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Librarian of Congress JAMES H. BILLINGTON Deputy HIRAM L. DAVIS Chief of Staff SUZANNE THORIN Associate Librarian for Collections Services WINSTON TABB Associate Librarian for Constituent Services DONALD C. CURRAN Associate Librarian for Cultural Affairs CAROLYN THOMPSON BROWN Associate Librarian for Human Resources LLOYD A. PAULS Services Director, Congressional Research Service DANIEL MULHOLLAN Register of and Associate Librarian MARYBETH PETERS for Services Law Librarian RUBENS MEDINA General Counsel JOHN J. KOMINSKI Inspector General JOHN W. RENSBARGER Chief, Loan Division L. CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT of Congress Trust Fund Board Chairman (Librarian of Congress) JAMES H. BILLINGTON (Secretary of the Treasury) ROBERT E. RUBIN 54 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL

(U.S. Senator from Oregon and Chairman, Joint MARK O. HATFIELD Committee on the Library) Appointive Members EDWIN L. COX, ADELE HALL, , ARTHUR ORTENBERG,P ETER LYNCH, LAURENCE TISCH,T HOMAS S. FOLEY

The is the of the United States, offering diverse materials for research including the world’s most extensive collections in many areas such as American history, music, and law.

The Library of Congress was established Hemisphere of books printed before by act of , 1800 (2 Stat. 56), 1501 A.D. appropriating $5,000 ‘‘for the purchase The manuscript collections relate to of such books as may be necessary for manifold aspects of American history the use of Congress....’’ The Library’s and civilization, and include the scope of responsibility has been widened personal of most of the Presidents by subsequent legislation (2 U.S.C. 131– from through Calvin 168d). The Librarian, appointed by the Coolidge. The music collections contain President with the of volumes and pieces—manuscript and the Senate, directs the Library. published—from classic works to the Supported mainly by the newest popular compositions. Other appropriations of Congress, the Library materials available for research include also uses income from funds received maps and views; photographic records from foundations and other private from the daguerreotype to the latest sources and administered by the Library news photo; recordings, including of Congress Trust Fund Board, as well as folksongs and other music, speeches, monetary gifts presented for direct and poetry readings; prints, drawings, application (2 U.S.C. 154–163). and posters; government documents, Under the organic law, the Library’s newspapers, and periodicals from all first responsibility is service to Congress. over the world; and motion pictures, As the Library has developed, its range , and audio and video tapes. of service has come to include the entire Reference Resources Admission to the governmental establishment and the various research facilities of the Library public at large, making it a national is free. No introduction or credentials library for the United States. are required for persons over high school age. Readers must submit appropriate Activities photo identification with a current Collections The Library’s extensive address and, for certain collections, like collections are universal in scope. They those of the Manuscript, Rare Book and include books, serials, and pamphlets on Special Collections, and Motion Picture, every subject and in a multitude of Broadcasting and Recorded Sound languages and research materials, in Divisions, there are additional many formats, including maps, requirements. As demands for service to photographs, manuscripts, motion Congress and Federal Government pictures, and sound recordings. Among agencies increase, reference service them are the most comprehensive available through correspondence has collections of Chinese, Japanese, and become limited. The Library must Russian language books outside Asia and decline some requests and refer the former ; volumes correspondents to a library within their relating to science and legal materials area that can provide satisfactory outstanding for American and foreign assistance. While priority is given to law; the world’s largest collection of inquiries pertaining to its holdings of published aeronautical literature; and the special materials or to subjects in which most extensive collection in the Western its resources are unique, the Library does LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 55 LAW LIBRARY LAW LIBRARY LAW SERVICES DIRECTORATE LEGAL RESEARCH DIRECTORATE FOR DIVERSITY SENIOR ADVISOR SERVICES COMPLAINTS OFFICE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIAL PROGRAMS OFFICE DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTER HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTORATE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY OFFICE OF PROGRAMS OFFICE OF THE COMMUNICATIONS VISITOR SERVICES GENERAL COUNSEL OFFICE OF SCHOLARLY AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS CULTURAL AFFAIRS CULTURAL GLOBAL LIBRARY PROJECT OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMS OFFICE OFFICE OF THE RECEIVING AND INFORMATION AND LICENSING DIVISION EXAMINING DIVISION REFERENCE DIVISION CATALOGING DIVISION