Function

1961 1962
staff staff

Principal workload, 1960

40.0

Purchased 569,822 items.

31.0 31.0

Procurement, by purchase of books, pamphlets, 40.0
periodicals, newspapers, and other library
materials from all continents of the world.
Procurement, by means other than purchase, of
books, pamphlets, periodicals, newspapers,
and other library materials from all continents
of the world.
Maintenance of centralized record of serial 41.0
materials in the Library; receiving, recording,
and routing all such materials.

45.0

Cataloging materials by author, title, and other 117.0 115
descriptive information other than subject;
searching new receipts to avoid duplication,
and preparing preliminary cards to serve im-
mediate needs.

Subject Cataloging.

Department Office.

Direction of all processing operations, including 14.0
activities supported by the appropriations
"Distribution of catalog cards" and "collec-
tion and distribution of Library materials"
(special foreign currency program) as well as
the selection of materials to be added to the
collections, and the conducting of technical
studies.

13.0

Received by exchange, gift, copyright, and
other sources, 4,260,123 items.

Processed 1,802,373 serial parts.

Searched 179,663 titles and prepared pre-
liminary catalog cards for 77,197 titles;
cataloged for printed cards (including
new, revised, and form-card cataloging),
88,949 titles; adapted for the Library
6,608 cards originally cataloged by other
libraries; and edited 12,739 cards pre-
pared by other libraries.

Classified and assigned subject headings
to 115,195 titles (including recataloged
titles), shelf-listed (including reshelf-
listed volumes) 134,181 volumes, and
labeled 298,245 volumes for the shelves.
Prepared 1,872,828 cards for filing in the
Library's catalogs, and filed 1,371,089
cards.

Processed 1,199,727 cards for the National
Union Catalog and searched 27,671 ref-
erence requests.
Transmitted for binding 99,793 volumes,
received from the bindery 112,384 vol-
umes, and provided for the repair,
stitching, cleaning, restoring, and
mounting of 233,239 items.

Searched 168,537 titles and prepared pre-
liminary catalog cards for 91,837 titles;
cataloged for printed cards (including
new, revised, and form-card cataloging),
98,937 titles; adapted for the Library
7,250 cards originally cataloged by other
libraries; and edited 13,240 cards prepared
by other libraries.

Classified and assigned subject headings to
109,634 titles (including recataloged
titles), shelf-listed (including reshelf-
listed volumes) 129,404 volumes, and
labeled 374,801 volumes for the shelves.
Prepared 1,834,681 cards for filing in the
Library's catalogs, and filed 1,463,721
cards.

Processed 1,219,038 cards for the National
Union Catalog and searched 30,062 ref-
erence requests.

Transmitted for binding 102,229 volumes,
received from binderies 75,363 volumes,
and provided for the repair, stitching,
cleaning, restoring and mounting of
228,959 items.

Total..

362

372

Custody and service of the general classified col-
lections, numbering more than 6,164,000 books
and pamphlets, and of the microfilm collection
containing 92,000 reels and 154,000 other micro-
copy items; supervising use of special service
to readers in the main and Thomas Jefferson
reading rooms 78 hours a week; and 40 hours a
week in the microfilm reading room.
Custody and service of the collection of serial
materials, including unbound periodicals and
Government documents, and bound and un-
bound newspapers totaling over 5,800,000
items; collates and prepares separate issues for
binding; services three reading rooms-periodi-
cal, bound newspaper, and Government pub-
lications-48 hours a week.
Recording and issuance of materials for use out-
side the buildings, principally for Members of
Congress and other Government agencies, this
function including the process of searching,
identifying, and assembling materials re-
quested; providing library service in the Sen-
ate Office Buildings, the House Office Build-
ings, and the Capitol from the bookrooms.
Providing reference and bibliographic service in
person, by telephone and mail in all subject
fields not served by other special divisions of
the Library; providing public reference service
in the main and Thomas Jefferson reading
room's 78 hours a week, supervising special
bibliographic projects financed by working
funds and gift and trust funds.
Coordinating activities relating to all Hispanic
areas, providing reference, consultant, and
bibliographic services thereon, and recom-
mending acquisition of materials to strengthen
the Library's outstanding and unique His-
panic collection.

1961 1962
staff staff

Handled 981,291 call slips, issued 956,740
volumes from the stacks, shelved
1,344,461 volumes, and served 478,029
readers in the reading rooms.

Principal workload, 1961

Handled 1,018,800 call slips, issued 955,400
volumes from the stacks and shelved
1,388,100 volumes.

Prepared volume 22 of the Handbook of
Latin American Studies (378 pages con-
taining 3,600 bibliographic entries), pre-
pared 25 other bibliographies with 8,029
entries, answered 4,629 reference in-
quiries, held 978 reference conferences,
scanned 2,104 booklists, and recom-
mended 1,953 items for acquisition,

Custody and service of the manuscripts collec- 21.0 25.0 Accessioned over 370,146 manuscripts, tion, numbering about 17,700,000 pieces, primarily in the field of Americana, recom

organized 937,717 for use, issued 82,788 items to 7,125 readers, answered 8,465

Prepared volume 23 of the Handbook of
Latin American Studies (461 pages con-
taining approximately 3,800 bibliographic
entries), prepared 54 other bibliographies
with 7,300 entries, answered 4,100 refer-
ence inquiries, held 960 reference con-
ferences, scanned 4,900 booklists, and
recommended 3,200 items for acquisition.
Accessioned over 1,329,200 manuscripts,
organized 348,700 for use, issued 86,200
items, answered 9,500 reference inquiries,

Map.

