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(A document entitled "Summary of Objectives and Recommendations" follows:)

SUMMARY OF OBJECTIVES AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The fundamental recommendation of the National Advisory Commission on Libraries, on which further recommendations are based, is that it be declared National Policy, enunciated by the President and enacted into law by the Congress, that the American people should be provided with library and informational services adequate to their needs, and that the Federal Government, in collaboration with State and local governments and private agencies, should exercise leadership assuring the provision of such services.

OBJECTIVES FOR OVERCOMING CURRENT INADEQUACIES

Provide adequate library and information services for formal education at all levels.

Provide adequate library and informational services for the public at large. Provide materials to support research in all fields at all levels.

Provide adequate bibliographic access to the nation's research and informational resources.

Provide adequate physical access to required materials or their texts throughout the nation.

Provide adequate trained personnel for the varied and changing demands of librarianship.

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACHIEVING THE OBJECTIVES

1. Establishment of a National Commission on Libraries and Information Science as a continuing Federal planning agency.

2. Recognition and strengthening of the role of The Library of Congress as the National Library of the United States and establishment of a Board of Advisers. 3. Establishment of a Federal Institute of Library and Information Science as a principal center for basic and applied research in all relevant areas.

4. Recognition and full acceptance of the critically important role the United States Office of Education currently plays in meeting needs for library services. 5. Strengthening State library agencies to overcome deficiencies in fulfilling their current functions.

Senator PELL. It should be noted that the first recommendation of the Commission was the establishment of a National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. It was this in mind that the chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, the Honorable Ralph W. Yarborough of Texas, introduced S. 1519, which would establish such a National Commission.

(The bill S. 1519 and departmental reports follow :)

91ST CONGRESS 1ST SESSION

S. 1519

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 12 (legislative day, MARCH 7), 1969

Mr. YARBOROUGH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

A BILL

To establish a National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,. 3 That this Act may be cited as the "National Commission on Libraries and Information Science Act".

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SEC. 2. The Congress hereby affirms that library and 6 information services adequate to meet the needs of the people 7 of the United States are essential to achieve national goals, 8 and to utilize most effectively the Nation's educational re

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sources and that the Federal Government will cooperate with 10 State and local governments and public and private agencies

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1 SEC. 3. There is hereby established, as an independent 2 agency within the executive branch, a National Commis

3 sion on Libraries and Information Science (hereinafter re4 ferred to as the "Commission").

5 SEC. 4. The Department of Health, Education, and 6 Welfare shall provide the Commission with necessary ad7 ministrative services (including those related to budgeting, 8 accounting, financial reporting, personnel, and procurement) 9 for which payment shall be made in advance, or by reim10 bursement, from funds of the Commission in such amounts as may be agreed upon by the Commission and the Secre12 tary of Health, Education, and Welfare.

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14 SEC. 5. (a) The Commission shall have the primary 15 responsibility for developing plans for, and advising the 16 appropriate governments and agencies on, the policy set 17 forth in section 2. In carrying out that responsibility, the 18 Commission shall

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(1) advise the President and the Congress on the implementation of national policy by such statements, presentations, and reports as it deems appropriate;

(2) conduct studies, surveys, and analyses of the library and informational needs of the Nation and the means by which these needs may be met through infor

mation centers, through the libraries of elementary and

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secondary schools, and institutions of higher education,

and through public, research, special, and other types

of libraries:

(3) evaluate the effectiveness of library and information science programs and disseminate the results thereof;

(4) develop overall plans for meeting national library and informational needs and for the coordination of activities at the Federal, State, and local levels taking into consideration all of the library and informational resources of the Nation to meet those needs;

(5) provide technical assistance and advice to Federal, State, local, and private agencies regarding library and information sciences;

(6) promote research and development activities which will extend and improve the Nation's library and information-handling capability as essential links in the national communications networks; and

(7) submit to the President and the Congress (not later than January 1 of each year), a report on its ac

tivities during the preceding fiscal year.

(b) The Commission is authorized to contract with Fed

eral agencies and other public and private agencies to carry

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1 and disseminate such reports, findings, studies, and records

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3 (c) The Commission is further authorized to conduct 4 such hearings at such times and places as it deems appropri5 ate for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

6 (d) The heads of all Federal agencies are, to the ex7 tent not prohibited by law, directed to cooperate with the 8 Commission in carrying out the purposes of this Act.

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10 SEC. 6. (a) The Commission, shall be composed of 11 fifteen members appointed by the President, by and with 12 the advice and consent of the Senate. Not more than five 13 members of the Commission shall be professional librarians or information specialists, and the remainder shall be per15 sons having special competence or interest in the needs of

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our society for library and information services. One of the 17 members of the Commission shall be designated by the Presi18 dent as Chairman of the Commission. The terms of office 19 of members of the Commission shall be five years, except 20 that. (1) the terms of office of the members first appointed 21 shall commence on the date of enactment of this Act and 22 shall expire three at the end of one year, three at the end 23 of two years, three at the end of three years, three at the 24 end of four years, and three at the end of five years, as 25 designated by the President at the time of appointment, and

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