LUNCHEON SUGGESTIONS

The Capitol and Congressional office buildings contain cafeterias, lunch counters, and snack bars. Check with Capitol police for specific locations. Seating may be crowded, and at certain times is restricted to employees only. Early hours are often best. The main Hill cafeterias are listed below with the times of public operation.

HOURS OF OPERATION HOURS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC (approx.)

Capitol Coffee Shop 7:30-3:30 11:45-1:15

Cannon Carry Out 8:00-5:00

Dirksen Cafeteria 7:30-3:30 10:00-11:00; 12:00-1:30

Dirksen Luncheon Buffet 11:30-2:30

Hart Carry Out (Senate Chef) 7:30-7:00

Longworth Cafeteria 7:30-2:30 11:45-1:15

Longworth Carry Out 8:00-4:00

Rayburn Cafeteria 7:30-2:30 11:45-1:15

Rayburn Carry Out 8:00-4:00

Russell Coffee Shop 7:30-3:25

Supreme Court Cafeteria 7:30-2:00 10:30-11:30; 12:00-12:15; 1:00-1:10

Supreme Court Snack Bar 10:30-3:30 12:10-12:30; 1:10-1:30

Other Restaurants: A variety of sandwich shops and restaurants are within walking distance of the Hill. From the House side, go up Independence Ave. to the first few blocks of Pennsylvania Ave., SE. From the Senate side, go to 2nd & D Sts., NE, and to the 200 block of Ave. , NE. Also from the Senate side is Union Station (1st St. & Massachusetts Ave., NE) which has several restaurants and a Food Court on the lower level that is devoted to a wide variety of food counters.

American Library Association, Washington Office, 202/547-4440 March 1990 SCHEDULE

NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK LEGISLATIVE DAY Tuesday, April 24, 1990 Washington, D. c.

Monday, April 23 8:30 a.m. - •S:00 p.m. Infot1nation Folder Pickup, ALA Washington Office, 110 Maryland Avenue, N. E, Suite 203 (enter at 100 Maryland Avenue side)

Tuesday, April 24 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Information Folder Pickup, outside Dirksen Senate Auditorium, Room G-50 (enter at 1st & c, NE)

8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Briefing, Dirksen Senate Auditorium Instructions and information on libsary-related legislation from Eileen o~ Cooke, Director, ALA Washington Office; Susan Frost, Executive Director, Conunittee on Education Funding; and a congressional staff person.

ALL DAY Congressional Office Visits

ALL DAY Hospitality Room, Rayburn, Room 2105 Reserved from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for participants' use to relax and leave coats and luggage.

Noon - 1:00 p.m. Repeat Briefing, Rayburn, Room 2168 Instructions and information on library-related legislation from Eileen D. Cooke, Director, ALA Washington Office and a congressional staff person.

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. State Coordinator Wr~p-up Session, Rayburn, Room 2105 General discussion of the day's events and informal reports by state coordinators on their partici­ pants' meetings with legislators and aides.

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Congressional Reception, Rayburn, First-Floor Foyer

Sponsors: American Library Association, District of Columbia Library Association, Special Libraries Association, participating state library/media associations, and other contributing organizations.

(over) WAYS TO COMMUNICATE WITH LEGISLATORS

PERSONAL VISITS. Face to face discussion is the m:>st effective rreans of carmunication, arrl essential to the establishment of a solid working re­ lationship if you do not already kn:,w each other. A rreeting is m:>re easily arranged early in a session, before pressures build up.

All legislators have one or m:>re district offices. Visits there will often be m:>re convenient for you than in Washington. Manbers of Congress return pericxlically (check with the district office), during Con:Jressional r~sses, arrl between sessions.

Constituents are always welcare in Washington. Be &rre you have a finn appointment. Use the district office to make local or capitol appointments. (Get to know district staffs: secretaries arrl administrative assistants. Close working relationships will benefit in many ways.) Take along others -- library director, trustee, Frierrl, representative of a ccmnunity organization, citizen activist. Keep the delegation small enough for an easy exchange of viewpoints with the legislator. Leave your card arrl any written infonnation you may have prepared. FollCM up with a letter of appreciation for the ti.loo given to you, arrl include any additional infonnation suggested by the visit.

...... TELEPHCNE CALLS. Once you have made the acquaintance of your representative, ~ telephone calls are appropriate arrl easy. Make than sparingly to the ~ legislator, woose ti.loo is heavily occupied. (Regular oontact with staff is possible arrl desirable.) Telepoon~ to ask support before a hearing or floor vote; _to ask for help with legislative colleagues; to convey urgent local ooncern. Judge how far to p.rrsue by the reaction. Remember that it is m:>re difficult for a legislator to tefnEx)rize in a conversation than by letter.

LETl'ERS, LETl'ERS, I.EITERS. These are the chief fuel which ~s any ~ legislative vehicle. They are read. They elicit responses. They -~ represent votes. (F.ach letter writer is deaned to represent several like-mimed if less highly m:>tivated oonstituents.)

Letters may be fonnal or infonnal, typewritten or harrlwritten. They should be canp::>sed by you, giving your reasons for your position (arrl giving the legislator reasons to support it). If you are asking support for a particular bill, cite it by number arrl autix:,r, arrl give its title or subject matter.

TELEX}RAMS & MAII.GRAMS. These are fast, easy ways to ccmnunicate with legislators when the need for action is critical: just prior to a ccmnittee or floor vote. Use Western Union's nationwide toll-free telepoone number: 800-325-6000. Various la,, rates are available. * * * FIVE BASIC RI.JI.ES FOR EE'r .ECl'IVE COMJNICATICN

1. Be Brief. A legislator's time is limited. So is yours. 2. Be Appreciative. AckrrMledge past support, arrl oonvey thanks for current action. 3. Be Specific. Refer to local library arrl district needs. 4. Be Infonnative. Give reasons why a measure sh:>uld be supported. 5. Be Courteous. Ask; do oot demarrl or threaten. Be positive but polite.

AL-. Washington Office, with thanks to Library Association. The most frequently used, correct forms of address are:

To your Senator: To your Representative: The Honorable (full name) The Honorable (full name) Senate U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20510 Washington, D.C. 20515

"Sincerely yours" is in good taste as a complimentary close. Remember to sign your given name and surname. If you use a title in your signature, be sure to enclose it in parentheses. Forms similar to the above, addressed to your state capital, are appropriate for your state representatives and senators. Where possible use your official letterhead. If this is not in order, and you write as an individual, use plain white bond paper, and give your official title following your signature as a means of identification and to indicate your competency to speak on the subject.

DO's DON'Ts 1. Your Legislators like to hear opinions from home and 1. Avoid letters that merely demand or insist on votes tor or want to be kept informed of conditions in the district. against a certain bill; or that say what vote yoµ want but Base your letter on your own pertinent experiences and not why. A letter with no reasoning, good or bad, is not observations. very influential.

2. If writing about a specific bill, describe it by number or its 2. Threats of defeat at the next election are not effective. popular name. Your Legislators have thousands of bills before them in the course of a year, and cannot always 3. Boasts of how influential the writer is are not helpful. take time to figure out to which one you are referring. 4. Do not ask for a vote commitment on a particular bill 3. They appreciate Intelligent, well-thought-out letters before the committee in charge of the subject has had a which present a definite position, even if they do not chance to hear the evidence and make its report. agree. 5. Form letters or letters which include excerpts from other 4. Even more important and valuable to them is a concrete letters on the same subject are not as influential as a statement of the reasons for your position-particularly simple letter drawing on your own experience. if you are writing about a field in which you have specialized knowledge. Representatives have to vote on 6. Congressional courtesy requires Legislators to refer let­ many matters with which they have had little or no first­ ters from non-constituents to the proper offices, so you hand experience. Some of the most valuable information should generally confine your letter-writing to members they receive comes from facts presented in letters from of your state's delegation or members of the committee people who have knowledge In the field. specifically considering the bill.

5. Short letters are almost always best. Members of Con­ 7. Do not engage in letter-writing overkill. Quality, not quan­ gress receive many, many letters each day, and a long tity, is what counts. one may not get as prompt a reading as a brief statement.

6. Letters should be timed to arrive while the issue is alive. Members of the committee considering the bill will ap­ preciate having your views while the bill is ripe for study and action.

7. Don't forget to follow through with a thank-you letter.

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------* Visitors· Entrance to the Office Bldgs. SENATORS OFFICE ROOM NUMBERS are * Entrances for Members. Staff, Accredited prefaced by "S" and the first letter * Press, Building Access Card Holders, and of the building name with the following Visitors w ith Business Appointments only number being the floor. • Barrier-free Entrances for Handicapped REPRESENTATIVES OFFICE ROOM NUMBERS with three digits are in the Cannon; M = Capitol South Subway Stop 1 Four digits beginnning with one are in 1st and C St. SE the Longworth; Four digits beginning with two are in the Rayburn. M = Union Station Subway Stop 2 Five block walk 101st CONGRESS UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

REPRESENTATIVES

(Democrats in roman; Republicans in italic; Resident Commissioner and Delegates in boldface) Members who have died or resigned in bold brackets []

[Room numbers with 3 digits are in the Cannon HOB, 4 digits beginning with 1 are in the Longworth HOB, 4 digits beginning with 2 are in the Rayburn HOB, digits beginning with H2 are in HOB Annex 2) [Capitol room numbers begin with SB, ST, HB, HT with 2 digit and begin with H or S with 3 digits] [Washington, D.C. 20515)

Compiled by DONNALD K. ANDERSON, Clerk of the House

Name *Phone Room Name *Phone Room Ackerman, Gary L. (NY) ...... 52601 238 Bosco, Douglas H. (CA) ...... 53311 225 Akaka, Daniel K. (HI)...... 54906 2301 Boucher, Rick (VA) ...... 53861 428 Alexander, Bill (AR) ...... 54076 233 Boxer, Barbara (CA) ...... 55161 307 Anderson, Glenn M. (CA) ...... 56676 2329 Brennan, Joseph E. (ME) ...... 56116 1428 Andrews, Michael A. (TX) ...... 57508 322 Brooks, Jack (TX) ...... 56565 2449 Annunzio, Frank (IL) ...... 56661 2303 Broomfield, Wm. S. (MI) ...... 56135 2306 Anthony, Beryl, Jr. (AR) ...... 53772 1117 Browder, Glen (AL) ...... 53261 1630 Applegate, Douglas (OH)...... 56265 2183 Brown, George E., Jr. (CA) ...... 56161 2188 Archer, Bill (TX)...... 52571 1236 Brown, Hank (CO) ...... 54676 1424 Armey, Richard K. (TX) ...... 57772 130 Bruce, Terry L. (IL)...... 55001 419 Asp in, Les (WI)...... 53031 2336 Bryant, John (TX) ...... 52231 208 Atkins, Chester G. (MA) ...... 53411 504 Buechner, Jack (MO) ...... 52561 502 AuCoin, Les (OR) ...... 50855 2159 Bunning, Jim (KY) ...... 53465 116 Baker, Richard H (LA)...... 53901 404 Burton, Dan (IN) ...... 52276 120 Ballenger, Cass (NC) ...... 52576 218 Bustamante, Albert G. (TX) ...... 54511 1116 Barnard, Doug, Jr. (GA) ...... 54101 2227 Byron, Beverly B. (MD) ...... 52721 2430 Bartlett, Steve (TX) ...... 54201 1113 Callahan, Sonny (AL) ...... 54931 1232 Barton, Joe (TX) ...... 52002 1225 Campbell, Ben Nighthorse (CO) ...... 54761 1724 Bateman, Herbert H (VA) ...... 54261 1230 Campbell, Tom (CA) ...... 55411 516 Bates, Jim (CA) ...... 55452 224 Cardin, Benjamin L. (MD) ...... 54016 507 Beilenson, Anthony C. (CA)...... 55911 1025 Carper, Thomas R. (DE) ...... 54165 131 Bennett, Charles E. (FL) ...... 52501 2107 Carr, Bob (MI) ...... 54872 2439 Bentley, Helen Delich (MD)...... 53061 1610 Chandler, Rod (WA) ...... 57761 223 Bereuter, Doug (NE) ...... 54806 2446 Chapman, Jim (TX) ...... 53035 236 Berman, Howard L. (CA) ...... 54695 137 Clarke, James McClure (NC) ...... 56401 217 Bevill, Tom (AL) ...... 54876 2302 Clay, William (Bill) (MO) ...... 52406 2470 Bilbray, James H. (NV) ...... 55965 319 Clement, Bob (TN) ...... 54311 325 Bilirakis, Michael (FL) ...... 55755 1530 Clinger, William F., Jr. (PA) ...... 55121 2160 Blaz, Ben Garrido (GU) ...... 51188 1130 Coble, Howard (NC) ...... 53065 430 Bliley, Thomas J., Jr. (VA) ...... 52815 2448 Coleman, E. Thomas (MO) ...... 57041 2468 Boehlert, Sherwood L. (NY) ...... 53665 1127 Coleman, Ronald D. (TX) ...... 54831 440 Boggs, Lindy (Mrs. Hale) (LA)...... 56636 2353 Collins, Cardiss (IL) ...... 55006 2264 Bonior, David E. (MI) ...... 52106 2242 Combest, Larry (TX) ...... 54005 1527 Borski, Robert A. (PA) ...... 58251 314 Condit, Gary (CA) ...... 56131 1729 (Rev. 03/23/90)

*DIALING INSTRUCTIONS: Calls from the public may be made direct by dialing 22 plus the five-digit number of the telephone number listed (preceded by the area code 202, where appropriate). Direct-dialed calls bypass the Capitol operator. REPRESENTATIVES

Name Phone Room Name Phone Room Conte, Silvio 0. (MA)...... 55335 2300 Feighan, Edward F. (OH) ...... 55731 1124 Conyers, John, Jr. (MI) ...... 55126 2426 Fields, Jack (TX)...... 54901 108 Cooper, J"im (TN) ...... 56831 125 Fish, Hamilton, Jr. (NY) ...... 55441 2269 Costello, Jerry F. (IL) ...... 55661 315 Flake, Floyd H. (NY) ...... 53461 1427 Coughlin, Lawrence (PA) ...... 56111 2309 Flippo, Ronnie G. (AL) ...... 54801 2334 Courter, Jim (NJ)...... 55801 2422 [Florio, James J.] (NJ) ...... 56501 1229 Cox, C. Christopher (CA) ...... 55611 510 Foglietta, Thomas M. (PA) ...... 54731 231 Coyne, William J. (PA) ...... 52301 2455 Foley, Thomas S. (WA) ...... 52006 1201 Craig, Larry E. (ID) ...... 56611 1034 Ford, Harold E. (TN)...... 53265 2305 Crane, Philip M (IL)...... 53711 1035 Ford, William D. (MI) ...... 56261 239 Crockett, Geo. W., Jr. (MI) ...... 52261 2235 Frank, Barney (MA) ...... 55931 1030 Dannemeyer, William E. (CA) ...... 54111 2351 Frenzel, Bill (MN)...... 52871 1026 Darden, George (Buddy) (GA) ...... 52931 228 Frost, Martin (TX)...... 53605 2459 Davis, Robert W (MI) ...... 54735 2417 Fuster, Jaime B. (PR) ...... 52615 427 DeFazio, Peter A. (OR) ...... 56416 1233 Gallegly, Elton (CA) ...... 55811 107 de la Garza, E (TX) ...... 52531 1401 Gallo, Dean A. (NJ)...... 55034 1318 DeLay, Tom (TX) ...... 55951 308 Gaydos, Joseph M. (PA) ...... 54631 2186 Dellums, Ronald V. (CA) ...... 52661 2136 Gejdenson, Sam (CT) ...... 52076 1410 de Lugo, Ron (VI) ...... 51790 2238 Gekas, George W (PA)...... 54315 1519 Derrick, Butler (SC)...... 55301 201 Gephardt, Richard A. (MO)...... 52671 1432 De Wine, Michael (OH)...... 54324 1705 Geren, Pete (TX) ...... 55071 1730 Dickinson, William L. (AL) ...... 52901 2406 Gibbons, Sam (FL) ...... 53376 2204 Dicks, Norman D. (WA) ...... 55916 2429 Gillmor, Paul E. (OH)...... 56405 1008 Dingell, John D. (MI) ...... 54071 2221 Gilman, Benjamin A. (NY) ...... 53776 2185 Dixon, Julian C. (CA) ...... 57084 2400 Gingrich, Newt (GA) ...... 54501 2438 Donnelly, Brian J. (MA) ...... 53215 2229 Glickman, Dan (KS) ...... 56216 1212 Dorgan, Byron L. (ND) ...... 52611 109 Gonzalez, Henry B. (TX) ...... 53236 2413 Dornan, Robert K. (CA)...... 52965 301 Goodling, William F. (PA) ...... 55836 2263 Douglas, Chuck (NH) ...... 55206 1338 Gordon, Bart (TN)...... 54231 103 Downey, Thomas J. (NY) ...... 53335 2232 Goss, Porter J. (FL) ...... 52536 509 Dreier, David (CA)...... 52305 411 Gradison, Willis D., Jr. (OH) ...... 53164 2311 Duncan, John J., Jr. (TN) ...... 55435 416 Grandy, Fred (IA) ...... 55476 418 Durbin, Richard J. (IL) ...... 55271 129 Grant, Bill (FL)...... 55235 1330 Dwyer, Bernard J. (NJ) ...... 56301 2428 Gray, William H., III (PA) ...... 54001 2454 Dymally, Mervyn M. (CA) ...... 55425 1717 Green, Bill (NY) ...... 52436 1110 Dyson, Roy (MD)...... 55311 326 Guarini, Frank J. (NJ) ...... 52765 2458 Early, Joseph D. (MA) ...... 56101 2349 Gunderson, Steve (WI)...... 55506 227 Eckart, Dennis E. (OH)...... 56331 1111 Hall, Ralph M. (TX) ...... 56673 2236 Edwards, Don (CA) ...... 53072 2307 Hall, Tony P. (OH) ...... 56465 2162 Edwards, Mickey (OK) ...... 52132 2330 Hamilton, Lee H. (IN) ...... 55315 2187 Emerson, Bill (MO) ...... 54404 438 Hammerschmidt, John Paul (AR) ...... 54301 2110 Engel, Eliot L. (NY) ...... 52464 1407 Hancock, Mel (MO) ...... 56536 511 English, Glenn (OK)...... 55565 2206 Hansen, James V. (UT) ...... 50453 2421 Erdreich, Ben (AL) ...... 54921 439 Harris, Claude (AL)...... 52665 1009 Espy, Mike (MS) ...... 55876 216 Hastert, J. Dennis (IL) ...... 52976 515 Evans, Lane (IL)...... 55905 328 Hatcher, Charles (GA) ...... 53631 405 Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. (AS) ...... 58577 413 Hawkins, Augustus F. (CA) ...... 52201 2371 Fascell, Dante B. (FL) ...... 54506 2354 Hayes, Charles A. (IL)...... 54372 1028 Fauntroy, Walter E. (DC) ...... 58050 2135 Hayes, James A. (LA) ...... 52031 503 Fawell, Harris W (IL) ...... 53515 318 Hefley, Joel (CO) ...... 54422 222 Fazio, Vic (CA) ...... 55716 2113 Hefner, W. G. (Bill) (NC) ...... 53715 2161 2 REPRESENTATIVES