Music.

Orientalia.

Rare Book.

Science and Technology.

Prints and Photographs.

mending acquisition of manuscripts, and or-
ganizing the collection for use; servicing a
reading room 44 hours a week.

Custody and service of the collection of maps,
atlases, globes, and related materials totaling
over 2,620,000 maps and about 23,300 atlases,
recommending acquisition of such materials,
and organizing the collections for use; servicing
a reading room 44 hours a week.

19.0

20.0

20.0

27.0

29.0

5.0

5.0

Custody and service of the collection of music 20.0
and music literature, totaling approximately
2,340,000 pieces of music, books, and pamphlets
on music and recordings; recommending ac-
quisition of music materials; servicing a read-
ing room 40 hours a week.
Custody and service of the Chinese, Korean,
Japanese, south and southeast Asia, Near
East, and Hebraic collections, totaling over
920,000 bound volumes and pamphlets, recom-
mending acquisition of materials in these
critical areas, and organizing materials in the
Oriental languages for use; servicing a reading
room 44 hours a week.
Custody and service of the collection of rare
books, pamphlets, and broadsides, totaling
over 325,000 items, including the library of
Thomas Jefferson, which are maintained in
protected vaults; recommending the acquisi-
tion of rare books, and organizing the collec-
tion for use; servicing a reading room 40 hours
a week.
Providing consulting and reference services in
the fields of science and technology, based on a
collection of almost 1,500,000 books, 230,000
technical reports, and about 20,000 journals in
these subject fields, advising on organization
of this collection for use, and recommending
acquisitions, supervising the operation of
scientific projects financed by other agencies;
servicing a reading room 78 hours a week.
Custody and service of the collection of prints,
photographs, photographic negatives, draw-
ings, and other pictorial materials, totaling
over 4,000,000 items, recommending acquisi-
tion of such materials, and organizing them
for use; servicing a reading room 40 hours a
week. Has custody of and processes the
motion picture collection of over 133,500 reels.

1 Workload figures for 1961 are rounded to the nearest hundred.

25.0

10.0

26.0

reference inquiries, and held 1,071 refer-
ence, conferences, supplied 6,347 items
for photoduplication, prepared
reference studies totaling 320 pages.
Accessioned 114,871 items, sorted or ar-
ranged 132,776 items, titled 32,757 maps,
filed or shelved 62,408 new items or con-
tainers, prepared 27,107 items for lami-
nation, served 4,266 readers with 82,848
items, answered 13,636 reference in-
quiries, and held 1,277 reference con-
ferences.

Issued 35,552 items to 15,949 readers,
answered 64,694 reference inquiries, held
6,309 reference conferences, sorted and
arranged 77,062 items, filed or shelved
41,709 new items.

10.0 Sorted or arranged 80,295 items, labeled
and titled 10,964 items or containers,
filed or shelved 17,059 items, issued
28,209 pieces to 2,557 readers, answered
22,575 reference inquiries, held 811 refer-
ence conferences, and arranged for
photoduplication of 17,202 items.

Sorted or arranged 543,000 items, issued
70,500 items, answered 42,300 reference
inquiries, held 4,000 reference confer-
ences, prepared 10 bibliographies with
7,400 entries, prepared 580 pages of
translations.

Sorted or arranged 136,000 items, labeled
and titled 30,700 items or containers,
filed or shelved 20,200 items, issued
35,400 items, answered 24,600 reference
inquiries, held 1,100 reference confer-
ences, and arranged for photoduplica-
tion of 20,800 items.

Slavic and Central Euro- Providing consulting and reference services on pean.

the U.S.S.R. and Central and East European
countries, making special studies on these
areas, and recommending acquisitions to
strengthen the collections relating to these
areas; responsible for custody, organization,
and service of unprocessed Slavic and East
European serial publications, and for reader
and reference services in the Slavic room for
78 hours a week.
Responsible for administration, planning, policy
formulation and recommendations, and for
direction and coordination of all of the divi-
sions of the Department listed above. Also
directs the following activities: 2 divisions
financed by the National Defense Establish-
ment; bibliographical work supported by
other executive agencies; the Division for the
Blind; the preservation of early American
motion pictures; organizing and microfilming
the papers of the Presidents; and numerous
special activities financed by gift and trust
funds. These activities occupy over 550 em-
ployees in addition to the 404 employees in
budgeted positions.

1961
1962
staff staff

13.0

Principal workload, 1960

15.0 Prepared 14 special studies relating to
Soviet dominated areas, communism,
and related topics, recommended 22,486
items for acquisition from 3,901 book-
lists, served 26,750 readers and answered
47,955 reference inquiries, held 1,742
reference conferences, prepared 10,098
bibliographic entries.