PROCESSING DIVISION INSPECTOR GENERAL OFFICE OF THE REGISTER COPYRIGHT OFFICE SERVICES DIRECTORATE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION CONGRESS THE DEPUTY LIBRARIAN OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS SCIENCE POLICY CONGRESSIONAL WELFARE DIVISION RESEARCH DIVISION REFERENCE DIVISION ECONOMICS DIVISION CONGRESSIONAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT DIVISION EDUCATION AND PUBLIC AMERICAN LAW DIVISION OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR DIRECTORATE RESEARCH SERVICE LIBRARY SERVICES DIVISION NATIONAL DEFENSE DIVISION ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY DIVISION LIBRARY OF CONGRESS FINANCIAL SERVICES DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OFFICE INTEGRATED SUPPORT FEDERAL LIBRARY AND LIBRARY DISTRIBUTION SERVICES DIRECTORATE SERVICES DIRECTORATE MANAGEMENT II DIRECTORATE CONGRESSIONAL CONSTITUENT SERVICES RELATIONS OFFICE RELATIONS PUBLIC SERVICE AND COLLECTION INFORMATION CENTER COMMITTEE NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE PERSONNEL SECURITY BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED OFFICE CHIEF OF STAFF COLLECTIONS POLICY SERVICES DIRECTORATE CATALOGING DIRECTORATE ACQUISITIONS AND SUPPORT PRESERVATION DIRECTORATE MANAGEMENT I DIRECTORATE COLLECTIONS SERVICES PUBLIC SERVICE AND COLLECTION 56 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL attempt to provide helpful responses to of the Library of Congress data base and all inquirers. is distributed through the MARC Copyrights Since 1870 the Library has Distribution Service; been responsible for copyrights, which —a cataloging-in-publication program are registered by the Copyright Office in cooperation with American publishers (acts of July 8, 1870 (16 Stat. 212–217), for printing cataloging information in February 19, 1897 (29 Stat. 545), March current books; 4, 1909, as amended and codified (35 —the National Serials Data Program, a Stat. 1075), and October 19, 1976, as national center that maintains a record amended and codified (90 Stat. 2541)). of serial titles to which International All copyrightable works, whether Standard Serial Numbers have been published or unpublished, are subject to assigned and serves, with this file, as the a system of statutory protection that United States Register; and gives the copyright owner certain —the development of general schemes exclusive rights, including the right to of classification (Library of Congress and reproduce the copyrighted work and Dewey Decimal), subject headings, and distribute it to the public by sale, rental, cataloging, embracing the entire field of lease, or lending. Works of authorship printed matter. include books, periodicals, and other Furthermore, the Library provides for: —the preparation of bibliographical literary works, including computer lists responsive to the needs of programs, musical compositions, song Government and research; lyrics, dramas and dramatico-musical —the maintenance and the compositions, pictorial, graphic, and publication of The National Union sculptural works, architectural works, Catalogs and other cooperative pantomimes and choreographic works, publications; motion pictures and other audiovisual —the publication of catalogs, works, and sound recordings. bibliographical guides, and lists, and of Extension of Service The Library texts of original manuscripts and rare extends its service through: books in the Library of Congress; —an interlibrary loan system; —the circulation in traveling —the photoduplication, at reasonable exhibitions of items from the Library’s cost, of books, manuscripts, maps, collections; newspapers, and prints in its collections; —the provision of books in braille and —the sale of sound recordings, which ‘‘talking book’’ records, as well as books are released by its Recording Laboratory; —the exchange of duplicates with on tape, for the blind and the physically other institutions; handicapped through 142 cooperating —the sale of printed catalog cards and throughout the United States; magnetic tapes and the publication in —the distribution of its electronic book format or of cumulative materials via the Internet, including more catalogs, which make available the than 40 million bilbiographic records, results of the expert bibliographical and summaries of congressional bills, cataloging work of its technical copyright registrations, bibliographies personnel; and research guides, summaries of —a centralized cataloging program foreign laws, an index of Southeast Asian whereby the Library of Congress POW/MIA documents, and selections acquires material published all over the from the Library’s unique historical world, catalogs it promptly, and collections—the Library’s major distributes cataloging information in contribution to the National Digital machine-readable form as well as by Library— via LC WEB (http:// printed cards and other means to the www.loc.gov); online public legislative Nation’s libraries; information through Thomas (http:// —a cooperative cataloging program .loc.gov); major exhibits from the whereby the cataloging of data, by name past 3 years using either file transfer authority and bibliographic