Name Phone Room Name Phone Room Henry, Paul B. (MI) ...... 53831 215 Levine, Mel (CA) ...... 56451 132 Herger, Wally (CA) ...... 53076 1108 Lewis, Jerry (CA) ...... 55861 2312 Hertel, Dennis M. (MI) ...... 56276 2442 Lewis, John (GA) ...... 53801 501 Hiler, John (IN) ...... 53915 407 Lewis, Tom (FL) ...... 55792 1216 Hoagland, Peter (NE) ...... 54155 1415 Lightfoot, Jim (IA) ...... 53806 1222 Hochbrueckner, George J. (NY) ...... 53826 124 Lipinski, William 0. (IL) ...... 55701 1032 Holloway, Clyde C. (LA)...... 54926 1206 Livingston, Bob (LA) ...... 53015 2412 Hopkins, Larry J. (KY) ...... 54706 2437 Lloyd, Marilyn (TN) ...... 53271 2266 Horton, Frank (NY) ...... 54916 2108 Long, Jill L. (IN) ...... 54436 1632 Houghton, Amo (NY) ...... 53161 1217 Lowery, Bill (CA) ...... 53201 2433 Hoyer, Steny H. (MD) ...... 54131 1513 Lowey, Nita M. (NY) ...... 56506 1313 Hubbard, Carroll, Jr. (KY) ...... 53115 2267 Luken, Thomas A. (OH) ...... 52216 2368 Huckaby, Jerry (LA) ...... 52376 2182 Lukens, Donald E. "Buz" (OH) ...... 56205 117 Hughes, William J. (NJ) ...... 56572 341 McCandless, Alfred A. (Al) (CA) ...... 55330 435 Hunter, Duncan (CA) ...... 55672 133 McCloskey, Frank (IN) ...... 54636 127 Hutto, Earl (FL) ...... 54136 2435 McCollum, Bill (FL) ...... 52176 2453 Hyde, Henry J. (IL) ...... 54561 2262 McCrery, Jim (LA) ...... 52777 429 Inhofe, James M (OK)...... 52211 408 McCurdy, Dave (OK) ...... 56165 2344 Ireland, Andy (FL) ...... 55015 2416 McDade, Joseph M (PA) ...... 53731 2370 Jacobs, Andrew, Jr. (IN) ...... 54011 2313 McDermott, Jim (WA) ...... 53106 1529 James, Craig T. (FL)...... 54035 1408 McEwen, Bob (OH) ...... 55705 2431 Jenkins, Ed (GA) ...... 55211 2427 McGrath, Raymond J. (NY) ...... 55516 205 Johnson, Nancy L. (CT) ...... 54476 119 McHugh, Matthew F. (NY) ...... 56335 2335 Johnson, Tim (SD) ...... 52801 513 McMillan, J. Alex (NC) ...... 51976 401 Johnston, Harry (FL) ...... 53001 1517 McMillen, C. Thomas (MD) ...... 58090 327 Jones, Ben (GA) ...... 54272 514 McNulty, Michael R. (NY) ...... 55076 1431 Jones, Walter B. (NC) ...... 53101 241 Machtley, Ronald K. (RI) ...... 54911 1123 Jontz, Jim (IN) ...... 55037 1039 Madigan, Edward R. (IL) ...... 52371 2109 Kanjorski, Paul E. (PA) ...... 56511 424 Manton, Thomas J. (NY) ...... 53965 331 Kaptur, Marcy (OH) ...... 54146 1228 Markey, Edward J. (MA) ...... 52836 2133 Kasich, John R. (OH)...... 55355 1133 Marlenee, Ron (MT) ...... 51555 2465 Kastenmeier, Robert W. (WI) ...... 52906 2328 Martin, David O 'B. (NY) ...... 54611 442 Kennedy, Joseph P., II (MA) ...... 55111 1208 Martin, Lynn (IL) ...... 55676 1214 Kennelly, Barbara B. (CT) ...... 52265 204 Martinez, Matthew G. (CA) ...... 55464 240 Kildee, Dale E. (MI) ...... 53611 2239 Matsui, Robert T. (CA) ...... 57163 2419 Kleczka, Gerald D. (WI) ...... 54572 226 Mavroules, Nicholas (MA) ...... 58020 2432 Kolbe, Jim (AZ) ...... 52542 410 Mazzoli, Romano L. (KY) ...... 55401 2246 Kolter, Joe (PA) ...... 52565 212 Meyers, Jan (KS) ...... 52865 1507 Kostmayer, Peter H. (PA) ...... 54276 123 Mfume, Kweisi (MD) ...... 54741 128 Kyl, Jon L. (AZ)...... 53361 313 Michel, Robert H. (IL) ...... 56201 2112 LaFalce, John J. (NY) ...... 53231 2367 Miller, Clarence E. (OH) ...... 55131 2308 Lagomarsino, Robert J. (CA) ...... 53601 2332 Miller, George (CA) ...... , ...... 52095 2228 Lancaster, H. Martin (NC) ...... 53415 1417 Miller, John (WA) ...... 56311 1406 Lantos, Tom (CA) ...... 53531 1526 Mineta, Norman Y. (CA) ...... 52631 2350 Laughlin, Greg (TX) ...... 52831 414 Moakley, John Joseph (MA) ...... 58273 221 Leach, Jim (IA) ...... 56576 1514 Molinari, Susan (NY) ...... 53371 1723 Leath, Marvin (TX) ...... 56105 336 Mollohan, Alan B. (WV) ...... 54172 229 Lehman, Richard H. (CA)...... 54540 1319 Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) (MS) ...... 55031 2184 Lehman, William (FL)...... 54211 2347 Moody, Jim (WI) ...... 53571 1019 Lent, Norman F. (NY)...... 57896 2408 Moorhead, Carlos J. (CA) ...... 54176 2346 Levin, Sander M. (MI) ...... 54961 323 Morella, Constance A. (MD) ...... 55341 1024 3 REPRESENTATIVES

Name Phone Room Name Phone Room Morrison, Bruce A. (CT) ...... 53661 330 Rinaldo, Matthew J (NJ) ...... 55361 2469 Morrison, Sid (WA) ...... 55816 1434 Ritter, Don (PA) ...... 56411 2447 Mrazek, Robert J. (NY) ...... 55956 306 Roberts, Pat (KS) ...... 52715 1323 Murphy, Austin J. (PA) ...... 54665 2210 Robinson, Tommy F (AR) ...... 52506 1541 1 Murtha, John P. (PA) ...... 52065 2423 Roe, Robert A. (NJ) ...... 55751 2243 ) Myers, John T. (IN) ...... 55805 2372 Rogers, Harold (KY) ...... 54601 343 Nagle, David R. (IA) ...... 53301 214 Rohrabacher, Dana (CA) ...... 52415 1017 Natcher, William H. (KY) ...... 53501 2333 Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (FL) ...... 53931 1022 Neal, Richard E. (MA) ...... 55601 437 Rose, Charles (NC) ...... 52731 2230 Neal, Stephen L. (NC) ...... 52071 2463 Rostenkowski, Dan (IL) ...... 54061 2111 Nelson, Bill (FL) ...... 53671 2404 Roth, Toby (WI)...... 55665 2352 Nielson, Howard C. (UT) ...... 57751 1122 Roukema, Marge (NJ) ...... 54465 303 Nowak, Hfmry J. (NY)...... 53306 2240 Rowland, J. Roy (GA) ...... 56531 423 Oakar, Mary Rose (OH) ...... 55871 2231 Rowland, John G. (CT) ...... 53822 329 Oberstar, James L. (MN) ...... 56211 2209 Roybal, Edward R. (CA) ...... 56235 2211 Obey, David R. (WI) ...... 53365 2462 Russo, Marty (IL) ...... 55736 2233 Olin, Jim (VA) ...... 55431 1314 Sabo, Martin Olav (MN) ...... 54755 2201 Ortiz, Solomon P. (TX)...... 577 42 1524 Saiki, Patricia F (HI) ...... 52726 1609 Owens, Major R. (NY)...... 56231 114 Sangmeister, George E. (IL) ...... 53635 1607 Owens, Wayne (UT) ...... 53011 1728 Sarpalius, Bill (TX) ...... 53706 1223 Oxley, Michael G. (OH) ...... 52676 1131 Savage, Gus (IL) ...... 50773 1121 Packard, Ron (CA)...... 53906 434 Sawyer, Thomas C. (OH) ...... 55231 1518 Pallone, Frank, Jr. (NJ) ...... 54671 213 Saxton, Jim (NJ) ...... 54765 324 Panetta, Leon E. (CA) ...... 52861 339 Schaefer, Dan (CO) ...... 57882 1317 Parker, Mike (MS) ...... 55865 1725 Scheuer, James H. (NY) ...... 55471 2466 Parris, Stan (VA) ...... 54376 2434 Schiff, Steven (NM) ...... 56316 1520 Pashayan, Charles, Jr. (CA) ...... 53341 203 Schneider, Claudine (RI) ...... 52735 1512 Patterson, Elizabeth J. (SC) ...... 56030 1641 Schroeder, Patricia (CO) ...... 54431 2208 Paxon, Bill (NY)...... 55265 1711 Schuette, Bill (MI) ...... 53561 415 Payne, Donald M. (NJ) ...... 53436 417 Schulze, Richard T. (PA) ...... 55761 2369 Payne, Lewis F., Jr. (VA) ...... 54711 1118 Schumer, Charles E. (NY) ...... 56616 126 Pease, Donald J. (OH) ...... 53401 2410 Sensenbrenner, F James, Jr. (WI) ...... 55101 2444 Pelosi, Nancy (CA) ...... 54965 1005 Serrano, Jose E. (NY) ...... 54361 1107 Penny, Timothy J. (MN) ...... 52472 436 Sharp, Philip R. (IN) ...... 53021 2217 Perkins, Carl C. (KY)...... 54935 1004 Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. (FL) ...... 53026 2338 Petri, Thomas E. (WI) ...... 52476 2443 Shays, Christopher (CT) ...... 55541 1531 Pickett, Owen B. (VA) ...... 54215 1204 Shumway, Norman D. (CA) ...... 52511 1203 Pickle, J. J. (TX) ...... 54865 242 Shuster, Bud (PA) ...... 52431 2268 Porter, John Edward (IL) ...... 54835 1501 Sikorski, Gerry (MN) ...... 52271 403 Poshard, Glenn (IL) ...... 55201 506 Sisisky, Norman (VA) ...... 56365 426 Price, David E. (NC) ...... 51784 1224 Skaggs, David E. (CO) ...... 52161 1709 Pursell, Carl D. (MI) ...... 54401 1414 Skeen, Joe (NM)...... 52365 1007 Quillen, James H. (Jimmy) (TN) ...... 56356 102 Skelton, Ike (MO) ...... 52876 2134 Rahall, Nick Joe, II (WV) ...... 53452 2104 Slattery, Jim (KS) ...... 56601 1440 Rangel, Charles B. (NY) ...... 54365 2252 Slaughter, D. French, Jr. (VA) ...... 56561 1404 Ravenel, Arthur, Jr. (SC) ...... 53176 508 Slaughter, Louise McIntosh (NY) ...... 53615 1707 Ray, Richard (GA) ...... 55901 425 Smith, Christopher H. (NJ) ...... 53765 2440 Regula, Ralph (OH) ...... 53876 2207 Smith, Denny (OR) ...... 55711 1213 Rhodes, John J , III (AZ)...... 52635 412 Smith, Lamar S. (TX) ...... 54236 422 Richardson, Bill (NM) ...... 56190 332 Smith, Lawrence J. (FL) ...... 57931 113 Ridge, Thomas J (PA)...... 55406 1714 Smith, Neal (IA) ...... 54426 2373 4 REPRESENTATIVES

Name Phone Room Name Phone Room Smith, Peter (VT) ...... 54115 1020 Traxler, Bob (MI) ...... 52806 2366 Smith, Robert C. (NH)...... 55456 115 Udall, Morris K. (AZ) ...... 54065 235 Smith, Robert F. (Bob) (OR) ...... 56730 118 Unsoeld, Jolene (WA) ...... 53536 1508 Smith, Virginia (NE)...... 56435 2202 Upton, Frederick S. (MI) ...... 53761 1713 Snowe, Olympia J. (ME)...... 56306 2464 Valentine, Tim (NC) ...... 54531 1510 Solarz, Stephen J. (NY) ...... 52361 1536 Vander Jagt, Guy (MI) ...... 53511 2409 Solomon, Gerald B. H (NY) ...... 55614 2265 Vento, Bruce F. (MN) ...... 56631 2304 Spence, Floyd (SC)...... 52452 2405 Visclosky, Peter J. (IN) ...... 52461 420 Spratt, John M., Jr. (SC) ...... 55501 1533 Volkmer, Harold L. (MO) ...... 52956 2411 Staggers, Harley 0., Jr. (WV) ...... 54331 1504 Vucanovich, Barbara F. (NV) ...... 56155 206 Stallings, Richard H. (ID) ...... 55531 1221 Walgren, Doug (PA) ...... 52135 2241 Stangeland, Arlan (MN) ...... 52165 2245 Walker, Robert S. (PA) ...... 52411 2445 Stark, Fortney Pete (CA) ...... 55065 1125 Walsh, James T. (NY)...... 53701 1238 Stearns, Cliff (FL)...... 557 44 1207 Washington, Craig A. (TX) ...... 53816 1631 Stenholm, Charles W. (TX) ...... 56605 1226 Watkins, Wes (OK) ...... 54565 2348 Stokes, Louis (OH) ...... 57032 2365 Waxman, Henry A. (CA) ...... 53976 2418 Studds, Gerry E. (MA) ...... 53111 237 Weber, Vin (MN) ...... 52331 106 Stump, Bob (AZ) ...... 54576 211 Weiss, Ted (NY) ...... 55635 2467 Sundquist, Don (TN) ...... 52811 230 Weldon, Curt (PA)...... 52011 316 Swift, Al (WA) ...... 52605 1502 Wheat, Alan (MO) ...... 54535 1210 Synar, Mike (OK) ...... 52701 2441 Whittaker, Bob (KS) ...... 53911 2436 Tallon, Robin (SC) ...... 53315 432 Whitten, Jamie L. (MS) ...... 54306 2314 Tanner, John S. (TN) ...... 54714 512 Williams, Pat (MT) ...... 53211 2457 Tauke, Thomas J. (IA) ...... 52911 2244 Wilson, Charles (TX)...... 52401 2256 Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) (LA) ...... 54031 2342 Wise, Robert E., Jr. (WV) ...... 52711 1421 Taylor, Gene (MS) ...... 55772 1429 Wolf, Frank R. (VA) ...... 55136 104 Thomas, Craig (WY) ...... 52311 1721 Wolpe, Howard (MI) ...... 55011 1535 Thomas, Lindsay (GA) ...... 55831 431 Wyden, Ron (OR) ...... 54811 2452 Thomas, William M (CA) ...... 52915 2402 Wylie, Chalmers P. (OH) ...... 52015 2310 Torres, Esteban Edward (CA)...... 55256 1740 Yates, Sidney R. (IL) ...... 52111 2234 Torricelli, Robert G. (NJ) ...... 55061 317 Y atron, Gus (PA) ...... 55546 2205 Towns, Edolphus (NY) ...... 55936 1726 Young, C. W Bill (FL)...... 55961 2407 Traficant, James A., Jr. (OH) ...... 55261 312 Young, Don (AK) ...... 55765 2331

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SENATORS

(Democrats in roman; Republicans in italic)

[Room numbers beginning with SD are in the Dirksen Building, SH are in the Hart Building, and SR are in the Russell Building. Capitol numbers begin with SJ [Washington, D.C. 20510)

Name Phone Room Name Phone Room Vice Pres. Quayle, Dan (IN) ...... 42424 SD-202 Grassley, Charles E. (IA) ...... 437 44 SH-135 Adams, Brock (WA)...... 42621 SH-513 Harkin, Tom (IA) ...... 43254 SH-316 Armstrong, William L. (CO) ...... 45941 SH-528 Hatch, Orrin G. (UT) ...... 45251 SR-135 Baucus, Max (MT) ...... 42651 SH-706 Hatfield, Mark 0. (OR) ...... 43753 SH-711 Bentsen, Lloyd (TX) ...... 45922 SH-703 Heflin, Howell (AL) ...... 44124 SH-728 Biden, Joseph R., Jr. (DE) ...... 45042 SR-221 Heinz, John (PA) ...... 46324 SR-277 Bingaman, Jeff (NM) ...... 45521 SH-524 Helms, Jesse (NC) ...... 46342 SD-403 Bond, Christopher S. (MO)...... 45721 SR-293 Hollings, Ernest F. (SC) ...... 46121 SR-125 Boren, David Lyle (OK) ...... 44721 SR-453 Humphrey, Gordon J. (NH) ...... 42841 SH-531 Boschwitz, Rudy (MN) ...... 45641 SH-506 Inouye, Daniel K. (HI) ...... 43934 SH-722 Bradley, Bill (NJ) ...... 43224 SH-731 Jeffords, James M (VT) ...... 45141 SD-530 Breaux, John B. (LA) ...... 44623 SH-516 Johnston, J. Bennett (LA) ...... 45824 SH-136 Bryan, Richard H. (NV) ...... 46244 SR-364 Kassebaum, Nancy Landon (KS) .... 44774 SR-302 Bumpers, Dale (AR)...... 44843 SD-229 Kasten, Robert W., Jr. (WI)...... 45323 SH-110 Burdick, Quentin N. (ND) ...... 42551 SH-511 Kennedy, Edward M. (MA)...... 44543 SR-315 Burns, Conrad (MT) ...... 42644 SD-183 Kerrey, J. Robert (NE) ...... 46551 SH-302 Byrd, Robert C. (WV)...... 43954 SH-311 Kerry, John F. (MA) ...... 4274:Z SR-421 Chafee, John H. (RI)...... 42921 SD-567 Kohl, Herb (WI) ...... 45653 SH-702 Coats, Dan (IN) ...... 45623 SR-407 Lautenberg, Frank R. (NJ) ...... 44744 SH-717 Cochran, Thad (MS) ...... 45054 SR-326 Leahy, Patrick J. (VT) ...... 44242 SR-433 Cohen, William S. (ME)...... 42523 SH-322 Levin, Carl (MI)...... 46221 SR-459 Conrad, Kent (ND)...... 42043 SD-361 Lieberman, Joe (CT) ...... 44041 SH-502 Cranston, Alan (CA)...... 43553 SH-112 Lott, Trent (MS) ...... 46253 SR-487 D'Amato, Alfonse M (NY) ...... 46542 SH-520 Lugar, Richard G. (IN) ...... - 44814 SH-306 Danforth, John C. (MO)...... 46154 SR-249 McCain, John (AZ) ...... 42235 SR-111 Daschle, Thomas A. (SD) ...... 42321 SH-317 McClure, James A. (ID) ...... 42752 SH-309 DeConcini, Dennis (AZ)...... 44521 SH-328 McConnell, Mitch (KY) ...... 42541 SR-120 Dixon, Alan J. (IL) ...... 42854 SH-331 Mack, Connie (FL)...... 4527 4 SH-517 Dodd, Christopher J. (CT) ...... 42823 SR-444 Matsunaga, Spark M. (HI)...... 46361 SH-109 Dole, Bob (KS)...... 46521 SH-141 Metzenbaum, Howard M. (OH)...... 42315 SR-140 Domenici, Pete V. (NM) ...... 46621 SD-434 Mikulski, Barbara A. (MD) ...... 44654 SH-320 Durenberger, Dave (MN) ...... 43244 SR-154 Mitchell, George J. (ME) ...... 45344 SR-176 Exon, J. James (NE) ...... 44224 SH-330 Moynihan, Daniel Patrick (NY)...... 44451 SR-464 Ford, Wendell H. (KY)...... 44343 SR173A Murkowski, Frank H. (AK) ...... 46665 SH-709 Fowler, Wyche, Jr. (GA) ...... 43643 SR-204 Nickles, Don (OK) ...... 45754 SH-713 Garn, Jake (UT)...... 45444 SD-505 Nunn, Sam (GA) ...... 43521 SD-303 Glenn, John (OH) ...... 43353 SH-503 Packwood, Bob (OR)...... 45244 SR-259 Gore, Albert, Jr. (TN) ...... 44944 SR-393 Pell, Claiborne (RI)...... 44642 SR-335 Gorton, Slade (WA) ...... 43441 SH-730 Pressler, Larry (SD) ...... 45842 SH-133 Graham, Bob (FL) ...... 43041 SD-241 Pryor, David (AR) ...... 42353 SR-267 Gramm, Phil (TX) ...... 42934 SR-370 Reid, Harry (NV)...... 43542 SH-324

