructional texts and for the preparation of catalogs and other finding aids. 11. New positions requested (5). To provide additional positions for increased workload and special areas of need. 1 GS-9, 1 GS-7, 1 GS-5, 1 GS-4, and 1 GS-3_ Contribution to retirement_ Group life insurance. Contribution to health insurance_. Total new positions_ Total increases__. $29, 814 99 250 32, 101 +45,000 +64,400 +32,000 +363,000 +32 1 |