records, protocol (ftp.loc.gov), LC Marvel prepared by other libraries becomes part (marvel.loc.gov), or LC Web; pointers to LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 57 external Internet resources including and the Library Services Division. These extensive international, national, State, divisions provide reference, and local government information and bibliographic, and other informational an international electronic library of services to Congress and CRS staff using resources arranged by ‘‘LC’’ subject both traditional and techniques and headings; and sophisticated computerized systems. CRS —the provision of research and creates and maintains a number of analytical services on a fee-for-service specialized reading lists for Members of basis to agencies in the executive and Congress and their staffs, and judicial branches. disseminates other materials of interest. Congressional Research Service The The Service maintains those parts of Congressional Research Service (CRS) the Library of Congress’ automated serves the Congress. The Service information system that cover legislative provides objective, nonpartisan research, matters, including digests of all public analysis, and informational support to bills and briefing papers on major assist Congress in its legislative, legislative issues. CRS administrative oversight, and representative functions. offices include Special Programs, CRS evolved from the Legislative Operations, Policy, Research Reference Service, whose statutory Coordination, and the Director’s office. authority dates back to the Legislative In addition to responding to individual Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended requests for information and analysis, (2 U.S.C. 72a note), and the Legislative CRS anticipates congressional needs for Reorganization Act of 1970, as amended research and develops and presents (2 U.S.C. 166), authorizing increased seminars that provide a forum for emphasis on in-depth research and discussion among Members of Congress analysis. Its mandate has grown over the and their staffs, CRS specialists, and years in response to the increasing scope nationally recognized experts on of public policy issues on the important legislative issues. Audio and congressional agenda. The Service’s staff visual materials on a variety of topics of anticipates and responds to congressional interest are also produced congressional information and policy and aired on the congressional cable analysis needs in an interdisciplinary television system. A language service manner. For the last several years, the section provides a variety of foreign Service has answered more than one-half language services, including translations. million requests annually. For further information, call 202–707–7904. CRS provides timely and objective information and analysis in response to American Folklife Center The Center, congressional inquiries at every stage of which was established in the Library of the legislative process concerning Congress by act of January 2, 1976 (20 subject areas relevant to policy issues U.S.C. 2102 et seq.), has a coordinative before Congress. The CRS director, function both in and outside the Federal assisted by a management team, Establishment to carry out appropriate oversees and coordinates the work of programs to support, preserve, and seven research divisions, which span a present American folklife through such range of public policy subjects and activities as receiving and maintaining disciplines. These divisions contain folklife collections, scholarly research, scholars and experts in the following field projects, performances, exhibitions, broad areas: American law, economics, festivals, workshops, publications, and environment and natural resources audiovisual presentations. The Center is policy, foreign affairs and national directed by a Board of Trustees defense, government, and science consisting of four members appointed by policy. The highest level researchers are the President from Federal agencies; four senior specialists, with national and each appointed by the President pro international recognition in their fields. tempore of the Senate and the Speaker CRS contains two reference divisions— of the House from private life; and five the Congressional Reference Division ex officio members, including: the 58 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL

Librarian of Congress, the Secretary of et seq.), to stimulate public interest in the , the books, reading, and libraries, and to Chairmen of the National Endowment encourage the study of books and print for the Arts and the National Endowment culture. The Center is a catalyst for for the Humanities, and the Director of promoting and exploring the vital role of the Center. books, reading, and libraries—nationally The Center has conducted projects in and internationally. As a partnership many locations across the country, such between the Government and the private as the ethnic communities of Chicago, sector, the Center for the Book depends IL; southern Georgia; a ranching on tax-deductible contributions from community in northern Nevada; the Blue individuals and corporations to support Ridge Parkway in