6 SENATORS

Name Phone Room Name Phone Room Riegle, Donald W., Jr. (MI) ...... 44822 SD-105 Simon, Paul (IL)...... 42152 SD-462 Robb, Charles S. (VA)...... 44024 SR-493 Simpson, Alan K. (WY) ...... 43424 SD-261 Rockefeller, Jay (WV) ...... 46472 SH-724 Specter, Arlen (PA)...... 44254 SH-303 SH-522 Roth, William V., Jr. (DE) ...... 42441 SH-104 Stevens, Ted (AK) ...... 43004 Symms, Steve (ID) ...... 46142 SH-509 Rudman, Warren (NH)...... 43324 SH-530 Thurmond, Strom (SC)...... 45972 SR-217 Sanford, Terry (NC) ...... 43154 SH-716 Wallop, Malcolm (WY) ...... 46441 SR-237 Sarbanes, Paul S. (MD) ...... 44524 SD-332 Warner, John William (VA)...... 42023 SR-225 Sasser, Jim (TN) ...... 43344 SR-363 Wilson, Pete (CA) ...... 43841 SH-720 Shelby, Richard C. (AL) ...... 45744 SH-313 Wirth, Timothy E. (CO)...... 45852 SR-380

7 COMMITTEES

HOUSE COMMITTEES SENATE COMMITTEES

Phone Room Phone Room Agriculture ...... 52171 1301 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Appropriations...... 52771 H 218 Forestry ...... 42035 SR328A Armed Services ...... 54151 2120 Appropriations ...... 43471 SD-136 Banking, Finance and Urban Armed Services...... 43871 SR-222 Affairs...... 5424 7 2129 Banking, Housing, and Urban Budget (HOB Anx. 1) ...... 67200 A214 Affairs ...... 47391 SD-534 District of Columbia ...... 54457 1310 Budget...... 40642 SD-621 Education and Labor ...... 54527 2181 Commerce, Science, and Energy and Commerce ...... 52927 2125 Transportation ...... 45115 SD-358 Foreign Affairs...... 55021 2170 Energy and Natural Resources .. 44971 SD-364 Government Operations ...... 55051 2157 Environment and Public Works 46176 SD-410 House Administration ...... 52061 H 326 Finance ...... 44515 SD-205 Interior and Insular Affairs ...... 52761 1324 Foreign Relations ...... 44651 SD-440 Judiciary ...... 53951 2138 Governmental Affairs ...... 44751 SD-340 Merchant Marine and Fisheries 54047 1334 Judiciary ...... 45225 SD-224 Post Office and Civil Service ...... 54054 309 Labor and Human Resources ..... 45375 SD-428 Franking Commission...... 50436 305 Rules and Administration ...... 46352 SR-305 Public Works and Small Business ...... 45175 SR428A Transportation ...... 54472 2165 Veterans' Affairs ...... 49126 SR-414 Rules ...... 59486 H 312 SELECT COMMITTEES Minority ...... 56991 H 305 Science, Space, and Technology. 56371 2321 Ethics ...... 42981 SH-220 Small Business...... 55821 2361 Indian Affairs ...... 42251 SH-838 Standards of Official Conduct .... 57103 HT-2 Intelligence ...... 41700 SH-211 Veterans' Affairs ...... 53527 335 Ways and Means ...... 53625 1102 SPECIAL COMMITTEE Aging...... 45364 SH-628 SELECT COMMITTEES Aging (HOB Anx. 1) ...... 63375 A712 Children, Youth, and Families .. 67660 H2-385 Hunger ...... 65470 H2-507 Intelligence, Permanent ...... 54121 H 405 Narcotics Abuse and Control ..... 63040 H2-234

JOINT COMMITTEES

Phone Room Phone Room Economic ...... 45171 SD-G0l Taxation Library (HOB Anx. 1) ...... 67633 Al03 (LHOB) ...... 53621 1015 Printing ...... 45241 SH-818 (DSOB) ...... 45561 SD-204

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Committee on Budget

101st Congress, 2nd Session

Leon E. Panetta (D-Calif.), Chairman

DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS

Richard A. Gephardt, Missouri Bill Frenzel, Minnesota , Willis D. Gradison, Jr., Ed Jenkins, Georgia William F. Goodling, Pennsylvania Marvin Leath, Texas Denny Smith, Oregon Charles E. Schumer, New York William M. Thomas, California , California Harold Rogers, Jim Slattery, Kansas Richard K. Armey, Texas James L. Oberstar, Minnesota Jack Buechner, Missouri Frank J. Guarini, New Jersey Amo Houghton, New York Richard J. Durbin, Illinois Jim McCrery, Louisiana Mike Espy, Mississippi John R. Kasich, Ohio Dale E. Kildee, Dean A. Gallo, New Jersey Anthony C. Beilenson, California , Michigan Jerry Huckaby, Louisana Helen Delich Bentley, Maryland Martin Olav Sabo, Minnesota Bernard J. Dwyer, New Jersey Howard L. Berman, California Robert E. Wise, Jr., West Virginia , Ohio John Bryant, Texas

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Committee on Budget

101st Congress, 2nd Session

James R. Sasser (D-Tenn.), Chairman

DEMOCRATS REP UBL ICANS

Ernest F. Hollings, South Carolina Pete V. Domenici, New Mexico J. Bennett Johnston, Louisiana William L. Armstrong, Colorado Donald w. Riegle, Jr., Michigan Rudy Boschwitz, Minnesota J. James Exon, Nebraska Steven Syrnms, Idaho Frank R. Lautenberg, New Jersey Charles E. Grassley, Iowa , Illinois Robert w. Kasten, Jr., Wisconsin Terry Sanford, North Carolina Don Nickles, Timothy E. Wirth, Colorado Warren B. Rudman, Wyche Fowler, Jr., Georgia , Texas Kent Conrad, North Dakota Christopher S. Bond, Missouri Christopher J. Dodd, Connecticut Charles s. Robb, Virginia

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Committee on Appropriations

101st Congress, 2nd Session

Jamie L. Whitten (D-Miss.), Chairman

DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS

William H. Natcher, Kentucky Silvio O. Conte, Massachusetts Neal Smith, Iowa Joseph M. McDade, Pennsylvania Sidney R. Yates, Illinois John T. Myers, David R. Obey, Wisconsin Clarence E. Miller, Ohio Edward R. Roybal, California Lawrence Coughlin, Pennsylvania , Ohio C. W. , Florida Torn Bevill, Alabama , Ohio Bill Alexander, Arkansas Virginia Smith, Nebraska John P. Murtha, Pennsylvania Carl D. Pursell, Michigan Bob Traxler, Michigan Mickey Edwards, Oklahoma Joseph D. Early, Massachusetts , Louisiana Charles Wilson, Texas Bill Green, New York Lindy (Mrs. Hale) Boggs, Louisiana Jerry Lewis, California Norman D. Dicks, Washington John Edward Porter, Illinois Matthew F. McHugh, New York Harold Rogers, Kentucky William Lehman, Florida Joe Skeen, New Mexico Martin Olav Sabo, Minnesota Frank R. Wolf, Virginia Julian C. Dixon, California Bill Lowery, California Vic Fazio, California Vin Weber, Minnesota w. G. (Bill) Hefner, North Carolina Tom DeLay, Texas Les Aucoin, Oregon Jim Kolbe, Arizona Daniel K. Akaka, Hawaii Dean A. Gallo, New Jersey Wes Watkins, Oklahoma William H. Gray III, Pennsylvania Bernard J. Dwyer, New Jersey Steny H. Hoyer, Maryland Bob Carr, Michigan Robert J. Mrazek, New York Richard J. Durbin, Illinois Ronald D. Coleman, Texas Alan B. Mollohan, West Virginia Robert Lindsay Thomas, Georgia Chester G. Atkins, Massachusetts Jim Chapman, Texas

Under Committee Rules, the chairman is a member of each subcommittee and the ranking minority member is an ex officio member of each subcommittee.]

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Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations Subcommittee

William H. Natcher (D-Ky.), Chairman

DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS

Neal Smith, Iowa Silvio O. Conte, Massachusetts David R. Obey, Wisconsin Carl D. Pursell, Michigan Edward R. Roybal, California John Edward Porter, Illinois Louis Stokes, Ohio C. W. Bill Young, Florida Joseph D. Early, Massachusetts Vin Weber, Minnesota Bernard J. Dwyer, New Jersey Steny H. Hoyer, Maryland

Legislative Appropriations Subcommittee

Vic Fazio (D-Calif.), Chairman

DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS

Sidney R. Yates, Illinois Jerry Lewis, California David R. Obey, Wisconsin Silvio 0. Conte, Massachusetts John P. Murtha, Pennsylvania John T. Myers, Indiana Bob Traxler, Michigan John Edward Porter, Illinois Lindy (Mrs. Hale) Boggs, Louisiana

Treasury-Postal Service-General Government Appropriations Subcommittee

Edward R. Roybal (D-Calif.), Chairman

DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS

Daniel K. Akaka, Hawaii Joe Skeen, New Mexico Steny H. Hoyer, Maryland Bill Lowery, California Bill Alexander, Arkansas Frank R. Wolf, Virginia Joseph D. Early, Massachusettes Martin Olav Sabo, Minnesota

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Committee on Appropriations

101st Congress, 2nd Session

Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.), Chairman

DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS

Daniel K. Inouye, Hawaii Marko. Hatfield, Oregon Ernest F. Hollings, South Carolina , J. Bennett Johnston, Louisiana James A. McClure, Idaho Quentin N. Burdick, North Dakota Jake Garn, Utah Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Thad Cochran, Mississippi Jim Sasser, Tennessee Robert W. Kasten, Jr., Wisconsin Dennis DeConcini, Arizona Alfonse M. D'Amato, New York Dale Bumpers, Arkansas Warren Rudman, New Hampshire Frank R. Lautenberg, New Jersey , Pennsylvania , Iowa Pete V. Domenici, New Mexico Barbara Mikulski, Maryland Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Harry Reid, Nevada Don Nickles, Oklahoma Brock Adams, Washington Phil Gramm, Texas Wyche Fowler, Jr., Georgia J. Robert Kerrey, Nebraska

[Messrs. Byrd and Hatfield are ex officio members of all subcommittees of which they are not regular members.]

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Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee

Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Chairman

DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS

Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania Ernest F. Hollings, South Carolina Mark O. Hatfield, Oregon Quentin N. Burdick, North Dakota Ted Stevens, Alaska Daniel K. Inouye, Hawaii Warren Rudman, New Hampshire Dale Bumpers, Arkansas James A. McClure, Idaho Harry Reid, Nevada Thad Cochran, Mississippi Brock Adams, Washington Phil Gramm, Texas

Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee

Harry Reid, (D-Nev.), Chairman

DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS

Barbara Mikulski, Maryland Don Nickles, Oklahoma Brock Adams, Washington Mark O. Hatfield, Oregon

Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee

Dennis DeConcini (D-Ariz.), Chairman

DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS

Barbara Mikulski, Maryland Pete V. Domenici, New Mexico J. Robert Kerrey, Nebraska Alfonse M. D'Amato, New York

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Committee on Education and Labor

101st Congress, 2nd Session

Augustus F. Hawkins (D-Calif.), Chairman

DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS

William D. Ford, Michigan William F. Goodling, Pennsylvania Joseph M. Gaydos, Pennsylvania E. Thomas Coleman, Missouri William (Bill) Clay, Missouri Thomas E. Petri, Wisconsin George Miller, California Marge Roukema, New Jersey Austin J. Murphy, Pennsylvania Steve Gunderson, Wisconsin Dale E. Kildee, Michigan Steve Bartlett, Texas Pat Williams, Montana Thomas J. Tauke, Iowa Matthew G. Martinez, California Harris w. Fawell, Illinois Major R. Owens, New York Paul B. Henry, Michigan Charles A. Hayes, Illinois Fred Grandy, Iowa Carl C. Perkins, Kentucky Cass Ballenger, North Carolina Thomas C. Sawyer, Ohio Peter Smith, Vermont Donald M. Payne, New Jersey Tommy F. Robinson, Arkansas Nita M. Lowey, New York Glenn Poshard, Illinois Jolene Unsoeld, Washington Craig A. Washington, Texas Nick J. Rahall, II, West Virginia Jaime B. Fuster, Puerto Rico Peter J. Visclosky, Indiana Jim Jantz, Indiana

[The Chairman is an ex officio voting member of all subcommittees. The rank­ ing minority member, or his designee, is an ex officio voting member of all subcommittees. Underline indicates Resident Commissioner or Delegate.]

(See over for Sttbcommittees-· on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education; Postsecondary Education; and Select Education.)

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Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education

Augustus F. Hawkins (D-Calif.), Chairman

DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS

William D. Ford, Michigan William F. Goodling, Pennsylvania Dale E. Kildee, Michigan Harris W. Fawell, Illinois Pat Williams, Montana Fred Grandy, Iowa Matthew G. Martinez , California Peter Smith, Vermont Carl C. Perkins, Kentucky Steve Bartlett, Texas Charles A. Hayes , Illinois Steve Gunderson, Wisconsin Thomas C. Sawyer , Ohio Thomas E. Petri , Wisconsin George Miller , California Marge Roukema, New Jersey Major R. Owens, New York E. Thomas Coleman, Missouri Donald M. Payne, New Jersey Nita M. Lowey, , New York Glenn Poshard, Illinois Jolene Un soeld, Washington Nick J. Rahall, II, West Virginia

Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education

Pat Williams (D-Mont.), Chairman

DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS

William D. Ford, Michigan E. Thomas Coleman, Missouri Major R. Owens, New York William F. Goodling, Pennsylvania Charles A. Hayes, Illinois Marge Roukema, New Jersey Carl C. Perkins, Kentucky Thomas J. Tauke, Iowa Joseph M. Gaydos, Pennsylvania Steve Gunderson, Wisconsin George Miller, California Paul B. Henry, Michigan Nita M. Lowey, New York Glenn Poshard, Illinois

Subcommittee on Select Education

Major R. Owens (D-N.Y.), Chairman

DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS

Matthew G. Martinez, California Steve Bartlett, Texas Donald M. Payne, New Jersey Cass Ballenger, North Carolina Jim Jontz, Indiana Peter Smith, Vermont U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Committee on Government Operations

101st Congress, 2nd Session

John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Chairman

DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS

Cardiss Collins, Illinois Frank Horton, New York Glenn English, Oklahoma William F. Clinger, Jr., Pennsylvania Henry A. Waxman, California Alfred A. (Al) McCandless, California Ted Weiss, New York Howard C. Nielson, Utah Mike Synar, Oklahoma Richard K. Armey, Texas Stephen L. Neal, North Carolina Donald E. (Buz) Lukens, Ohio Doug Barnard, Jr., Georgia J. , Illinois , Massachusetts Jon L. Kyl, Arizona Tom Lantos, California Christopher Shays, Connecticut Robert E. Wise, Jr., West Virginia Peter Smith, Vermont Barbara Boxer, California Steven Schiff, New Mexico Major R. Owens, New York Chuck Douglas, New Hampshire , New York C. , California John M. Spratt, Jr., South Carolina Craig Thomas, Wyoming Ben Erdreich, Alabama Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida Gerald D. Kleczka, Wisconsin Albert G. Bustamante, Texas Matthew G. Martinez, California , California Donald M. Payne, New Jersey Jim Bates, California , California (Vacancy)

[The Chairman and ranking minority member are ex officio members of all subcommittees on which they do not hold a regular assignment.]

Government Information, Justice, and Agriculture Subcommittee

Robert E. Wise, Jr., (D-W.Va.), Chairman

DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS

Glenn English, Oklahoma Alfred A. (Al) McCandless, California Edolphus Towns, New York Steven Schiff, New Mexico John M. Spratt, Jr., South Carolina Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida Barbara Boxer, California Gary Condit, California

(See over for Senate Governmental Affairs Committee and Government Information and Regulations Subcommittee)

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Committee on Governmental Affairs

101st Congress, 2nd Session

John Glenn (D-Ohio) , Chairman

DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS

Sam Nunn, Georgia William V. Roth, Jr., Delaware Carl M. Levin, Michigan Ted Stevens, Alaska Jim Sasser, Tennessee William S. Cohen, Maine David Pryor, Arkansas Warren Rudman, New Hampshire Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico John Heinz, Pennsylvania Herbert H. Kohl, Wisconsin Pete Wilson, California Joe Lieberman, Connecticut

Government Information and Regulations Subcommittee

Jeff Bingaman (D - N. M. ) , Chairman

DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS

Sam Nunn , Georgia Wa rren Rudman, New Hampshire Carl M. Levin, Michigan William S. Cohen, Maine Herbert H. Kohl , Wisconsin John Heinz , Pennsylvania

(See over for House Government Operations Committee and Government Information, Justice , and Agriculture Subcommittee)

American Library Association Washington Office April 1990 U.S. SENATE

Committee on Labor and Human Resources

101st Congress, 2nd Session

Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), Chairman

DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS

Claiborne Pell, Rhode Island Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Howard M. Metzenbaum, Ohio Nancy Landon Kassebaum, Kansas Christopher J. Dodd, Connecticut Jim Jeffords, Vermont Paul Simon, Illinois Dan Coats, Indiana Tom Harkin, Iowa Strom Thurmond, South Carolina Brock Adams, Washington Dave Durenberger, Minnesota Barbara A. Mikulski, Maryland Thad Cochran, Mississippi (Vacancy)

[The chairman and ranking minority member of the full committee are members ex officio of all subcommittees.]

Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities

Claiborne Pell (D-R.I.), Chairman

DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS

Howard M. Metzenbaum, Ohio Nancy Landon Kassebaum, Kansas Christopher J. Dodd, Connecticut Thad Cochran, Mississippi Paul Simon, Illinois Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Barbara A. Mikulski, Maryland Jim Jeffords, Vermont (Vacancy) Strom Thurmond, South Carolina

American Library Association Washington Office April 1990 U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Committee on House Administration

101st Congress, 2nd Session

Frank Annunzio (D-Ill.), Chairman

DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS

Joseph M. Gaydos, Pennsylvania Newt Gingrich, Georgia Charles Rose, North Carolina William L. Dickinson, Alabama Leon E. Panetta, California William M. Thomas, California Al Swift, Washington Barbara F. Vucanovich, Nevada , Ohio Pat Roberts, Kansas Jim Bates, California Paul E. Gillmor, Ohio William (Bill) Clay, Missouri John Hiler, Indiana Sam Gejdenson, Connecticut James T. Walsh, New York Joe Kolter, Pennsylvania Ronnie G. Flippo, Alabama Martin Frost, Texas Thomas J. Manton, New York

Libraries and Memorials Subcommittee

101st Congress, 2nd Session

William (Bill) Clay, (D-Mo.), Chairman

DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS

Ronnie G. Flippo, Alabama Paul E. Gillmor, Ohio Martin Frost, Texas James T. Walsh, New York

Procurement and Printing Subcommittee

101st Congress, 2nd Session

Jim Bates, (D-Calif.), Chairman

DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS

Ronnie G. Flippo, Alabama Pat Roberts, Kansas Martin Frost, Texas Newt Gingrich, Georgia

(See over for Joint Committee on the Library and Joint Committee on Printing)

American Library Association Washington Office April 1990 JOINT COMMITTEES OF THE U.S. CONGRESS 101st Congress, 2nd Session

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Joint Committee on the Library

SENATE HOUSE

Claiborne Pell , Rhode Island (Vice-Chair) , Illinois (Chair) Dennis DeConcini , Arizona Mary Rose Oakar , Oh io Daniel Patrick Moynihan , New York William (Bill) Clay, Missouri Mark 0 . Hatfield , Oregon Paul E. Gillmor , Ohio Ted Stevens , Alaska James T. Walsh , New York

Joint Committee on Printing

SENATE HOUSE

Wendell H. Ford, Kentucky (Chair) Frank Annunzio, Ill. (Vice-Chair) Dennis DeConcini, Arizona Joseph M. Gaydos, Pennsylvania Albert Gore, Jr., Tennessee Jim Bates, California Ted Stevens , Alaska Pat Roberts , Kansas Mark 0. Hatfield , Oregon Newt Gingrich , Georgia

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ldfl9J4/89tj STATUS OF MAJOR LIBRARY-RELATED LEGISLATION ACTIVE THIS MONTH

SPECIAL LAST-MINUTE UPDATE AS OF APRIL 20, 1990 on Congressional Budget Resolution, FY 1991

HOUSE

The House Budget Committee approved a congressional budget resolution for FY 1991 on April 19. The budget resolution (no number assigned yet) sets budget priorities in broad spending categories such as Function 500, which is education and training (including libraries). While allowing some growth in child centered programs such as education, it would not bring education's share to the level sought by appropriations subcommittee Chairman William Natcher (D-KY) to make significant progress in educational opportunity.

Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI) offered an education/Head Start committee amendment to Budget Committee Chairman Leon Panetta' s (D-CA) proposed resolution. The amendment was defeated by a vote of 14-21. It would have transferred $850 million in budget authority and $200 million in outlays from defense to educa­ tion and Head Start programs. The Committee for Education Funding, a coalition of 100 education groups to which the American Library Association belongs, strongly supported the Kildee amendment.

Budget Committee members who voted for the Kildee amendment deserve thanks from constituents for their vote in support of education: Reps. Kildee (D-MI), Russo (D-IL) , Schumer (D-NY), Boxer (D-CA), Oberstar (D-MN) , Guarini (D-NJ), Durbin (D-IL), Espy (D-MS), Dwyer (D-NJ), Berman (D-CA), Wise (D-WV), Kaptur (D-OH), Bryant (D-TX), and Goodling (R-PA).

Members who voted against the Kildee amendment were Panetta (D-CA), Gephardt (D-MO), Jenkins (D-GA), Leath (D-TX), Slattery (D-KS), Beilenson (D-CA), Huckaby (D-LA), Sabo (D-MN), Frenzel (R-MN), Gradison (R-OH), Denny Smith (R-OR), William Thomas (R-CA), Rogers (R-KY), Armey (R-TX), Buechner (R-MO), Houghton (R-NY), McCrery (R-LA), Kasich (R-OH), Gallo (R-NJ), Schuette (R-MI), and Bentley (R-MD).

The House budget resolution may be taken up by the Rules Cammi ttee ( to determine what amendments will be allowed on the House floor) on Tuesday, April 24. House floor action could come as early as Wednesday, April 25.

Rep. Kildee's education amendment received votes from a majority of committee Democrats plus one . Republican. The amendment deserves a vote on the House floor to determine the budget level desired by the House for education and Head Start. Recommendations: Support an opportunity to vote on the Ki ldee amendment. Support the Kildee amendment for education if offered.

SENATE

The Senate Budget Committee will begin markup of its version of the FY 1991 budget resolution on Tuesday, April 24. The point from which committee deliber­ ations will begin is expected to be $5. 5 billion below the current services levels for domestic discretionary programs (including education and libraries). Recommendation: Support amendments which may be offered by Sen. Simon (D-IL) or other Senators which would have the effect of increasing the budget priority for education above the current services level.

American Library Association Washington Office, 202/547-4440 April 1990 I STATUS OF MAJOR LIBRARY-RELATED LEGISLATION ACTIVE THIS MONTH

As of April 20, 1990 House Senate

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET Situation fluid. Action imminent. See update on budget.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPS., FY '91 Approp. Subcom. Approp. Subcom. Administration would cut library hearings underway hearings underway programs by 71% by zeroing out LSCA I and II. Inflationary increase requested for LSCA III; from $5.3m to $8.Srn for LSCA VI; level funding for HEA II.

WHC ON LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES $1,025,000 in remaining funding No Ad.min. request for funding; action urgently needed to complete $6m needed by Congress in '90 suppl. or authorized for WHC, to be held July '91 L-HHS-ED approp. bill 9-13, 1991.

POSTAL REVENUE FORGONE Administration requests 23% less than Approp. Subcom. Approp. Subcom. $484,592,000 USPS estimates is needed hrgs. completed hrgs. completed to keep preferred rates at current levels.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE GPO SuDocs needs full budget request of Approp. Subcom. Approp. Subcom. $27.9m to distribute 1990 census info. hrgs. completed hrgs. completed and bound Congr. Record to depository libraries.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS LC requests budget of $326,499,000 to Approp. Subcom. Approp. Subcom. address backlog of 38 million hrgs. completed hrgs. completed unprocessed items; 13 of every 100 positions are vacant for lack of funds.

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE, MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSISTANCE ACT Ad.min. requests $89,916,000 for NLM and Approp. Subcom. Approp. Subcom. MLAA. To implement the recommendations hearings underway hearings underway of the NLM outreach planning panel, $121,500,000 is needed.

NATIONAL ARCHIVES, NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION Ad.min. requests $128m, including $4m Approp. Subcom. Approp. Subcom. for NHPRC, $1m below current level. hrgs. completed hrgs. completed $150m is needed, including $Sm for the NHPRC. $10m is authorized.

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACT, ESEA I CH. 2 School block grant includes school Approp. Subcom. Approp. Subcom. library resources and librarian hearings underway hearings underway I STATUS OF MAJOR LIBRARY-RELATED LEGISLATION ACTIVE THIS MONTH Page 2

As of April 20, 1990 House Senate

SIA, ESEA I CH. 2 (cont'd) training among 6 targeted areas. Admin. requests $506,620,000, inflationary increase.

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR HUMANITIES Admin. requests $165m for NEH, a 5.2% Approp. Subcom. Approp. Subcom. increase, with preservation up 8.7%, hearings underway hearings underway but Humanities Projects in Libraries down 5.8%.

Both NEH and the Arts Endowment need Authorizing Subcommittee hearings reauthorization without restrictions. underway

PERMANENT PAPER Measures establish national policy that H.J. Res. 226 S.J. Res. 57 books and other materials of enduring Govt. Info. Senate passed value should be printed on alkaline, Subcom. hearing 7/ 31/89 permanent papers. 2/21/90

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT REAUTH. HR 3695 and S. 1742 include HR 3695 s. 1742, s. 2291 problemmatic sections on 0MB and agency Govt. Ops. Com. Govt. Affairs roles in dissemination of government approved 3/13/90 Com. may mark up information. soon

GPO IMPROVEMENT ACT Proposes that users and depository HR 3849 No comparable libraries pay for access to govt. info. Printing Subcom. bill Excludes electronic info. services from mark up soon definition of govt. publication.

NATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORK High Performance Computing Act would HR 3131 S. 1067 establish a high-capacity NREN, or Hearings held Commerce, Science telecommunications high- way. As Com. approved approved by Senate committee, includes revised bill linkages for libraries and schools. 4/ 3/ 90

LITERACY Pending literacy bills would establish HR 3123, HR 4379 s. 1310 or expand a number of literacy Hearings held Senate passed programs, including LSCA VI. 2 / 6/90

TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND INCENTIVES Bills would improve skills and HR 4130 s. 1675, s. 1676 alleviate shortages through loan Ed. & Labor Com. Ed. Subcom. held forgiveness, other incentives. School held hearings hearings library media specialists should be included. They are certified teachers and are in short supply.

YEAR OF THE LIFETIME READER For 1991. Sen. Pell introduced. Comparable S.J. Res. 292 Cosponsors needed. measure expected introduced 4/19/90

American Library Association Washington Office, 202/547-4440 April 1990 LIBRARY SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1989 HR 2742, PL 101-254

Summary of Significant Changes from Previous Law

A five-year reauthorization of the Library Services and Construction Act was signed into law by President Bush on March 15, 1990. The legislation, HR 2742, is now PL 101-254. The major programmatic changes in the new law include an increased emphasis on technology within the framework of LSCA I, II, and III; additional literacy and child-centered activities in title I; emphasis within titles II and III on the preservation of library materials; a new title VII for evaluation and assessment of LSCA by the Department of Education; and a new title VIII, Library Learning Center Programs, with provision for Family Learning Centers and Library Literacy Centers. In addition, a variety of technical amendments are designed to increase flexibility and efficiency.

Authorization Levels (figures in thousands)

Previous Appro­ PL 101-254 Law priations LSCA Title FY 1990* FY 1990 FY 1990

I, public library services $100,000 $ 95,000 $ 82,505 II, public library construction 55,000 50,000 18,900 III, interlibrary coop. 35,000 30,000 19,551 IV, Indian library services (2% of annual approps. for LSCA I, II, and III) v, foreign language materials 1,000 1,000 -0- VI, library literacy programs 10,000 5,000 5,365 VII, evaluation and assessment 500 VIII, lib. learning ctr. programs 6,000**

TOTAL $207,500 $181,000 $126,321

* For FY 1991 through 1994, such sums as necessary for each title. ** No appropriation may be made for title VIII unless the total appropriation for titles I, II, and III is at least equal to the previous year's total plus 4%.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Network is defined for the first time ( in language very similar to existing title III wording) to mean "any local, statewide, regional, interstate, or international cooperative association of library entities which provide for the systematic and effective coordination of the resources of school, public, academic, and special libraries and information centers for improved supplementary services for the clientele served by each type of library entity."

Nondiscrimination. The basic state plan for LSCA is amended to include providing "assurances that libraries within the State that receive funds under this Act shall not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, age, gender, - 2 -

national origin, or handicapping condition in providing space for public meetings."

Education Research Library. The Act prohibits the contracting out of the Department of Education Research Library through September 30, 1991, except for contracts of $50,000 or less annually. The General Accounting Office is to report by January 30, 1991, on a study of the Library which is to include an assessment of its significance, the feasibility of expanding public access, and an evaluation of its effectiveness.

TITLE I, PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICES

Technology. Title I purposes as reflected in annual programs are expanded to include "assisting public libraries in making effective use of technology to improve library and information services."

Intergenerational Library Services. Title I purposes as reflected in annual programs are expanded to include "assisting libraries in developing intergenera­ tional library programs that will match older adult volunteers with libraries interested in developing afterschool literacy and reading skills programs for unsupervised school children during afterschool hours."

Childcare Library Outreach. Title I purposes as reflected in annual programs are expanded to include "assisting libraries in providing mobile library serv­ ices and programs to child-care providers or child-care centers which are licensed or certified by the State, or otherwise meet the requirements of State law."

Library Literacy Centers. Title I purposes as reflected in annual programs are expanded to include establishing and supporting "model library literacy centers, coordinated by the State library administrative agency with other interested State agencies and nonprofit organizations to reduce the number of functionally illiterate individuals and to help them reach full employment."

Drug Abuse Prevention. Title I purposes as reflected in annual programs are expanded to include "assisting libraries in providing and displaying educational materials, and conducting community-wide programs, aimed at preventing and elim­ inating drug abuse, in cooperation with local education agencies or other agencies or organizations, if appropriate."

Multitype Library Systems. An amendment is added to recognize that title I grants to multitype library systems result in improved library services, and to reduce title I/title III audit problems: "In carrying out its program to accom­ plish the purposes of this title, a State may make subgrants to library systems or networks which include libraries other than public libraries, if the purpose of the subgrant is to improve services for public library patrons."

Maintenance of Effort. In an attempt to clarify maintenance of effort, requirements are changed as follows: The state's "federal share" must be matched by funds from state and local sources. State aid to public libraries and library systems must equal 90 percent of amounts expended in the second preceding fiscal year. Expenditures by the state library administrative agency, or the part charged by state law with the extension and development of public library services throughout the state, must equal 90 percent of amounts expended

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in the second preceding fiscal year. Waivers of the 90 percent requirements may be granted for "exceptional extenuating circumstances."

Ratable Reduction, Institutional Library Services. Maintenance of effort requirements for library services to the institutionalized are to be ratably reduced to the extent that the Secretary of Education determines the ins ti tu­ tionalized populations have declined ( in addition to the extent that federal allocations to the state are reduced).

Ratable Reduction of MURLS Grants. An amendment adjusts the maintenance of effort requirement for Major Urban Resource Libraries (MURLS) to account for a drop in federal appropriations or in the population of cities above 100,000 which qualify. Ratable reductions would be allowed "to the extent that (A) the total Federal allocations to the State under section 5 for purposes of this title for the applicable fiscal year are reduced, or (B) the 1990 Census shows the population of the city served by such library has decreased."

Handicapped Individual. This phrase is defined to mean "an individual who is physically or mentally impaired, visually impaired, or hearing impaired."

TITLE II, PUBLIC LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENT

Technology Enhancement. The phrase "and technology enhancement" is added to the title and after "construction" throughout title II.

Technology Eligibility. As an eligible use of LSCA II funds, "technology enhancement" is defined as "the acquisition, installation, maintenance, or replacement, of substantial technological equipment (including library biblio­ graphic automation equipment) necessary to provide access to information in electronic and other formats made possible by new information and communications technologies."

In addition, the definition of "construction" is expanded to include projects "to ensure safe working environments." Within the overall definition of "construction," the term "equipment" is expanded to include the lease of equip­ ment; information and building technologies; and video and telecommunications equipment.

Preservation. State annual programs for LSCA II must ensure that eligible projects "follow policies and procedures in the construction of public libraries that will promote the preservation of library and information resources to be utilized in the facilities."

Carryover of Funds. LSCA II funds remain available until expended. (Previously, such language was included in annual appropriations laws each time that LSCA II was funded.)

TITLE III, INTERLIBRARY COOPERATION AND RESOURCE SHARING

Technology. The uses of title III funds are expanded to include "developing the technological capacity of libraries for interlibrary cooperation and resource sharing." -- - 4 -

School Library Resources. "Public and school libraries which cooperate to make school library resources available to the public during periods when school is not in session may be reimbursed for such expenses."

Preservation. Title III now provides for an optional statewide preservation cooperation plan and the identification of preservation objectives. States choosing this option must develop such a plan "in consultation with such parties and agencies as the State archives, historical societies, libraries, scholarly organizations, and other interested parties." The plan must specify the methods by which the state library agency will work with such parties "in planning, education and training, coordinating, outreach and public information, and service programs to ensure that endangered library and information resources are preserved systematically."

No additional funds are provided, but states are permitted to use title III funds to carry out such plans. States "may contract part or all of the preservation program under this section to other agencies or institutions."

TITLE IV, LIBRARY SERVICES FOR INDIAN TRIBES

Allocations. Unchanged is the set-aside of 1.5 percent of appropriations for titles I, II, and III for grants to Indian tribes; and 0.5 percent for organiza­ tions serving Hawaiian natives. Previously, the amount of the basic grant equaled the 1. 5 percent set-aside divided by the number of tribes; funds not applied for successfully were reallocated for special project grants. Under PL 101-254, one half of the set-aside for Indian tribes is for basic grants, with the amount of the basic grant determined by di vi ding this half by the number of tribes submitting an approved application. The other half is for special project grants.

Alaskan Service Areas. To avoid applications from overlapping entities serving the same area, the new law requires that implementing regulations "prevent an allocation from being received to serve the same population by any 2 or more of the following entities (as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act): an Alaskan native village, a regional corporation, or a village corporation."

Special Project Grants. An Indian tribe would have to apply successfully for a basic grant before being eligible for a special project grant in the same fiscal year.

TITLE V, FOREIGN LANGUAGE MATERIALS ACQUISITION

Coordination. The Secretary of Education is required to coordinate LSCA V and VI programs with those of LSCA I, II, and III, "and shall provide to the head of the State library administrative agency the opportunity to comment on any appli­ cation for a grant under title V or VI of this Act prior to the awarding of the grant, in order to assure that such grants from the Secretary are for purposes consistent with the long-range program .•.. "

Grant Amount. The maximum grant amount is raised from $15,000 to $35,000, "except that--(1) not more than 30 percent of the funds available for grants under this title in any fiscal year may be used to make grants in amounts between $35,000 and $125,000; and (2) no recipient may receive more than one grant under this title for any fiscal year." - 5 -

TITLE VI, LIBRARY LITERACY PROGRAMS

Maximum Grant. The maximum amount of a literacy program grant is raised from $25,000 to $35,000.

Coordination. (See the amendment described under Title V.)

TITLE VII, EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT

Evaluation and Assessment. A new title VII authorizes $500,000 for the Secretary of Education "to carry out a program for the purpose of evaluation and assessment (directly or by grants or contracts)" of LSCA programs. The previous language has been stricken in LSCA Section 5(a) (5) which authorized such sums as necessary for evaluation of LSCA programs.

TITLE VIII, LIBRARY LEARNING CENTER PROGRAMS

No funds can be appropriated for the new title VIII unless total funding for LSCA I, II, and III exceeds the previous year's total by at least four percent. Of the $6 million authorized for FY '90, $3 million is authorized for Part A, Family Learning Centers, and $3 million for Part B, Library Literacy Centers.

Part A, Family Learning Centers. Part A authorizes direct discretionary grants of up to $200,000 to local public libraries to support the Part A purpose: "to expand and improve opportunities for lifetime learning and the involvement of the Nation's families as partners in their children's education by providing comprehensive, family-oriented library services through Family Learning Centers."

At least 25 percent of grant funds must be used for materials on child care and development, nutrition, parenting skills, and job and career information; and materials for children and adolescents. At least ten percent of grant funds are to be used for computer hardware and software for public use.

Grant applications must include assurances that the library will be open evenings, Saturdays, and some Sundays and holidays to be convenient for working parents; provide qualified staff with specialized training; establish an advi­ sory committee with specified representatives; establish a family library loan program; provide a job and career information program; describe special services and outreach activities; publicize and promote the Center; and use funds to supplement and not supplant.

Priority is to be given to applications which "(1) promise to serve a significant number of families on a regular basis; and (2) offer innovative approaches to improving library services for families and approaches which show promise for replication and dissemination." Grants are to be equitably distributed among the states and between urban and rural communities.

Part B, Library Literacy Centers. The purposes of Part Bare to "(1) establish model library literacy centers throughout the country to serve as resource centers for the dissemination of literacy materials and equipment to local public libraries in order to help overcome the high incidence of adults with limited l.iteracy skills in the United States; (2) help adults with limited literacy skills reach full employment through nonthreatening learning - 6 -

experiences in their local public library or in their own home; and (3) offer innovative approaches to improving library literacy services to adults and approaches which show promise for replication and dissemination."

Part B involves a three-tier process. The Secretary awards grants on a competitive basis to states ,with an approved LSCA basic state plan plus an approved application submitted through the state library agency. Priority goes to applications from states with highest concentrations of adults who do not have a secondary education or its equivalent, few community or financial resources to establish the program, or low per capita income or high concentra­ tions of unemployment or underemployment. Maximum grants are $350,000 in the first fiscal year, and $100,000 in the second and third years. Funds received in the first year remain available until expended. Funds received in the second and third years must be used in the same fiscal year, and must be matched with nonfederal funds.

The state either designates the state library administrative agency as the library literacy center, or selects a local public library through a competitive process. In designating one center, the state gives priority to applications which demonstrate the greatest ability to serve other local libraries, offer innovative approaches, and show promise for replication. All funds received by the state must be distributed to the center. States receiving grants must establish an advisory committee with designated representatives.

The center must "(A) select local public libraries to participate in a literacy materials and equipment loan program; (B) select at least 25 percent of the local libraries that participate in the literacy materials and equipment loan program from rural areas; (C) give priority in the selection of local public libraries to participate in the literacy materials and equipment loan program to public libraries within the State which serve those in greatest need; (D) coor­ dinate the distribution of equipment and materials; (E) provide training to local public library personnel;" and evaluate and disseminate results, and show potential for replicability.

Centers shall use funds "to establish coordination centers to make literacy materials and equipment available to local public libraries on a loan basis to initiate, expand, or improve public library literacy services and programs." Such services and programs may include acquisition of literacy education equip­ ment, literacy print and audio-visual materials, and staffing. Centers may use up to 25 percent of funds for computers and software.

Local public libraries desiring to participate in the programs and services of the library literacy center submit applications to the state or the designated center, in accordance with PL 101-254 and as required by the state or center.

The term "adult with limited literacy skills" is defined as "an adult whose minimal skills in reading, writing, or computation or in performing basic arith­ metical computations preclude the individual from functioning in society without assistance from others." The term "educationally disadvantaged adult" is given the same definition as in the Adult Education Act.