Principal workload, 1961

Prepared 12 special studies relating to
Soviet dominated areas, communism,
and related topics; recommended 36,400
items for acquisition from 9,800 book-
lists; issued 42,800 items, and answered
38,400 reference inquiries; held 1,600
reference conferences; prepared 9,300
bibliographic entries.

American-British Law..

20.5

Principal workload 1960

21. 5 Issued 213,716 books for use inside and 12,452 for use outside the
building; served 52,525 readers; answered 62,781 reference and loan
inquiries; prepared 15 bibliographies and 24 special studies; clas-
sified for the shelves 12,689 volumes and pamphlets newly received
from all sources; as well as 2,573 from the arrearage; filed 68,205
cards in the catalog; prepared 6,634 items for binding; inserted
13,551 pocket parts in proper volumes, and filed 417,000 sheets in
looseleaf services.

Issued 61,754 books; served 3,248 readers; answered 11,799 reference
and loan inquiries; prepared 6 bibliographies (2,467 items), 224
pages of translation from 13 languages into English and 76 pages of
translation from English into 13 languages, 67 studies (520 pages)
involving the law of 25 countries, and 84 articles (1,647 pages) for
publication; classified for the shelves 6,226 newly received items
as well as 1,584 pieces from the arrearage; and prepared 1,930
volumes for binding.

Issued 3,537 books; served 483 readers; answered 1,921 reference and
loan inquiries; prepared 11 bibliographies; 70 pages of translations
from Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Thai, and 30 special reference
studies; received for addition to the collection 4,385 volumes and
pamphlets; prepared 1,431 temporary catalog entries; translated
2,360 catalog entries into English; filed 2,853 cards; and prepared
2,332 volumes for binding.

Issued 37,204 books; served 2,162 readers; answered 7,173 reference
and loan inquiries; prepared 10 bibliographies; 119 pages of trans-
lations, 29 special studies, as well as 2 articles for publication;
received for addition to the collections 2,767 pieces; and prepared
1,148 volumes for binding.

In the 1st 8 months of its existence answered 990 reference and loan
inquiries; prepared 1 bibliography, 7 pages of translation from
Arabic, and 1 article for publication; shelved 2,726 items; handled
8,328 cards out of which 2,842 were filed; identified for transfer 879
legal pieces which were among approximately 30,000 volumes in
the Orientalia Division.

Directed the activities of 62 staff members and a special project
reduced from 30 on July 1, 1959, to 10 on June 30, 1960; carried on
the secretarial and office activities of the American-British, Far
Eastern, Hispanic, and Near Eastern and North African Law
Divisions, and of the Department as well as activities as General
Counsel.

Principal workload 1961

Issued 209,391 books for use inside and 10,631 for use outside the
building; served 51,646 readers; answered 61,197 reference and loan
inquiries; prepared 15 bibliographies and 3 special studies; classified
for the shelves 13,901 volumes and pamphlets newly received from
all sources; as well as 4,113 from the arrearage; filed 51,183 cards in
the catalog; prepared 4,053 items for binding; inserted 13,434 pocket
parts in proper volumes, and filed 317,000 sheets in looseleaf services.
Issued 26,749 books; served 3,007 readers; answered 7,512 reference and
loan inquiries; prepared 18 bibliographies (3,330 items); 457 pages of
translation from 16 languages into English and 49 pages of transla-
tion from English into 15 foreign languages; 191 studies (1,455 pages)
involving the law of 40 countries; classified for the shelves 5,367
newly received items as well as 1,766 pieces from the arrearage; and
prepared 1,179 volumes for binding.

Issued 6,682 books; served 730 readers; answered 2,243 reference and
loan inquiries; prepared 11 bibliographies; 146 pages of translations
from Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Thai, and 163 pages of special
reference studies; received for addition to the collection 9,342 vol-
umes and pamphlets; prepared 1,410 temporary catalog entries;
translated 1,022 catalog entries into English; filed 5,500 cards; and
prepared 2,632 volumes for binding.
Issued 34,441 books; served 1,475 readers; answered 6,600 reference and
loan inquiries; prepared 10 bibliographies; 51 pages of translations;
10 special studies; received for addition to the collections 2,452
pieces; and prepared 1,136 volumes for binding and gaylords.

Served 255 readers; answered 1,355 reference and loan inquiries; pre-
pared 1 bibliography, 106 pages of translation; 10 special reference
studies comprising 108 pages; handled 22,950 cards out of which
4,366 were filed; identified for transfer from the Orientalia Division
3,750 legal items; 40 lists and offers scanned with 353 recommenda-
tions for the purchase of items; and 1,113 items searched.
Responsible for administration, planning, policy formulation, and
for direction and coordination of the acquisitions, maintenance,
reference and research, and other activities of the American-
British, European, Far Eastern, Hispanic, and Near Eastern and
North African Law Divisions; and the activities of the Office of
the General Counsel of the Library of Congress. These activities
are carried on by a staff of employees in 66 budgeted positions.

Total.

62.0

66.0