southern and its programs. northern North Carolina; and the States The Center’s activities are directed of New Jersey, Rhode Island, and toward the general public and scholars. Montana. The projects have provided The overall program includes reading large collections of recordings and and promotion projects with television photographs, for the Archive of Folk and radio networks, symposia, lectures, Culture. The Center administers the exhibitions, special events, and Federal Cylinder Project, which is publications. The 1995–96 national charged with preserving and reading promotion theme is Shape Your disseminating music and oral traditions Future—READ! More than 120 national recorded on wax cylinders dating from educational and civic organizations are the late 1800’s to the early 1940’s. A participating in the campaign. cultural conservation study was Since 1984, 29 States have established developed at the Center, in cooperation with the Department of the Interior, statewide book centers that are affiliated pursuant to a congressional mandate. with the Center for the Book in the Various conferences, workshops, and Library of Congress. State centers plan symposia are given throughout the year. and fund their own projects, involving A series of outdoor concerts of members of the State’s ‘‘community of traditional music are scheduled monthly the book,’’ including authors, readers, at the Library, April through September. prominent citizens, and public officials The Folklife Center News, a quarterly who serve as honorary advisors. newsletter, and other informational For further information, call 202–707–5221. publications are available upon request. The Government Printing Office sells National Preservation Program The additional Center publications. Library provides technical information The American Folklife Center related to the preservation of library and maintains and administers the Archive of archival material. A series of leaflets on Folk Culture, an extensive collection of various preservation and conservation ethnographic materials from this country topics has been prepared by the and around the world. It is the national Preservation Office. Information and repository for folk-related recordings, publications are available from the manuscripts, and other unpublished Library of Congress, National materials. The Center’s reading room Preservation Program Office, contains over 3,500 books and Washington, DC 20540–4540.. Phone, periodicals; a sizable collection of 202–707–1840. magazines, newsletters, unpublished National Board The theses, and dissertations; field notes; and National Film Preservation Board, many textual and some musical established by the National Film transcriptions and recordings. Preservation Act of 1992 (2 U.S.C. 179b), serves as a public advisory group For further information, call 202–707–6590. to the Librarian of Congress. The Board Center for the Book The Center was consists of 36 members and alternates established in the Library of Congress by representing the many parts of the act of October 13, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 171 diverse American film industry, film LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 59 archives, scholars, and others. As its Landover Center Annex, 1701 Brightseat primary mission, the Board works to Road, Landover, MD 20785. Phone, ensure the survival, conservation, and 202–707–8717. increased public availability of America’s Copyright Services Information about film heritage, including: advising the the copyright law (title 17 of the United Librarian on the annual selection of films States Code), the method of securing to the and, copyright, and registration procedures counseling the Librarian on development may be obtained by writing to the and implementation of the national film Library of Congress, Copyright Office, preservation plan. Key publications are Washington, DC 20559–6000. Phone, Film Preservation 1993: A Study of the 202–707–3000. Copyright information is Current State of American Film also available over Internet: Telnet to Preservation (4 volumes, 748 pages) and marvel.loc.gov and login as ‘‘marvel’’ to Redefining Film Preservation: A National access system. Registration application Plan (79 pages). Phone, 202–707–6240. forms may be ordered by calling the forms hotline at 202–707–9100. Reports Sources of Information on copyright facts found in the records Books for the Blind and Physically of the Copyright Office may be obtained Handicapped Talking and braille books for a fee of $20 an hour; any member of and magazines are distributed through the public, however, may use without 142 regional and subregional libraries to charge the Copyright Card Catalog in the blind and physically handicapped Copyright Office. Copyright Office residents of the United States and its records in machine-readable form territories. Information is available at cataloged from January 1, 1978, to the public libraries throughout the United present are available over Internet. States and from the headquarters office, Telnet to locis.loc.gov or gain access Library of Congress, National Library through LC MARVEL by telnetting Service for the Blind and Physically