American Library Association Washington Office TEL: 202/547-4440; FAX: 202/547-7363 March 1990 Vol. 136 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1990 No. 17

HR 2742, the five-year reauthorization of the Library Services and Construction Act, was signed into law by President Bush on March 15, and is now PL 101-254. When the House approved the final version of the legislation on February 27, House Postsecondary Education Subcommittee Chairman Pat Williams (D-MT) included a summary in "Key Features ••• " of how the differences between the House- and Senate-passed bills were resolved, which is reprinted below from pp. H458-59. See the reverse for the House vote on the conference report.

KEY F!:ATURES or H.R. 2742 LIBRARY significant Increase In the cost of purchas­ SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION ACT ing foreign materials and therefore has in­ creased the grant size to assist libraries in SECTION 2: DEl'INITIONS maintaining quality foreign materials collec­ This section of the bill updates various tions. definitions used in the Act to reflect the current state of technologies used In public SECTION 21: LIBRARY LITERACY GRANTS libraries. In addition, this section broadens The Library Literacy Grants program was the definition of the term "international" to created by the Library Services and Con­ emphasize the ability of public libraries to struction Act Amendments of 1984. (P.L. 98- participate In library Information networks 480). Title IV received $4,737,000 in FY1986 that Include both foreign and domestic li­ and has been funded at or near Its author­ braries and information centers. The confer­ ized level ever since that time. Reports on ees note that this ls not a change in current the program show it to be highly successful. law. The term "international" wa.s added in In 1986, 217 local public libraries and 22 an effort to encourage libraries to provide state libraries in 46 states were funded. the public with the broadest range of infor­ These projects reached more than 48,400 mation services possible. adults. In subsequent years, the program has been equally successful. In FY 1989, 531 SECTION 5: ANTIDISRCIJIIINATION PROVISION applications were received, but only 214 This section of the bill requires the state could be awarded with the $4,370,000 avail­ Library Administrative Agency to provide able. The.Conferees are impressed with the assurances that libraries receiving funds record of success that this program has under the LSCA programs do not discrimi­ achieved in addressing the Immense nation­ nate on the basis of race, religion, age, al problem of illiteracy. Title VI enables li­ gender. national origin. or a handicapping braries to make their own unique contribu­ condition In making space available to the tion to such efforts. In coordination with public far meetings. The Committee recog­ other agencies and organizations. This bill nizes that State Library Administrative increases the grant size under Title VI from Agencies are limited in their ability to regu­ $25,000 to $35,000. The Conferees hope that late private libraries, therefore the provi­ by raising the grant level some projects may sions of this amendment apply only to be funded that permit the greater use of public libraries receiving LSCA funds. technology such that an even larger number SECTION 7: MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT of individuals may be reached by this pro­ This section of the bill modifies the gram. system of evaluating a state's maintenance SECTION n: TITLE VIII of effort In supporting public libraries. The Part A-Family Learning Centers Committee recognizes the importance of the maintenance of effort requirements in lever­ This section of the bill creates a discre­ aging State support for public libraries. tionary grant program to support Family This modification is designed to preserve Learning Centers in public libraries. The the maintenance of effort concept while Committee recognizes the Important role also simplifying the reporting requirements that families play In supporting their chil­ for States and providing more flexibility in drens' education. By providing support allowing States to reallocate funds to sup­ through comprehensive family-oriented li­ brary services, the Committee hopes to port new priorities. strengthen this partnership. SECTION 18: RESOURCE SHARING Part B-LibraT'!I Literacy Centers This section of the bill encourages public and school libraries to cooperate in making This section of the bill creates a discre­ school library resources available to the tionary grant program to establish and sup­ public during periods when school is not In port library literacy centers throughout the session. While this Is an allowable activity country to serve as resources centers for the under current law. the Committee is hope­ dissemination of literacy materials In order ful that by making specific reference to this to help overcome the high Incidence of activity, more public libraries will explore adults with limited literacy skills In the U.S. developing cooperative relationships with Such centers will provide adults with non­ school libraries such that school library re­ threatening opportunities to learn to read sources will be available to the public ·year­ either at home or In the library. In addition, round. such centers will assist adults with limited literacy skills In reaching full employment SECTION 20: MAXIMUM GRANTS UNDER TITLE V through literacy learning experfonces at the This section of the bill amends Title V to public library. Funds awarded under this Increase the maximum grant size to $35,000 program may be used to purchase literacy for '10 percent of the funds and $50,000 for training and resource materials and support 30 percent of the funds appropriated under staffing and personnel training to provide this Title. The Committee recognizes the literacy services. I~. February 27, 19.90 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE H493

[Roll No. 16] Rangel Shuster Thomas(GA> YEAS-401 Ravenel Sikorski Thomas Lantos Rhodes Skeen Towns Alexander Ed,.:ards Laughlin Rlchar.dson Skelton Traficant H. REPT. Anderson Emerson Leach Rinaldo Slaughter (NY) Udall Annunzio English Lehman \FL) Ritter Slaughter Upton Applegate Espy Levin (MI) Robinson Smith (IA) Valentine co ence Archer E,•ans Lewis (CA) Roe Smlth(NEl Vander Jagt Aspln Fascell Lewis Rogers Smith Vento (H. Rept. Atkins Fawell Lightfoot Rohrabacher Smlth(TX) Visclosky Aucoin Fazio Lipinski Ros-Lehtinen SmithlVT) Volkmer HR 2742, Baker Feighan Livingston Rose Smith, Denny Vucanovich reauthori Ballenger Fields Lloyd Rostenkowski Walgren Barnard Fish Long Roukema Smith, Robert Walker Library Barton Flake Lowey (NY) Rowland Walsh Bateman Fllpp0 Luken, Thomas Rowland Snowe Watkins Construction Act, on Bates Foglietta Lukens, Donald Roybal Solarz Waxman Beilenson Ford (Ml) Machtley Russo Solomon Weber February 2 7 , 1990, Bennett Frank Madigan Sabo Spence Weiss a vote of 401-4, as Bentley Frenzel Markey Saiki Spratt Weldon Bereuter Gallegly MarJenee Sangmeister Staggers Wheat reprinted here. Berman Gallo Martin Brennan Goodling McDermott Shays Taylor Brooks Gordon McEwen Shumway Thomas(CA) The Senate approved the Broomfield Goss McGrath Browder Gradison McHugh NAYS-4 conference report by Brown Grandy McMillan Grant MCMIilen (MD) Crane voice vote on March 1, Bruce Gray McNulty Bartlett S t ump Bryant Green Meyers 1990, completing Buechner Guarini Mfume NOT VOTIN0-26 gressional action and Bunning Gunderson Michel Collins Lagomarsino Sarpallus Burton Hall Miller Schaefer sending HR 2742 to the Bustamante Hall (TX) Miller Cox Levine Schulze Byron Hamilton Mineta Durbin Lewls(FL) Smith, Robert White House. HR 2742 Callahan Hammerschmidt Moakley Ford(TN) Lowery(CA) (OR> Campbell Tauke Cardin Harris Moody Houghton Morrison Washington (PL 101-254) on Carper Hatcher Moorhead Hyde Roth Yates 15, 1990. Ca.rr Hawkins Morella Chandler Hayes (IL) Morrison D 1605 Chapman Hayes !LA) Mrazek Clarke Hefley Murphy Mr. ARMEY and Mr. BARTLETT Clay Hefner Murtha changed their vote from "yea" to Clement Henry Myers Clinger Berger Nagle "nay." Coble Hertel Natcher So Payne The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Dingell Kanjorskl Pease question is on the motion offered by Dixon. Kaptur Pelosi the gentleman from Montana [Mr. Donnelly Kasich Penny Dorgan(ND) Kastenmeier Perkins WILLIAMS] that the House suspend the Doman/CA) Kennedy Petri rules and agree to the conference Douglas Kennelly Pickett report on the bill, H.R. 2742, on which Downey Kil dee Pickle Dreier Kleczka Porter the yeas and nays are ordered. Duncan Kolbe Poshard The vote was taken by electronic Dwyer Kolter Price device, and there were-yeas 401, nays Dymally Kostmayer Pursell Dyson Kyl Quillen 4, not voting 26. as follows: Early LaFalce Rahall COMPLETION OF FUNDING FOR THE

WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES II

PL 100-382, signed into law in August 1988, authorized a second White House ~onference on Library and Information Services (WHCLIS II) and authorized a total of $6 million to carry out the conference to be held by September 30, 1991.

Approximately $5 million of the $6 million in federal funds authorized for WHCLIS II has been appropriated and planning has begun, including some state-level, preconference activity.

PL 100-382 also authorizes a 30-member Advisory Committee to assist and advise the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science in planning and conducting the conference. Appointments to the Advisory Committee are nearly complete, and the initial funding has allowed planning activities to get underway with pre-WHCLIS activities.

ACTION NEEDED: Now efforts must focus on urging the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to provide the remaining $1 million in a FY 1990 supple­ mental appropriations bill, to ensure the effective implementation of WHCLIS II, which has been scheduled for July 9-13, 1991. Speak to your legislators to impress upon them the importance of completion of funding for the White House Conference.

House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee Washington, D. C. 20515

William H. Natcher (D-KY), Chairman Silvio O. Conte (R-MA) Neal Smith (D-IA) Carl D. Pursell (R-MI) David R. Obey (D-WI) John Edward Porter (R-IL) Edward R. Roybal (D-CA) c.w. Bill Young (R-FL) Louis Stokes (D-OH) Vin Weber (R-MN) Joseph D. Early (D-MA) Bernard J. Dwyer (D-NJ) Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD)

Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee Washington, D. C. 20510

Torn Harkin (D-IA), Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) Mark O. Hatfield (R-OR) Ernest F. Hollings (D-SC) Ted Stevens (R-AK) Quentin N. Burdick (D-ND) Warren Rudman (R-NH) Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI) James A. McClure (R-ID) Dale Bumpers (D-AR) Thad Cochran (R-MS) Harry Reid (D-NV) Phil Gramm (R-TX) Brock Adams (D-WA)

American Library Association Washington Office, 202/547-4440 April 1990 SUMMARY OF AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDATIONS FY 1991 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations

FY89 Appro- FY90 Appro- FY91 Author- FY91 Admin. FY91 ALA Re- LIBRARY PROGRAMS priation ,eriation ization Request commendation Library Services and Construction Act TOTAL $127,165,000 $126,321,000 such sums $ 27,737,000 $207,500,000 1 Title I, Public Library Services 81,009,000 82,505,000 such sums -0- 100,000,000 II, Public Library Construction 22,324,000 18,900,000 such sums -0- 55,000,000 III, Interlibrary Cooperation 19,102,000 19,551,000 such sums 20,372,000 35,000,000 IV, Indian Libraries (funded at 2% setaside of appropriations for LSCA I, II, & III) V, Foreign Language Materials -0- -0- such sums -0- 1,000,000 VI, Library Literacy 4,730,000 5,365,000 such sums 8,365,000 10,000,000 VII, Evaluation and Assessment ------such sums --- 500,000 VIII, Library Learning Ctr. Pgms. ------such sums 2 --- 6,000,000 Higher Education Act lib. programs TOTAL $10,035,000 $10,325,000 such sums $ 10,325,000 $ 31,000,000 3 Title II-A, College Library Resources -0- -0- such sums -0- 10,000,000 II-B, Training, Research 709,000 855,000 such sums 855,000 5,000,000 II-C, Research Libraries 5,675,000 5,738,000 such sums 5,738,000 10,000,000 II-D, Technology 3,651,000 3,732,000 such sums 3,732,000 5,000,000 VI, Sec. 607 Foreign Periodicals -0- -0- such sums -0- 1,000,000 ------Hawkins/Stafford Elementary/Secondary School Improvement Act, ESEA Cha12,ter 24 $490,740,000 $487,894,000 $640,000,000 $506,620,000 $506,620,000 National Commission on Libraries and Information Science $ 741,000 $ 750,000 $ 750,000 $ 770,000 $ 770,000 National Center for Education Statistics (incl. library surveys) $ 31,122,000 $ 39,739,000 such sums $ 60,404,000 $ 60,404,000 National Library of Medicine (incl. Medical Library Assistance Act) $ 73,731,000 $ 81,861,000 such sums $ 89,916,000 $121,500,000 5 White House Conference on Library and Information Services $ 1,750,000 $ 3,225,000 $ 1,025,000 6 -0- 1,025,000

1For LSCA, ALA recommends amounts authorized for FY 1990 in PL 101-254, signed March 15, 1990. 2under PL 101-254, no appropriation may be made for LSCA VIII unless the total for LSCA I, II & III is at least equal to the previous year's total plu 4%. (ALA's first priority for LSCA funding is restoration of LSCA I & II levels, zeroed out in the Administration's budget.) 3For HEA II, ALA recommends amounts authorized for FY 1987. 4The six targeted uses of Chapter 2 funds include school library resources and training of librarians. ~ALA recommends funding above the Administration's request in order to implement the recommendations of the NLM outreach planning panel. PL 100-382, signed August 8, 1988, authorized a total of $6 million for a WHCLIS, scheduled for July 9-13, 1991.

American Library Association, Washington Office, 202/547-4440 April 1990 }'WITE _HOUSE CONFERENCE ON LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES II

PUBLIC LAW 1Q9~182, approved and signed by the President August 8, 1988, authorizes $6 million to carry out the provisions of the law calling for the second White House Conference on Library and Information Services (WHCLIS II). Appropriations for the White House Conference were $4.975 million in . 1989 with $1.025 million remaining to be funded.

The President is authorized to call and conduct the Whi~e House Conference on Library and Information Services, which has been _scheduled for ' July 9-13, 1991. Meanwhile, completion of funding is essential so that the preceding Governors' Con­ ferences will have sufficient time to be planned and conducted and recommendations forwarded to the national level for further deliberation.

The key provisions of the WHCLIS law should be studied and position papers reflecting various aspects of library and information services should be developed to spark substantive content for consideration at the subsequent speakouts, town hall meetings, and Governors' Conferences which constitute the White House Conference process.

The preamble to the law sets forth the following findings.

o Access to information and ideas is indispensable to the development of human potential, the advancement of civilization, and the continuance of enlightened self-government;

o the preservation and the dissemination of information and ideas are the primary purpose and function of the library and information services;

o the economic vitality of the United States in a global economy and the productivity of the work force of the Nation rest on access to information in the postindustrial information age;

0 the White House Conference on Library and Information Services of 1979 began a process in which a broadly representative group of citizens made recommendations that have improved the library and information services of the Nation, and sparked the Nation's interest in the crucial role of library and information services at home and abroad;

0 library and information service is essential to a learning society;

0 social, demographic, and economic shifts of the past decade have intensified the rate of change and require that Americans of all age groups develop and sustain literacy and other lifelong learning habits;

0 expanding technological developments offer unprecedented opportunities for application to teaching and learning and to new means to provide access to library and information services;

o the growth and augmentation of the Nation's library and information services are essential if all Americans, without tegard to race, ethnic background,

(over) I - 2 -

or geographic location are to have reasonable access to adequate information and lifelong learning;

0 the future of our society depends on developing the learning potential inherent in all children and youth, especi~lly literary, reading, research, and retrieval ski+~s;

0 rapidly developing technology offers a potential for enabling libraries and information services . to serve the public more fully; and

0 emerging.. ~atellite cornrn:unication networks and o'ther technologies offer u~paralleied opportunity for access to education opportunities to all parts ; of the world, and to individuals who are homebound, handicapped, or incarcerated.

The purpose of the Conference is .to develop recommendations for the further improve~~~~ of, the · l.~bra:~:y apd information ' services of the Nat;i.qn and their use by the publi~ fn accordance with these findings; conference participants are to be selected from among four quarters:

the library and information profession1 · individuals .who are ,.currently active library and information supporters, including trustees an'd f 'riends groups; individuals who are Federal, State, or local government officials; and the general public.

The conference is to be planned and conducted by the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science with t-he assistance of a 30-member advisory committee composed of:

ten individuals appointed by the President; five individuals designated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; five individuals designated by the President pro tempore of the Senate; eight individuals designated by the Chairman of the Commission; the Secretary of Education; and the Librari~n of Congress.

The Chair of the Commission is to serve as Vice Chair of the Advisory Committee and the Chair of the Committee is to be elected from among the membership of the Advisory Committee.

Ask your Bepresentad.ve or one of your Senators for a copy of PL 100-382 so that you can familiarize yourself with its specific provisions.

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ACTION NEEDED: Review the 1985 Preliminary Design Group Report and its three proposals for overarching themes for WHCLIS II: Library and Intormation Services for Productivity, for Literacy, and for Democracy. Then, consider how these three themes may relate to current events as well as to the appropriate federal role in library and, information se:rvices for the 21st century. To receive a copy of the report, '6ontact the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, 1111 - 18th street, N. w., Suite 310, Washington, D. c., 20036, 202/254-3100.

American ~ibrary Association Washington Office, 202/547-4440 April 1990 WHAT THE STATES WOULD LOSE PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICES (LIBRARY SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION ACT TITLE I)

Purpose: Grants to the states for extension and improvement of public library services to geographic areas or groups of persons for whom current service is inade­ quate, and to assist libraries "in making effective use of technology to improve library and information services." When appropriations exceed $60 million, a portion of the arlrlitional funds is earmarked for urban libraries.

Appropriation FY 1990 $ 82,505,000 Budget Request FY 1991 -0- ALA RECOMMENDATION FY 1991 100,000,000

J mpact__ Q L ~~QQ_osed Proqram Elimination: LSCA reauthorization legislation {PL 101-254) expands title I emphases to include libraries' effective use of technology t o improve services, as well as child care-provider outreach activities, intergener­ a tional library services, and library literacy centers to encourage literacy t raining. Due to the enlarged scope of title I, ALA recommends increasing appropri­ ations for FY '91 to the authorized level of $100,000,000. The Administration's budget requests no funds for title I, stating that "general assistance is no longer necessary ••• " The impact of zero-funding would be immediate, because LSCA is not yet advance funded. If LSCA I is zero-funded, the states would lose the following sums based on the FY '90 appropriation.

I What States Would Lose What States Would Lose !state Based on $82,505,000* State Based on $82,505,000* I AL $1,356,242 MT $ 426,908 AK 347,701 I NE 651,560 ' AZ 1,183,455 NV 497,094 AR 875,086 NH 505,832 CA 8,180,949 NJ 2,376,341

I CO 1,130,462 NM 624,782 CT 1,111,295 NY 5,248,062 DE 386,036 ' NC 2,029,073 DC 373,916 ND 388,009 , FL 3,676,902 OH 3,259,730 GA 1,987,638 OK 1,113,832 HI 509,496 OR 979,942 ID 482,719 PA 3,582,757 IL 3,473,672 PR 1,122,380 IN 1,766,086 RI 479,900 IA 998,828 SC 1,178,099 KS 903,273 I SD 400,975 KY 1,250,540 TN 1,579,768 LA 1,442,496 TX 4,947,022 ME 539,657 I UT 676,365 MD 1,502,817 i VT 357,003 MA 1,859,950 I VA 1,895,466 MI 2,804,506 j WA 1,510,145 MN 1,414,027 I WV 728,794 MS 938,507 I WI 1,568,493 MO 1,649,109 I WY 335,017 I * Of this amount, 2 percent is a setaside for LSCA IV Library Services for Indian Tribes and Hawaiian Natives.

\merican Library Association, Washington Office, 202/547-4440 March 1990 WHAT THE STATES WOULD LOSE LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENT (LIBRARY SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION AC~ TITLE II)

Purpose: Grants to states for building new library structures, purchasing existing historic buildings for conversion to public libraries, renovating libraries, and purchasing initial equipment except books. Includes remodeling to meet handicapped accessibility requirements, to conserve energy, and to accommodate and enhance new technology. Federal share of each project may not exceed one half.

Appropriation FY 1990 $18,900,000 Budget Request FY 1991 -o- ALA RECOMMENDATION FY 1991 55,000,000

Impact of Proposed Program Elimination: Currently, demand for federal library construction funds exceeds availability by several magnitudes. Although federal funds are desperately needed to help provide adequate library facilities, the Admin­ istration's budget recommends elimination of LSCA title II for the ninth year in a row. LSCA II is particularly valuable because the matching requirement strongly stimulates nonfederal funds. If LSCA II is zero-funded, the states would lose the following federal funding amounts based on the FY '90 appropriation.

What States Would Lose State Based on $18,900,000*

AL $ 318,612 142,902 127,925 185,377 285,942 NV 156,171 227,639 NH 157,824 1,608,967 NJ 511,483 275,923 NM 180,314 272,300 NY 1,054,443 135,174 NC 445,825 132,883 ND 135,547 757,382 OH 678,507 437,991 OK 272,780 158,517 OR 247,464 153,454 PA 739,582 718,957 PR 273,615 396,102 RI 152,921 251,036 SC 284,930 232,969 SD 137,999 298,627 TN 360,874 334,920 TX 997,525 164,220 190,067 346,325 129,685 413,849 VA 420,564 592,437 347,711 329,537 WV 199,979 239,631 WI 358,742 373,985 WY 125,528

this amount, percent is a setaside for LSCA IV Library Services for Indian Tribes and Hawaiian Natives.

Library Association, Washington Office, 202/547-4440 March 1990 STATE ALLOCATIONS INTERLIBRARY COOPERATION AND RESOURCE SHARING (LIBRARY SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION ACT TITLE III}

Purpose: Grants to states for planning, establishing, and operating cooperative networks of libraries at local, regional, or interstate levels. These cooperative networks pro vide for "the systematie and effective coordination of the resources of s chool, public, academic, and special libraries and information centers for improved s upplemeatary services for the special clientele served by each type of library or center." Title III also provides for developing the technological capacity of libraries for interlibrary cooperation and resource sharing, and an optional ,tatewide preservation plan.

Appropriation FY 1990 $19,551,000 Budget Request FY 1991 20,372,000 ALA RECOMMENDATION FY 1991 35,000,000

1~.P.act _Q~__ Propos~_g_-~udqet Figure: Interlibrary cooperation of all kinds has been

3 timulated by LSCA III. In the 24 years since the addition of this title to LSCA, tremendous planning and implementation efforts have taken place among the different ty~s of libraries. The President's FY '91 budget proposes an increase of $821,000. 11.-:le III, as reauthorized, provides for development and implementation of an

0 ptional statewide preservation plan. ALA recommends the newly authorized level of $35 million, which would enable states to promote preservation of library resources. ~urrent state allocations are listed below.

FY 1990 Allocations FY 1990 Allocations •State Based on $19.551.000* State Based on $19.551.000*

AL $ 320,280 MT $ 95,004 AK 75,803 NE 149,461 AZ 278,396 NV 112,018 AR 203,645 NH 114,136 CA 1,974,635 NJ 567,559 co 265,550 NM 142,970 CT 260,904 NY 1,263,684 DE 85,096 NC 483,379 DI'.: 82,158 ND 85,575 FL 882,824 OH 781,699 GA 473,335 OK 261,519 HI 115,024 OR 229,063 1D 108,533 PA 860,003 IL 833,560 PR 263,432 IN 419,630 RI 107,850 IA 233,641 SC 277,098 KS 210,478 SD 88,718 KY 294,658 TN 374,465 LA 341,189 TX 1,190,709 ME 122,335 UT 155,474 MD 355,811 VT 78,059 MA 442,383 VA 450,992 MI 671,349 WA 357,588 MN 334,288 WV 168,183 MS 219,019 WI 371,732 MO 391,274 WY 72,729

* Of this amount, 2 percent is a setaside for LSCA IV Library Services for Indian Tribes and Hawaiian Natives.

\merican Library Association, Washington Office, 202/547-4440 March 1990 POSTAL REVENUE FORGONE

PROGRAM TITLE: Postal Reveriue Forgone Appropriation, as authorized by the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970, PL 91-375, as amended.

PURPOSE: Some postal subsidies date back to the earliest days of the Republic. The purpose then, as now, was to· promote the dissemination of information throughout the nation through free and reduced rate' postage for certain preferred classes of mail. The Act says the statutory criteria for setting postal rates and fees shall i nclude special recognition of the "educational, cultural, scientific, and informational value to the recipient of mail matter" [39 usc · 3622(b)(8)].

WHO RECEIVES FUNDING: Those who benefit from free and reduced rate postage include the blind and visually handicapped, local newspapers, libraries, schools and colleges, and religious, charitable, and other nonprofit organizations who qualify f~r free matter for the blind, and 2nd-, 3rd-, and 4th-class preferred rates. In many cases, those who mail items 12 such entities are also able to use preferred rates, thus reducing the postal costs passed through to eligible institutions. ,. ·, J::,. KINDS OF ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED: (1) Free mailing to or from blind o~ visually handicapped persons of braille or recorded books and other eligible materials and equipment. (2) Mailing at reduced rates of small circulation or in-county publica­ tions such aa local ~nd rural newspapers; publications for use in school classrooms or in religious instruction classes; publications of religious·, · educatlonal, ·chari- · table, and other nonprofit organizations; bulk rate mailings of similar nonprofit organizations for purposes such as fund-raising letters; books, periodicals, and audiovisual materials, loaned or exchanged between schools, colleges, or libraries (such as film sharing circuits, interlibrary loan, books-by-mail programs), and shipments of such items to eligible entities by publishers or distributors.

FUNDING HISTORY:

Administration Postal Service Congressional Budqet Estimate* A122ro12riation FY 1988 $ 71,795,000** $702,400,000 $517,000,000 FY 1989 19,023,000*** 527,482,000 436,417,000 FY 1990 23,696,000*** 459,755,000 453,425,000 FY 1991 372,592,000 484,592,000 pending

*Bylaw, USPS must estimate the amount needed to set preferred rates at full attributable costs. ** Transition funding, free mail for the blind and overseas voters only. *** Free mail for the blind and overseas voters only.

IMPACT OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET: The Bush Administration requests 23 percent less than the $484,592,000 the U.S. Postal Service estimates is needed to maintain preferred rates at current levels. The difference is due to proposed legislation to restrict the use of some rates: "Preferred rate status would be terminated or restricted for the following categories: (a) second-class nonprofit mail whose content includes more than 10 percent advertising; (b) third-class non­ profit mail with advertising that does not relate directly to the primary purpose of the organization· or -includes political advocacy, and educational material for organ­ i zations that are not schools; and (c} fourth-clas~ library rates for publisher ~ailings to libraries or schools." I - 2 -

Excluding educational materials from nonschool organizations would preclude most public library use of 3rd-class nonprofit mail, yet libraries clearly serve educational purposes. The 4th-class library rate is •intended to apsist schools and libraries in receiving and exchanging books and other materials. If publishers and distributors must mail textbooks, l~brary books, films, etc., at full commercial rates, the school and library recipients will simplylricut·higher postal costs.

Preferred rate mailers began paying their full direct mailing costs in 1986 with the end of a ).,6;-ye~r. phase-out schedule. For ,preferred rat~s' share of indi­ rect or USPS overhead. _c9ii1ts, the law calls for a permanent subsidy. With passage of t:he "equal markup" am~ndment ( deve~oped and supported.- by preferred :rate, tnai·lers) that became effective with the last general postal rate increase on Ap'r'i:1 3, 1988, t he revenue forgone requirement has ,been significantly reduced by about $300 mi).--:: lion. This has brought the level down to nearly the $457.6 million level of the, · ... initial revenue forgone appropriation in FY 1972 • .

USPS has filed for a 9eneral iate increase; if approved, all rates will rise . early next year. If the re·ventie USPS forgoes because· some rates are set at lower or preferred rates is not provided by congressional appropriations, or is provided at l ess than the full amount needed, rates can be raised immediately to make up the difference. A shortfall for FY '91 could cause an increase for preferred rate mailers in October, followed by a general rate increase a few months later--a double hit for the education and library communities. The effect of eliminating all postal revenue forgone funding is illustrated by the following examples:

Current Jlate Unsupsidized Percentage ·as ·of 4/3/88 Rate Increase 2nd-Class Classroom Pub. weekly, 12 oz., 15% advertising, 32 copies 'i per piece, NYC-Chicago 14.5¢ 18. 4¢' . 27% 3rd-Class Nonprofit ~~-- fund-raising letter, 3/4 oz., nationwide f '. distrib., req. presort . 8.4¢ 11.6¢ 38%

4th-Class Library Rate 2-lb. book pkg. between libraries, NYC-Chicago 87.0~ 92.0¢ 6%

A congressionally mandated study, "Report to the Congress: Preferred Rate s t udy, 11 conducted by the Postal Rate Commis's.ion in 1986 document:ad the depende'nce of ,,, s chools, colleges, and libraries on these rates. Educational organizations accounted for 32.6 percent of 3rd-class nonprofit mail volume~ Educational publica­ t ions were 22.4 percent of the .volume of preferred 2nd-class mail. Of the subsidy f or the 4th- class library rate for books and audiovisual materials, schools and colleges accounted foi 5~ percent (23 percent as senders and 26 percent as recipi- ~nts of packages fr~m ~ublishers and distributors where the postal cost is paid by ,:he recipient as part of _a purchase). Libraries represented 22 perc~nt of library ,:- ate subsidy ( inclt;t.ding· -~ . percent as recipients of publisher/distributor mailings).

merican Library Ass~ciation Washington Office \,J ·EL: 202/547-4440; FAX: 202/547-6373 -March 1990 . NATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORK

~... : : S. 1067 and HR 3131

~t _is _the NREN? The proposed National Research and Education Network (or NREN, pronounced en-ren) is a telecommunications infrastructure which_ wouid expand and upgrade the existing interconnected array of mostly scientific research networks, such as the nationa:1 NSFnet and regional NYSERNET and SURANET, known collectively as the Internet. The aim is to reach a 3-gigabit-per-second capacity by 1996, increasin·g current bandwidth by over 2,000 times. A ·· gigabit is one billion bits; and a 3-gigabit/second network could move 100,000 typed pages or 1,000 satellite ·photos every second.

EDUCOM, a coalition of 600 colleges and universities promoting use of information technology ,in higher education, describes the goal of the NREN: "to enhance national coµipetitiveness and productivity through a high speed, high qu!:llity, network infrastructure which supports a broad set of applications and n'etwork services for the research and instructional community-." The concept of the NREN originated as a mean~ to connect supercomputer centers and to accommodate the massive ,amounts of data produced by high-performance computer p~ojects, but such a network could accommodate other uses as well. The idea of a National Research Network gradually expanded to a National Research and Education Networ~, partly through the influence of EDUCOM and the Library of Congress Network Advisory Committee (composed of representatives of library associations and networks).

Establishment of the NREN is included in pending legislation as well as in the recommendations of a September 1989 report, The Federal High . Performance Computing Network,. developed by the Federal Coordinating Coun.cil for Science, Engineering, ~nd ~echnology (FCCSET) and issued by President Bush's new· science ,adviser: , o. Allan Bromley, Director of the Office of Science aQd Technol6gy Policy.

Legislation. Legislation to establish the NREN was first intrbciuced in the 100th Congress by Sen~ Albert Gore, Chairman of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation subcommittee on Science, Technology, arid Space. The ·National High-Performa,nce ·computer Technology Act was introduced again in 1989 as s. 1067. jep. Doug Wilgren, then Chairman of the Science, Space~ and Technology Subcommittee on Science, Research and .Technology, introduced an identical bill, HR 3131. Both science subcommittees and the Hoµse telecommunications subcommittee have held hearings on the legislation.

A revised version of S. 1067 was ordered reported by the Senate Commerce, Science, and .Transportation Committee on April 3. (The Committee's report had not yet been issued at this writing.) As approved, the High-Performance Computing Act of 1990 includes some of the language making library linkages several library associations, 1067 more explicit,, as suggested jointly by S. '' now contains seven titles.

TITLE I, National High-Performance Computing Plan. Coordination among federal agencies ·through FCCSET. Development of interagency research and development plan. Roles defined for several science agencies, Department of Education, and the three national libraries.

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TITLE II, National Research and Education Network. National Science Foundation to work with other agencies to establish a multi-gigabit NREN by 1996 to connect computers and their users at universities, federal and industrial labs, libraries, schools, and other institutions. When national, commercial, high-speed networks can meet the needs of researchers, the network is to be phased out. Mechanisms to charge for the use of previously published, copyrighted material available over the NREN are to be explored where feasible.

TITLE III, Information Services. NSF would be the lead agency for ensuring that federally funded databases and network services can be accessed via the NREN. Services would include directories of users, federal data banks, digital libraries of electronic books and journals, software libraries, and research facilities. Access to commercial information services would be provided, and charging mechanisms would be explored.

TITLE IV, Software. This title calls for software research and development, especially for "Grand Challenge" fundamental problems in science and engineering, open software standards development, and clearinghouses for research software. '

TITLE v, Computer Systems. Encourages development of new supercomputing technology by the private sector.

TITLE VI, Basic Research and Education. Science agencies would promote basic research in computer technology and for education of computer scientists, computational scientists, certain engineers, and library and information scientists.

TITLE VII, Authorizations for FY 1991-95. To NASA $338 million authorized for the purposes of the Act. To NSF: $195 million to establish the network, $64 million for basic research and education, and the remaining $391 million for the other purposes of titles III, IV, and v. The average annual cost would be under $200 million, modest compared to the annual federal research and development expenditure of $70 billion.

Library Interest. Paul Gherman, Director of Libraries at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, testified on March 15 at the most recent hearings on HR 3131. He represented the American Library Association and the Association of Research Libraries. His testimony concluded: "The original vi•sion for the NREN was to make supercomputing more broadly available to scientists and researchers. It was a very worthwhile initiative. However, I believe the vision the library community has presented to you here today sees in the NREN the possibility of transforming the very basis of scholarly communication in our nation. This vision offers a new efficiency, quality, and speed by which information can be accessed •••• "

By varying estimate·s, as many as 70 library on line catalogs are currently available on the Internet. Institutions connected to the Internet now include a number of graduate institutions and a handful of high schools. Linkages from existing library networks to the NREN could help expand access beyond recipients of federal grants to smaller organizations and other students, including those distant from major research centers. Libraries of all types linked to the NREN would enhance the national investment in the network, - 3 -

spread its benefits more widely, and increase access to the resources available over it through an institution already established to assist users with information needs.

Revisions in the Senate committee-approved s. 1067 move in this direction. The purposes now include federal government support for making information services available over the network. The coordination among federal agencies involved in a national high-performance computing plan would now include the Department of Education, the Library of Congress, the National Agricultural Library, and the National Library of Medicine, all of which are to encourage the distribution of library and information resources through the NREN. Libraries and schools are to be provided access to the NREN and its resources. Network services are to include orientation and training of users. Library and information science would be added to the research and education title.

Outlook. s. 1067 now has 21 cosponsors, and once a committee report is issued, should be ready for Senate floor action. The Administration lists a high-performance computing initiative as a high priority, but prefers not to have separate legislation. However, the lack of funding for the plan in the Administration's FY '91 budget has convinced many Senate and House science subcommittee members of both parties that legislation is needed.

Recommendation. Public access to the NREN through the nation's libraries, as provided in S. 1067, could address congressional concern expressed at all the hearings that the NREN not be available only to an information elite. While many NREN implementation issues remain to be worked out, on balance, the library community sees the evolving NREN legislation as an important and positive milestone in the provision of library and information resources, and deserving of support.

American Library Association Washington Office, 202/547-4440 April 17, 1990 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS IN BUDGET CRISIS

LC in Budget Crisis. "An essentially declining annual appropriation has begun to erode the Library's ability tp serve the nation," according to Library of Congress budget do_cuments in support of a fiscal year 1991 budget request of $326 million, up 22 percent over FY 1990. Some $21 million of the total would consist of receipts from copyright re~istration fees (legislation is pending to double such fees), and sales of products. The Library of Congress budget has increased less than 14 percent during the last six years. The FY 1991 budget request represents LC's "real needs ••• as we enter a new decade.' It is not a . wish list, but the solid base needed to continue performing its established mission."

In FY 1986, LC was cut by. more than $18 million due to the double-whammy of

J .• ' appropriations cuts and Gramm-Rudman-Hollings cuts. The Library has never been able to recover from that devastating blow. In FY 1985 _LC received $2-j8~542,000; five years later, the amount had increased only to $267,056,000.

The Library has had to absorb sequesters and other across-the-board cuts, and has been forced to absorb, out of current services, most of the cost of mandatory pay ' increases for its staff. During the same six-year .period, comparable national cultura·1 institutions in Washington, such as the Smithsonian Institution and other national libraries, received increases in federal appropriations of !8 to 68 percent.

Consequences of Cuts. This erosion of support has caused a serious budget crisis. LC is stretched much too thinly across its many functions, is struggling to maintain services, is restricted in its ability to develop new initiatives or to exert the leadership expected of a national library, and is under considerable pressure to find other sources of revenue and to charge for services.

The Library has 475 fewer employees than it did five years ago, and 13 of every 100 authorized positions must be held vacant. Collections increased 10 percent since 1984, to 90 million items. A majority of these collections are unique to LC and represent the nation's memory. However, over 38 million items (including 800,000 books) are in unprocessed arrearages. Arrearages are growing at a rate of 4.8 percent--some l.8_million items annually. The LC budget reqµest includes $7.3 million specifically to reduce the arrearages, and $5.4 million for a secondary storage facility._

Attacking Arrearages. LC submitted a report on its unprocessed arrearages December 1, as requested by congressional appropriations COIIU'\littees, in which it set a goal of reducing the growing backlog by 80 percent over ten years. LC also plans to adopt more efficient processing systems, make use of bibliographic utilities for cataloging data, . and target specific categories for _priority cataloging. Joseph Boisse! University Librarian, University of California at Santa Barbara, representing the American Library Association and the Association of Research Libraries at hearings on the LC budget on February 8, supported these strategies. He also recommended that LC establish a blue ribbon commission with representatives of library and scholarly associations to advise on priorities and methodologies in attacking the arrearage problem.

Services to Nation. The Library of Congress is the largest national library in the world. Its national library services include the following.

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0 since 1901, LC has provided cataloging information to the nation's libraries. LC estimates that in cataloging nearly 175,000 titles in FY '89, it saved the nation 1 ~ libraries over $350 million.

LC's National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped circulates over 20,800,000 items annually to more than 705,000 .blind and physically handicapped readers.

0 LC has done nearly half of all preservation microfilming in the U.S.

0 The Library answers some two million reference inquiries from around the country annually.

0 Last year, LC processed almost 35,000 interlibrary loan requests, lending materials to libraries in every state.

0 Libraries and educational organizations in 48 states last year selected items from LC's surplus book program of items not needed for its own collection.

0 Last year, LC registered over 564,870 items for copyright and answered over 489,882 inquiries about copyright.

0 Through a Library pilot project, 14 libraries across the country are testing dial-up access to LC's automated bibliographic, bill status, copyright, and referral information. Uses have ranged from locating information on earth­ quake recovery efforts immediately after the California earthquake to providing, to an official in Bulgaria, information on the right of freedom of 'assembly in the U.S.

0 Since 1984, 20 states have established statewide book centers affiliated with LC's Center for the Book, which stimulates public interest in books, reading, and libraries.

0 In the "American Memory" program under development, LC collections in American history and culture will be packaged, with the appropriate finding tools, on compact disks and other high-tech formats, and placed in libraries and schools.

0 A traveling version of the LC exhibit, "To Make All Laws: The Congress of the United States 1789-1989," is touring 31· public and state libraries across the country. LC cooperated with the American Library Association, which received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to cover the costs of shipping, insurance, and promotional materials. Other LC traveling exhibits also circulate.

congressional Action Needed. The primary function of the Library of Congress is to serve as reference apd research support to Congress, but its national library services have a direct impact on library users in every congressional district. LC is part of the Legislative Branch of the U.S. government, and its budget is under the jurisdiction of the House and Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittees. For the most effective service, to Congress, for its keystone ·role in the nationwide system of interconnected libraries, and for its essential role in undergirding the nation's libraries, the Library of Congress budget request of $326 million for FY 1991 should be approved.

\merican Library Association Washington Office, 202/547-4440 April 1990 . ·.: ~ CHAPTER 2

ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, TITLE I . . :,.,··.