marvel.loc.gov and login as ‘‘marvel’’ to Handicapped, 1291 Taylor Street NW., access system. The Copyright Washington, DC 20542–5300. Phone, Information Office is located in Room 202–707–5100. LM–401, Memorial Cataloging Data Distribution Building, 101 Independence Avenue SE., Cataloging and bibliographic information Washington, DC 20559–6000, and is in the form of printed catalog cards, open to the public Monday–Friday, 8:30 microfiche catalogs, book catalogs, a.m. to 5:00 p.m. eastern time, except magnetic tapes, CD–ROM databases, Federal holidays. bibliographies, and other technical Employment Employment inquiries and publications is distributed to libraries applications (on Standard Form 171, and other institutions. Information about Application for Federal Employment) ordering materials is available from the should be directed to the Library of Library of Congress, Cataloging Congress, Human Resources Services Distribution Service, Washington, DC Operations Office, Washington, DC 20541–5210. Phone, 202–707–6100. 20540–2200. Potential applicants are TDD, 202–707–0012. Fax, 202–707– encouraged to visit the Employment 1334. Internet: [email protected]. Office, Room LM–107, 101 Library of Congress card numbers for Independence Avenue SE., where current new publications are assigned by the vacancy announcements and application Cataloging in Publication Division. forms are available. The Human Direct inquiries to Library of Congress, Resources hotline provides recorded CIP Division, Washington, DC 20540– information on career opportunities. 4320. Phone, 202–707–6372. Phone, 202–707–4315. Contracts Persons seeking to do Photoduplication Service Copies of business with the Library of Congress manuscripts, prints, photographs, maps, should contact the Library of Congress, and book material not subject to Contracts and Logistics Services, copyright and other restrictions are 60 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL available for a fee. Order forms for Technology Division answer without photoreproduction and price schedules charge brief technical inquiries entailing are available from the Library of a bibliographic response. Of special Congress, Photoduplication Service, interest is a technical report collection Washington, DC 20540–5230. Phone, exceeding 3.4 million titles. Most of 202–707–5640. these are in microform and are readily Publications A list of Library of accessible for viewing in the Science Congress Publications in Print, many of Reading Room. Requests for reference which are of interest to the general service should be directed to the Library public, is available free upon request to of Congress, Science and Technology Library of Congress, Office Systems Division, Washington, DC 20540–5580. Services, Washington, DC 20540–5440. Phone, 202–707–5522. A monthly Calendar of Events, listing An informal series of reference guides programs and exhibitions at the Library is issued by the Science and Technology of Congress, can be mailed regularly to Division under the general title LC persons within 100 miles of Washington, Science Tracer Bullet. These guides are DC 20540–5440. Make requests to designed to help a reader locate Library of Congress, Office Systems published material on a subject about Services, Washington, DC 20540–5441. which he or she has only general Reference and Bibliographic Services knowledge. For a list of available titles, Guidance is offered to readers in the write to the Library of Congress, Science identification and use of the material in and Technology Division, Reference the Library’s collections, and reference Section, Washington, DC 20540–5580. service in answer to inquiries is offered Phone, 202–707–5522. to those who have exhausted local, Research Services in General Topics State, and regional resources. Persons Federal Government agencies can requiring services that cannot be procure directed research and analytical performed by the Library staff can be products using the collections of the supplied with names of of Congress through the Federal researchers who work on a fee basis. Research Division. Science and social Requests for information should be science topics of research are conducted directed to the Library of Congress, by staff specialists exclusively on behalf National Reference Service, Washington, of Federal agencies on a fee-for-service DC 20540–5570. Phone, 202–707– basis. Requests for service should be 5522. Fax, 202–707–1389. directed to Library of Congress, Federal Research and Reference Services in Research Division, Marketing Office, Science and Technology Reference Washington, DC 20540–5220. Phone, specialists in the Science and 202–707–9904. Fax, 202–245–5290.

For further information, contact the Public Affairs Office, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20540–8610. Phone, 202–707–2905. Fax, 202–707–9199.

OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT 1 600 SE., Washington, DC 20510–8025 Phone, 202–224–8713 Director ROGER C. HERDMAN Executive Assistant to the Director BARBARA LINKINS Director, Congressional Affairs JAMES JENSEN Director, Press Affairs JEAN K. MCDONALD

1 This Office will become inactive on September 30, 1995.