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PURPOSE: A program of block grants to states to (1) provide initial funding to enable state educational agencies (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) to implement promising educational programs that can be supported by state and local sources of funding after such programs are demonstrated to be effective: (2) provide a continuing source of innovation. educational improvement. and support for library and instructional materials: (3) meet the special educational needs of at risk and high cost students: (4) enhance the quality of teaching and learning through initiat­ ing and expanding effective schools programs: and (5) allow SEAs and LEAS to meet their educational needs and priorities for targeted eligible uses.

WHO RECEIVES FUNDING: Up to one percent of the funding is reserved for the insular territories, up to six percent is reserved for the Secretary's discretionary fund, and the remainder is divided among the states on the basis of their school-age populations. Each SEA must distribute 80 p·ercent of its funding to LEAs on an enrollment basis with higher allocations to LEAs with the greatest concentrations of high cost children, such as those from low-income families and sparsely populated areas. Of the 20 percent funding which may be retained by the SEAs, not more than 25 percent may be used for administration, , and generally at least 20 percent shall be used for effective schools programs. The Chapter 2 block grant, like the antecedent programs, is advance funded. That is, to allow for long-range planning, the funding l evel decided upon during the FY 1990 appropriations process actually will be made available for the 1990-91 school year.

KINDS OF ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED: Reauthorization of Ch. 2 by the Hawkins-Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988 (PL 100-297) substi­ tutes six targeted uses for the 32 eligible uses under Ch. 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement A~t of 1981:

1. programs to meet the educational needs of students at risk pf failure in school and of dropping out and students for whom providing an education entails higher than average .costs:

2. programs for the acquisition and use of instructional and educational materials, including library books, reference materials. computer software and hardware for instructional use, and other_· curricular materials that would be used to improve the quality of instruction:

3. innovative programs designed to carry out schoolwide improvements, including the effective schools program:

4. programs of training and professional development to enhance the knowledge and skills ·ot educational personnel, including teachers, librarians, and others:

5. programs designed · to enhance personal excellence of students and student achievement, including instruction in ethics, performing and creative arts, and participation in community service projects: and

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6. other innovative projects which would enhance the educational program and climate of the school, including programs for gifted and talented students, technology education pro.grams, early childhood education programs, community education and programs for youth suicide prevention.

Authorized 'activities include planning; development, or operation and expansion of programs designed to carry out the targeted assistance described above. Such activities may include the training of educational personnel in any of the targeted assistance programs. Thf allocation of funds under Ch. 2 and the design, planning, and implementation of programs is to be accomplished with systematic. consultation ,with parents, teachers, and other groups involved in implementation as considered ·appropriate by the LEA. s·chool iibrarians . must be represented on the state Ch. 2 advisory committee.

FUNDING HISTORY:

FY 1988 Appropriation $504,131,000 FY 1989 Appropriation 409,740,000 FY 1990 Appropriation 487,894,000 FY 1991 Authorization 640,000,000 FY 1991 Budget Request 506,620,000

IMPACT OF ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET: For FY 1991, the Administration has requested $506,620,000, a 4.1 percent increase over the current level, which is about the amount allowed for inflation. This includes $1 million for an evaluation of the block grant, building on a study (funded in 1990) of state activities under the "effective schools" component of the program. Although this legislation recognizes the important part played by elementary and secondary education and was codified to encourage and support innovation, the small increase in proposed fundi~g will not go very far to support the recently articulated national goals and objectives for education in the 1990s.

When the National Governors' As·sociation met in late 1989 and formulated educational goals and objectives, they stated that:

All of our people, not just a few, must be able to use their minds well, to think for a living, and to understand the world around them. They will need to communicate complex ideas, analyze and solve problems and think and reason abstractly.

School libraries provide rich raw materials for young minds to access to begin the process of exposure to a wide variety of ideas and myriad topics. School libraries may also allow students to use computers for the first t 'ime. Librarians provide early training in methods of organization and evaluation as well as giving students help with research and ways to use the library's resources.

Thus, an increased allocation of funds in this title would be truly an investment in the future of the country and its work force.

AUTHORIZATION: PL 100-297, the Hawkins-Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988, authorizes Ch. 2 through FY 1993, with funding levels of $640 million in FY 1991, $672 million in FY 1992, and $706 million in FY 1993.

American Library Association, Washington Office, 202/547-4440 March 1990 PENDING BILLS THREATEN ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT INFORMATION

HR 384«;:}_, the _Governme!).t ' ?rintinq Office Improvement Act of 1990. This bill proposes c h~nges to Title 44 of the U.S. Code that would fundamentally damage public access to · · g,overnment information through the nation's depository library program. The federal Depository Library Program was established by Congress in the 19th century to provide federal government information, at no cost to the public, through libraries. HR 3849 proposes, for the first time irt the history of the program, that users and depository libraries would have to pay for access to government informatibn, thus increasing the likelihood of a nation of "information haves and have-nots." The proposed addition t o 44 use 1902 provides that:

Access to information services may be made available to depository libraries by the Superintendent of Documents subject to agreement between the Superintendent and the component of the Government issuing the service. Such an agreement must describe the terms and conditions of access, including arrangements for .cost sharing, such as contribu­ •• 1..· tions from service users, depository libraries, the issuing component of Gover,nment, and appropriations for the depository library program.

Libraries now .bear a large share of the cost of getting government information to the ''~erican people. A recent .. survey by the Washington Office showed that just six p~rcent of the. depositories spend at least $21.4 million annually on staff, equip­ :nent, and facilities, more than the Government Printing Office spent in fiscal year t 990 to distribute the information to all 1,400 depositories.

To ensure equitable access to all us~rs, the current statute prohibits depository libraries from charging fees to the i:iublic to use government publications. By chang­ i ng the definition of ."government publication," HR 3849 would effectively exclude electronic i _nformation services, ·such ..as bulletin boards and other online data, from oeing considered government publications. The bill would set the precedent for i.. njecting format-based distinctions into .d~terminations about ·what kinds of informa­ tion to include in the OLP~ Under current statute, decisions about what to include in the program are based on content, not format. The proposed bill amends 44 USC 1901 to revise the definition of government publication as follows:

••• the term "Government publication" means an information product which is published, in any tangible format, medium, or substrate, at Government expense, or as required by law •••

c urrently, GPO is testing the 1utility, feasibility, and cost-effectiveness of online database dissemination to depository libraries through pilot projects. It is unfair f or congress to consider initiating user charges for depository access to information services prior to cost data from the pilots.

ACTION NEEDED: Rep. Jim Bates (D-CA}, Chairman of the House Administration s ubcommittee on Procurement and Printing, may mark up HR 3849 in May. Contact .ne mbers of the House Administration Committee and the House Legislative Appropria­ t i ons subcommittee to urge that electronic information services "shall" be made available to depositories and included in definitions of government publication and printing; that users be exempt from paying contributions for access to government i. nformation in depository libraries; and that depository libraries (already bearing a La rge proportion of the costs) not be required to pay a larger share of the costs of ·Jroviding access to government inform~,tion.

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Pagerwork Reduction Act. Legislation now before Congress will significantly increase the role in government information dissemination policy of the Office of Management and Budget--an agency which has acted to restrict dissemination and to privatize government information. Two bills (HR 3695 ands. 1742) reauthorizing the Paperwork Reduction Act centralize policy-making responsibility for information dissemination in 0MB. ALA is concerned that OMB's function of reviewing and cutting agency budgets will override the government's affirmative obligation to disseminate information to the public.

The sponsors of these bills are attempting to limit and define OMB's responsibilities, and have included good provisions in the bills. On the positive side, both bills require agencies to provide government publications for distribution through the Depository Library Program, although only the House bill refers to publi­ cations in electronic formats. However, ALA is concerned that both bills contain provisions that would have long-term negative consequences. One such provision in both HR 3695 ands. 1742 is the requirement for an agency to consider a list of restrictive factors in determining how to fulfill its public information dissemination functions. In particular, the fourth factor on that list, requiring consideration of "equivalent" public or private information products or services, would contribute to undue and' unwarranted privatization, and may render agency experiments with new information technologies difficult if not impossible to undertake.

A revised version of HR 3695 was approved on March 13 by the Government Operations Committee, although the Comm.it tee's report on the bill has not been issued -at this writing. Major changes in HR 3695 include restructuring the information dissemina­ .tion provisions. The reported bill still provides for 0MB guidance that would direct agencies to comply with various dissemination rules and procedures, but the rules .and pr ocedures have been shifted to become direct agency responsibilities.

The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee mark up of s. 1742 scheduled for April 5 was postponed, possibly until the next scheduled mark up on May 1. Another alter­ native would be an extension of PRA as proposed bys. 2291, introduced by Sens. Rudman (R-NH), Roth (R-DE), Stevens (R-AK), and Boschwitz (R-MN).

ACTION NEEDED: Urge members of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee to: (1) add language to s. 1742 (p. 24, lines 3-6) to provide that agencies will be required to make publications in electronic formats available to the Depository Library Program; (2) eliminate the list of restrictive factors required to be considered by an agency in determining how to carry out its public information dissemination functions (p. 18, lines 10-25 and p. 19, lines 1-5); (3) ensure that responsibility for implementing government information policies remains with the head of each federal agency, rather than with 0MB; and (4) retain in Congress overall information dissemination authority and strengthen Congressional oversight mechanisms.

, uerican Library Association Washington Office, 202/547-4440 April 1990 COLLEGE LIBRARY RESOURCES

TITLE II-A, HIGHER EDUCATION ACT

PURPOSE: To assist the neediest academic libraries in maintaining and improving library collections and sharing resources.

WHO RECEIVES FUNDING: Grants from $2,000-$10,000, depending on enrollment ·ange, are targeted to libraries ranking below their institutional class norm when icored for both materials expenditures/FTE student and volumes held/FTE student. ~unds may go to institutions of higher education, their branches in other cornrnuni­ •·.ies, to combinations of institutions, and to other public and private nonprofit library institutions which provide library and information services to institutions of higher education on a formal, cooperative basis.

KINDS OF ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED: Eligible recipients receive resource development grants to acquire library resources and pursue resource sharing. An evaluation will he conducted after two years to determine the effectiveness of the program. Recip­ ient institutions must maintain library materials expenditures at a level not less than the average of the two preceding fiscal years (except in very unusual circum­ stances). This maintenance-of-effort requirement may be figured on either an aggregate or a per student basis.

FUNDING HISTORY:

FY 1983 Appropriation $1,920,000 FY 1984-90 Appropriation -O- FY 1991 Authorization such sums as necessary FY 1991 Budget Request -o-

IMPACT OF ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET: For the ninth year in a row, the \dministration has recommended elimination of II-A. These library resource grants ,vere unfunded in recent years pending development of criteria to target the grants co the neediest colleges, as appropriations subcommittees had recommended. Such criteria, developed by the academic library community, were included in the Higher Education Amendments of 1986 (PL 99-498).

The most recent funding for II-A in FY 1983 of $1.9 million provided grants averaging $890 to 2,141 institutions. With the new targeting of the neediest ~olleges, an appropriation of $2 million in FY 1991 would provide grants averaging $5,000 to about 400 of the nation's neediest academic libraries. Limited funding would result in fewer, not smaller grants.

AUTHORIZATION: PL 89-329 as amended by PL 89-752, PL 90-575, PL 92-318, PL 94-482, PL 96-374, PL 97-35, and PL 99-498, the Higher Education Act Amendments of 1986, which amends and extends HEA for five years, through FY 1991.

American Library Association Washington Office, 202/547-4440 April 1990 LIBRARY TRAINING, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

TITLE II-B, HIGHER EDUCATION ACT

PURPOSE: To provide funds for the training of persons in librarianship, and for research and demonstration projects relating to the improvement of libraries.

WHO RECEIVES FUNDING: Institutions of higher education and other public or private agencies. Library and information science students receive aid through the grant recipients. Since the program's inception in 1966, more than 4,000 II-B fellowships have been awarded, many to members of minority groups. Together, the f ellowship and institute components of II-B have assisted 20,766 persons in training and retraining for library service. The research sponsored by II-B benefits the millions of users of the more than 100,000 u. s. libraries.

KINDS OF ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED: Two thirds of each year's appropriation supports t raining grants to institutions of higher education and library organizations or agencies. Training grants may be used to: (1) assist in covering the cost of courses of training or study (including institutes): (2) establish and maintain fellowships or traineeships with stipends: and (3) establish, develop, or expand programs of library and information science, including new techniques of information transfer and communication technology. Not less than 50 percent of the grants shall be for fellowships or traineeships.

The remaining one third of each year's appropriation supports a program to undertake needed library research for the improvement of libraries. Funds may be used for the dissemination of information derived from the grant projects.

FUNDING HISTORY:

FY 1988 Appropriation $718,000 FY 1989 Appropriation 709,000 FY 1990 Appropriation 855,000 FY 1991 Authorization such sums as necessary FY 1991 Budget Request 855,000

IMPACT OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET: Training: As the 1988-89 Occupational outlook Handbook notes, there is a growing shortage of trained librarians, and the master's degree graduates in library science have dropped to less than half the level of the mid-70s. Shortages are particularly critical in the areas of school media, children's and young adult services, science reference, and cataloging. Training in these areas has been targeted as a priority for the II-B grants, as well as training for new techniques of information transfer and communications technology, services to the elderly, the illiterate, the disadvantaged, and rural residents.

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TIT.LE II-c·, HIGHER EDUCATION ACT

PURPOSE: To assist major research libraries in maintain:i,.ng and strengthening their collections and in making their holdings available ·to· other libraries whose users .require research materials.

WHO RECEIVES FUNDING: Major research libraries. A major research library is defined as "a public or private nonprofit . institution, including the library res0 urces of an institution of higher education, an independent research library, or a state or other public library, having library collections which are available to qualified users and which { 1) make a sigQ,ificant contribution to higher education and -research; ( 2) are broadly based and are recognized . as havin:g · national or inter­ national significance for scholarly research f ( 3) ·are of · a unique nature and contain material not wid~ly available, and ( 4') are in substantial deitiand. by researchers and 9cholars not conn~cted with that ·instit~tion." Initituti~ns ~eceiving a title II-C grant are ineligible for a II-A Resource ,Development Grant in the same year. Since ·t"l 1978, II-Chas supported a total ·of 392 projects in 41 states and the District of ,coiumbia.

KINDS OF ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED: II-C promotes research and makes rare material

·-1ccessible by funding (1) bibliographic control activities, which. give scholars 1ccess to materials not held by their local research libraries; (2) preservation ~ctivities, which rescue fragile and irreplaceable research material; and, (3) col­ lection development activities, which augment already strong and unique collections.

FUNDING HISTORY:

FY 1988 Appropriation $5,744,000 FY 1989 Appropriation 5,675,000 FY 1990 Appropriation 5,738,000 FY 1991 Authorization sti.:ch s.ums as necessary FY 1991 Budget Request 5,738,000

IMPACT OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET: Continuation of funding for II-C will ~ave a positive impact on scholarly access to research material in three key areas: oibliographic control, preservation, and co}-lection dev_elopment.

Bibliographic Control. Library materials can be used only if they can be located, and it is bibliographic control, the identification and description of naterial, that makes it possible to locate a needed book or manuscript out of the millions of items in research collections. II-C funded projects which create nation­ ally available online or compact disc catalogs of research library holdings enable scholars and librarians to become aware of and to use material located all over the ,16untry.

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Preservation. The use of acidic paper in books produced since 1850 has created a disaster on research library shelves. Studies indicate that as much as one fourth of the collections of the nation's major libraries are in such poor condition that further use by circulation or photocopying may result in loss of text. Without treat­ ment, all but about ten percent of the remainder of book collections are expected to reach the same brittle state. Funding is desperately needed to assist research collections in preserving their deteriorating materials and in coordinating their preservation efforts.

Coll~ction__ pevelogment. Internationally, 1,000 books are published daily; nationally, 9,600 different periodicals are published annually~ and the total of all printed knowledge doubles every eight years. No library or educational institution can keep pace with nor afford to acquire this amount of information, but new informa­ t ion technologies enable carefully constructed collaborative efforts among libraries co permit institutions to "access" information in lieu of "owning" it.

Re cent II-C projects include:

o Mississippi State University Library, one of four regional libraries designated by the Department of Agriculture aquaculture network, will acquire library materials to strengthen and enhance its collection and improve access to and delivery of information on aquaculture to scientists and researchers on a state, regional, national, and international level.

o The New York Public Library will continue to catalog and conserve a portion of the Rogers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. · This collection of noncommercial, privately made or "produced for broadcast only" tapes, cassettes, and video recordings includes material recorded by such artists as Toscanini and Bing Crosby, and speeches and interviews by La Guardia and Dylan Thomas, and others. At present, access to these materials is severely limited or unavailable to the public at all.

o In California, Stanford University's Hoover Institute collection of rare newspapers, wall placards, proclamations, and other types of materials will continue to be preserved and made accessible to researchers with II-C grant dollars.

o The Thomas Cooper Library at the University of South Carolina, Columbia , will use II-C funds to catalog a collection of rare serials. Cataloging will be entered into the OCLC database, providing scholarly access to these specialized collections on a national and international scale.

AUTHORIZATION: PL 94-482 as amended by PL 96-374, PL 97-35, and PL 99-498, the Higher Education Act Amendments of 1986, which amends and extends HEA for five years, through FY 1991.

'\merican Library Association Washington Office, 202/547-4440 April 1990 COLLEGE LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY AND COOPERATION GRANTS

TITLE II-D, HIGHER EDUCATION ACT

RQ.RP.Qp_E.:: To provide funds for technological equipment for sharing of library resources, consortia and joint use library projects, networking, and other special purposes.

WHO RECEIVES FUNDING: ~nstitutions of higher education, combinations of such institutions, and other public and private nonprofit organizations, which provide library and information ser_vices to higher education institutions on a formal, c ooperative basis may receive grants of at least $15,000 for up to three years with a one-third matching requirement.

KINDS OF ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED: Four types of grants for: (1) technological equipment necessary to participate in networks for sharing of library resources; (2) joint-use 'library facil.i,ties, resources, or equipment: (3) projects that improve information services to higher education institutions; and, (4) research or demon­ stration projects to meet specialized national or regional needs in utilizing -~ echnology to enh.ance library or information sciences.

FUNDING HISTORY: i. ~-

FY 1988 Appropriation $3,590,000 FY 1989 Appropriation 3,651,000 FY 1990 Appropriation 3,732,000 FY 1991 Authorization such sums as necessary FY 1991 Budget Request 3,732,000

IMPACT OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET: Continuation of this recently funded program would make a very critical contribution to supporting and encouraging resource-sharing projects among libraries through the use of technology and network­ ing. In the second grant year, 381 proposals were received but only 52 were funded.

The goal of nationwide networks of information resources in support of scholarship and research and development is strengthened with each library that is able to participate. II-Dis critical to making that participation possible, because high capitalization costs have prevented many academic libraries from taking advan­ tage of new technological applications and supplying their students, faculty, researchers, scientists, and local business persons with the latest information, often available only in electronic form.

0 Prairie State College in Chicago Heights, Illinois, is acquiring and installing the computer equipment needed to join the Suburban Library Systems SWAN Automated Circulation Control System--a resource sharing and circulation system of 59 member libraries.

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0 Spokane Falls Community College in Washinqton will provide access to library materials · supporting coursework delivered at rural extension sites, by providing the computer equipment to access the Spokane Cooperative Library Information System (SCOLIS).

0 Cogebic Community College in Ironwood, Michigan, is implementing a resource-sharing network with the Upper Peninsula Region of Library Coopera­ tion, Inc., a consortium of regional libraries interested in sharing re~ources and improving information services.

o Valley City State University (North Dakot~) is purchasing the computer and communications equipment necessary tq .. access the North Dakot~ Higher Educa­ tion Computer Network ( HECN) Library . Information· System, ·the on line library catalog of seven North Dakota colleges and universities.

o In Florida, a II-D project at the DuPont-Ball Library will increase significantly the John B. Stetson University's contribution to and participa­ tion in regional, state, and national library resource-sharing networks by entering serials-holding records into the OCLC Union List; by expediting document and information delivery via telefacsimile transmission; and by expanding the university's locally distributed CD-ROM catalog database.

o Maryville College (Tennessee) is participating in the Southeastern Library network (SOLINET), a regional affiliate of OCLC, allowing the library to access for its constituency bibliographic information previously unavailable.

AUTHORIZATIO~: The Higher Education Act Amendments of 1986, PL 99-498, which amends and extends the Higher Education Act for five years through FY 1991.

-nerican Library Association, Washington Office, 202/547-4440 April 1990 LIBRARY SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION ACT

OVERALL PURPOSE: To extend and improve public library services, assist in the construction and renovation of public libraries, assist libraries in making effective use of technology, promote cooperative library networks among all types of libraries, improve library services to Indian tribes, and support library literacy programs.

PURPOSE OF STATE FORMULA-BASED TITLES:

Title I, Public Library Services: To assist the states in the extension and improvement of public library services and in making effective use of technology.

Title II, Public Library Construction and Technology Enhancement: To assist in ouilding, purchasing, and improving public library buildings and to assist in a cquiring, installing, maintaining or replacing substantial technological ~quipment.

Title III, Interlibrary Cooperation and Resource Sharing: To assist the states in promoting cooperative networks of libraries which provide for systematic and e ffective coordination of the resources of school, public, academic, and special l ibraries and information centers, and to assist in developing the technological capacity of libraries for interlibrary cooperation and ~esburce sharing.

GENERAL PROVISIONS: A basic allotment is made to each state library a dministrative agency. Remaining funds are distributed proportionately based on s tate population. Titles I and II funds must be matched (within a 33-66 percent r ange) on the basis of a ratio of the state's per capita income to the average per capita income of the u. S.

To participate, each state must have a state plan approved by the Secretary of Education, plus a comprehensive three- or five-year plan for state priorities. and a ctivities to meet the library and information needs of the people, including a s tatewide resource sharing plan.

When title I funding exceeds $60 million, each state with cities of over 1on,ooo population must reserve up to 50 percent of its share of the funds over $60 million f or major urban resource libraries. States may use up to six percent of their alloca­ t ions or $60,000 for administrative costs. Before state allocations are calculated, t wo percent of the appropriations for titles I, II, and III is reserved for Title IV, library services for Indian tribes and Hawaiian natives.

LSCA I, PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICES

KINDS OF ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED: Developing and improving library services to a reas and populations which are disadvantaged because of distance, institutionaliza­ tion, physical handicap, limited English-speaking proficiency, residence, income, a ge, or literacy level; assisting libraries to serve as community information and r eferral centers; providing literacy programs and model library literacy c enters; s trengthening state library agencies; strengthening metropolitan libraries and major urban resource libraries which serve national or regional needs; making effective use ,:, f technology to improve library and information services; developing intergenera­ t ional library programs matching older adult volunteers with children for after- school literacy and reading skills programs; providing mobile library services a nd programs to child·-care providers and centers ; and providing materials for drug 3 buse programs. Priorities may be addressed through statewide services or grants to .ibrary entities. Funds may be used for books and other library materials, - 2 - equipment, salaries, other operating expenses, and statewide planning and evaluation of programs. Maintenance of effort requirements must be met.

fYNDING HISTOR'¥:~ FY 1988 Appropriation $78,986,000 FY 1989 Appropriation 81,009,000 FY 1990 Appropriation 82,505,000 FY 1991 Authorization such sums as necessary FY 1991 Budget Request -o- ,·); IMPACT OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET: The loss of federal support for public ------~----· . ., libra.ry prbgranis would trigger the elimination of the most far-reaching and innova- t ive programs offered by public libraries. LSCA I helps reach that part of the population without library services or with very inadequate services, or for whom pr ovision of library and information services requires extra effort or special waterials and equipment. Recent LSCA I projects include:

0 The Alabama Public Library System has established a fax network which i ncludes 25 public libraries throughout the state and also serves the Alabama Insti­ t ute for the Deaf and Blind. Funded through an LSCA grant, the project has improved r eference and interlibrary loans and communication among the libraries.

0 . In Iowa, a collection of Native American literature for children was e stablished for use by families from the nearby Mesquakie Indian Settlement; three conferences on business and economic development resources. for small- and medium­ sized libraries will be conducted, and LSCA I dollars will implement an outreach orograrn to serve the elderly.

o In~• LSCA I provides Talking Book Service for more than 3,000 blind :versons; support for library services in state-operated institutions; and a statewide

1,ooks-by-mail program to 220,000 rural Maine residents who live in towns without l ibraries (20 percent of the total state population).

0 Bookmobile service of the East Central Regional Library in Cambridge, Minnesota, is funded by title I, and serves towns as far as 30 miles from any town \>"ith a small library. The population served is elderly and less mobile. Also served by bookmobile is the Mille Lacs Lake India n Reservation School.

0 A special program to celebrate African-American culture and heritage is being Jffered by the Queens Borough Public Library. The ten-part series will feature Jistinguished African-Americans who will explore black history and culture, and focus on issues of contemporary concern. Books, print material, videos, and CDs will ~upplement the library collections and will be available in the ten participating Jibraries in southern Queens, New York.

0 A cooperative venture with the Portland Community College in Oregon and five local libraries is bringing interactive video delivery of college courses to the l ibraries with the assistance of LSCA I funds.

',SCA II, PUBLIC LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENT

KINDS OF ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED: LSCA II provides funds for the building of new U brary structures, and the acquisition, expansion, and remodeling of existing build­ rngs, including renovation to accommodate the handicapped, to conserve energy, to ,i ccommodate new technologies to ensure safe working environments, and to convert 'l;istoric buildings to publ_ic libraries. The initial equipment (except books) for r,ub,lic library buildings is also eligible. The federal share of any project cannot - 3 - exceed one half the total cost. Technology enhancement is defined as "the acquisi­ tion, installation, maintenance, or replacement, of substantial technological equipment (including library bibliographic automation equipment) necessary to provide access to information in electronic and other formats made possible by new informa­ t ion and communications technologies." Eligible projects must "follow policies and procedures in the construction of public libraries that will promote the preservation of library and information resources to be •. utilized in the facilities."

FUNDING HISTORY: FY 1988 Appropriation $22,595,000 FY 1989 Appropriation 22,324,000 FY 1990 Appropriation 18,900,000 FY 1991 Authorization such sums as necessary FY 1991 Budget Request -o-

IMPACT OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET: Demand for federal construction funds exceeds availability by several magnitudes. LSCA funds, when available, stimulate twice the required amount of nonfederal matching money.

o The Stafford-Graham County Library in Arizona will begin renovation on a newly purchased building which will provide at least 20,000 square feet, and involved cooperative efforts of the city, the friends of the library, and civic groups, as well as LSCA funds. The library serve·s the town, the surrounding county, and through its van service, a Headstart program at the San Carlos Indian Reservation, as well as se~eral scho9l progra~s a~ . o~her Indian reservations.

o California has been impacted not only by the recent earthquake damage, but by growth in population. In Riverside County, 38 library construction projects before the year 2000 would be needed to provide the same amount of square footage per capita provided in 1977, before the population build-up began in that area. ,. o In Illinois, 9f 82 'ne{~hborhood branch libraries in the Chicago area, 15 f acilities need either com~lete remodeling or replacement, while more than 70 of the _ 624 public libraries (over 11 percent) need assistance with construction projects.

o A downtown furniture store is being remodeled in , Oregon, to become a library/senior center with the use of $100,000 in LSCA II funds, combined with local bond funds and local donations. The library will more than double its space and provide handicapped and children's access to serve not only the City of Dallas, but the surrounding area, for an estimated total population of 11,885.

o The Clarion, Pennsylvania~ town library was attached to a crumbling auditorium, but was a historic structure. With the help of a $400,000 LSCA II grant, a nd more than $400,000 in community contributions, the auditorium was removed, the ·, , building was extended, and the historical integrity of the main library was pre- served. This library, northeast of Pittsburgh, serves 6,500 people in Clarion and 43,000 in the surrounding county.

o Wisconsin's survey of libraries demonstrated that at least 101 of the 288 responding libraries occupied facilities built before World War II, and ten of those were in 19th-century buildings. More than half of the 397 respondents indicated a need for expanded space.

LSCA III, INTERLIBRARY COO~ERATION AND RESOURCE SHARING

KINDS OF ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED: LSCA III has allowed 49 states to participate in f ormal multistate cooperatives. Funding under LSCA III provides the needed impetus -:.

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for public, academic, school, and special libraries to share library resources widely i n the most cost-effective way. Title III now provides for an optional statewide preservation cooperation plan and the identification of preservation objectives. Many libraries find it difficult legally to participate in cooperative library agreements which may cross local and state .boundaries.

FUNDING HISTORY: FY 1988 Appro'priation $18,669,000 FY 1989 Appropriation 19,102,000 FY 1990 .Appropriation 19,551,000 FY 199i' Authorization such sums as necessary FY 199~ Budget Request 20,372,000

IMPACT OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET: The modest proposed increase of support .rn this program would enhance the service capacities of already existing regional network systems in all 50 states. Many of these networks include central reference and referral services where difficult questions are referred to expert librarians.

o In Iowa, LSCA III enabled a major expansion and improvement of a statewide :.: atalog on compact disc and the interlibrary loan network which utilizes electronic mail. Nearly 30,000 items were loaned during the year.

0 The Southeast Florida Library Information Network (SEFLIN), established in 1984, has completed development of its administrative structure, a telefacsimile net­ work, and courier service, all of which_ are supp9rted from local funds. The . major a ssistance SEFLIN now receives from LSCA is for a project designed to link disparate

1utomated systems within the consortium.

LSCA IV, LIBRARY SERVICES FOR INDIAN TRIBES

PURPOSE: To promote special efforts to provide Indian tribes and Hawaiian natives with library services.

WHO RECEIVES FUNDING: Of amounts appropriated for LSCA I, II, and III, 1.5 percent is reserved for Indian tribes, and 0.5 percent for Hawaiian natives. Indian ·a ibes are defined as any Indian tribe, band, nation, organized group or community, r r Alaskan native village, as recognized by the Secretary of the Interior. Indians {rom California, Oklahoma, and Alaska (who do not live on reservations) are eligible. ,,f LSCA IV funds, one half is for basic grants and one half for special project ~rants. Only basic grant awardees are eligible for special project grants in the i:ame fiscal year.

KINDS OF ACTIVITIES SQPPORTED: Basic allotment or special project funds may be Jsed for training of Indians as library personnel, purchase of library materials, ~pecial programs, salaries, construction, transportation of library users, dissemina­ tion, needs assessment, and contracts to provide public library services to Indians or for any of the eligible uses. Tribes must maintain effort on public library systems.

IMPACT OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET: Indian tribes often have no access to l ibraries; they are generally considered separate nations and seldom eligible for direct library allocations from states. For these reasons, Congress allocated LSCA funding directly to Indian tribes. Funding began in 1985 and the need has only begun •;o be met. Without this funding, Indian tribes will remain unserved and denied iccess to education, job information, and recreation opportunities enjoyed by other :ommunities. With no funding for titles I and II as proposed, LSCA IV would drop to M o percent of title III or only $407,440 in FY 1991. I - 5 -

LSCA V, FOREIGN LANGUAGE MATERIALS ACQUISITION !_•

PURPOSE: For the acquisition of foreign language materials.

,· WHO RECEIVES FUNDING: Competitive discretionary grants to state and local public libraries up to $~5,000, "except th_at-- (1) not more than 30 percent of the f unds available for gran_ts under this title in any fiscal year may be used to make grants in amounts between $35,000 and $125,000; and (2) no recipient may receive more than one grant under this title for any fiscal year."

FUNDING HISTORY: No funds appropriated since the program began in FY 1985. , . '1

IMPACT OF ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET: The large numbers of recent immigrants s peaking dozens of foreign languages require native language materials geared to both children and adults for recreation, education, and life-coping skills. Businesses i ncreasingly use foreign language sources for information needed to stay competitive. I n addition, foreign language items require special effort and extra cost to identify, purchase, and process.

- LSCA VI, LIBRARY LITERACY PROGRAMS

PURPOSE: To support literacy programs.

WHO RECEIVES FUNDING: Discreti~nary grants up to $25,000 to state and local public libraries on a competitive basis.

KINDS OF ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED: Grants to state libraries to coordinate and plan i ibrary literacy programs, and to arrange to train librarians and volunteers. Grants co local public libraries for promoting the use of voluntary services, acquiring materials, and using library facilities for literacy pr_ograms.

FUNDING HISTORY: FY 1988 Appropriation $ 4,787,000 FY 1989 Appropriation 4,730,000 FY 1990 Appropriation 5,365,000 FY 1991 Authorization such sums as necessary , : FY 1991 Budget Request 8,365,000

,) ,' ,1' IMPACT OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET: In FY 1990, libraries submitted 455 p~oposals requesting almost $10.4 million. The President's budget request of $8 ,365,000, although a significant increase, still will not fund all the proposals. I lliteracy is increasingly recognized as a severe national problem, limiting our c itizens' quality of life and their ability to compete economically~ Libraries are logical ~ocal points for literacy materials, for training volunteers, and as sites f or tut~ring adult new readers. Available in almost every local community, libraries are nonthreatening sites for adults who may feel uncomfortable in schools.

0 Salinas Public Library in California received a grant to expand its adult r eading program to provide services at a local alcohol and drug rehabilitation center, a day shelter for the homeless, and a community residence for convicts preparing to re-enter society. The grant also will be used to acquire materials for ,t eaching English as a second language.

o The Monroe County Library and Peterstown Public Library in West Virginia r eceived a joint grant. The libraries will provide supervised reading and related ; a ctivities for the youngsters, tutoring for the parents, and reading activities for parents and children together. - 6 -

LSCA VII, EVALUATION AND .ASSESSMENT

A new title VII authorizes $500,000 for the Secretary of Education "to carry out a program for the purpose of evaluation and assessment (directly or by grants or contracts)" of LSCA programs.

LSCA VIII, LIBRARY LEARNING CENTER PROGRAMS

No funds can be appropriated for the new title VIII unless total funding for LSCA I, II, and III exceeds the previous year's total by at least four percent. Of the $6 million authorized for FY '90, $3 million is authorized for Part A, Family Learning Centers, and $3 million for Part B, Library Literacy Centers.

Part A, Family Learning Centers. Part A authorizes direct discretionary grants of up to $200,000 to local public libraries to support the Part A purpose: "to expand and improve opportunities for lifetime learning and the involvement of the Nation's families as partners in their children's education by providing comprehensive, family-oriented library services through Family Learning Centers."

Priority is to be given to applications which "(l) promise to serve a significant number of families on a regular basis; and (2) offer innovative approaches to improving library services for families and approaches which show promise for replication and dissemination." Grants are to be equitably distributed among the states and between urban and rural communities.

Part B, Library Literacy Centers. The purposes of Part Bare to "(1) establish ,aodel iibrary literacy centers throughout the country to serve as resource centers for the dissemination of literacy materials and equipment to local public libraries in order to help overcome the high incidence of adults with limited literacy skills in the United States; (2) help adults with limited literacy skills reach full employ­ ment through nonthreatening learning experiences in their local public library or in t heir own home; and (3) offer innovative approaches to improving library literacy services to adults and approaches which show promise for replication and dissemination."

The Secretary awards g:r;.ants on a competitive basis to states with an approved LSCA basic state plan plus an approved application submitted through the state library agency. Priority goes to applications from states with highest concentra­ tions of adults who do not have a secondary education or its equivalent, few community or financial resources to establish the program, or low per capita income or high concentrations of unemployment or underemployment. Maximum grants are $350,000 in the first fiscal year, and $100,000 in the second and third years.

The state either designates the state library administrative agency as the library literacy center, or selects a local public library through a competitive process. Centers shall use funds "to establish coordination centers to make literacy materials and equipment available to local public libraries on a loan basis to initiate, expand, or improve public library literacy services and programs."

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LSCA AUTHORIZATION: All titles of LSCA are authorized through FY 1994, with the Ge neral Education Provisions Act providing for an automatic one-year extension. The program was first enacted in 1956 as the Library Services Act, Public Law 84-597, and c•mended since by PL 84-896, 86-679, 87-688, 88-269, 89-511, 90-154, 91-600, 93-29, ~13-133, 93-380, 95-123, 97-35, 98-480, 99-159, 100-569, and 101-254.

/ merican Library Association Washington Office, 202/547-4440 April 1990 I NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

MAJOR ACTION ISSUES FOR 1990 SESSION OF CONGRESS

Reauthorization. The National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act, which governs the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Institute of Museum Services, requires reauthorization this year. The atmosphere surrounding reauthorization has been affected by the controversy over two NEA grants supporting allegedly pornographic and blasphemous art and recent allega­ tions of other questionable grants, largely refuted by NEA. Congressional offices are receiving a high volume of mail in support of permanent restrictions in the agen­ cies' enabling legislation. However, the controversy should not be allowed to result in any long-term damage to these agencies, whose overall records are exemplary in support of programs which benefit scholars, students, and the public.

Libraries and their users value the support, preservation assistance, and opportunities for public programming which the Endowments provide. The library community strongly recommends that the legislation be renewed with no substantive changes in the mandates of NEH, NEA and IMS. Specifically, reauthorization should contain no restrictive language on the content of grants, and no restrictions on the peer review process.

Further, wording should be added to reauthorization legislation specifically authorizing regranting of funds by the NEH through carefully chosen private organiza­ tions. An expanded and strengthened system of data collection and dissemination in the humanities should receive encouragement through the legislation or accompanying reports. Authorized funding levels should be set at or above the levels of appropri­ ations in FY 1991 adjusted for inflation, and should reflect parity between NEH and NEA.

Appropriations. Funding for the NEH program, Humanities Projects in Libraries and Archives, has dwindled slowly over the last few years, due to a combination of across-the-board cuts and budget recommendations by NEH that are usually less than the previous year's appropriation.

BUDGET HOUSE-SENATE FINAL REQUEST CONFERENCE APPROPRIATION FY 1985 $2,940,000 FY 1986 $1,200,000 $2,922,000 2,796,000 FY 1987 1,400,000 2,900,000 2,900,000 FY 1988 1,892,000 2,900,000 2,900,000 FY 1989 2,100,000 2,800,000 2,800,000 FY 1990 2,800,000 2,800,000 2,761,000 FY 1991 2,600,000

The program now receives approximately four applications for every grant awarded. Many of the grants stimulate humanities programming in libraries throughout a wide area, and reach thousands of citizens. Public libraries are a major community learning institution, but no comparable source of support for humanities programming exists for libraries. Funding of $3 million is recommended for the NEH Humanities Projects in Libraries and Archives.

For NEH preservation programs, an increase of $800,000 above the budget request (for a total of $19.8 million) is recommended to maintain the levels forecast in the 1988 preservation filming initiative.

Descriptions of library related NEH programs are attached. NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

LIBRARY RELATED PROGRAMS

Libraries are natural pa~tners in achieving the goals of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and they are involved in several NEH program areas. This year, the adlriinistration is requesting an increase, in total NEH funding, from $156,130,000 to $165,000,000.

NEH Office of Preservation • . An additional $800,000 above the budget ··request of $19,000,000 for this program would keep preservation activities on the multiyear track begun with an $8 million increase in FY .1989. In 1990, the second year of the multiyear plan, that funding supported coordinated preservation efforts, with emphasis on microfilming of brittle books, serials, and other types of library materials ( including, national consorti,al .projects and major projects in individual research libraries). · Other activities include preservation of u.s. newspapers, preservation · c:,t" spe9ia1 humanities . collections, education and training of preservation 'personnel, and enhancement of regional information and consultation services, state planning projects, research and development, and conferences.

A continued federal investment will make a significant impact on the brittle books situation. Acids used in paper since about 1850 are destroying major ' portions of library collections. The numb~r of library volumes so brittle that further use may result in loss of text is now estimated to be more than 80 million arid expected to rise in the next 20 years as collections age. Without treatment, about 90 percent of the remainder of book collections are expected to reach the same brittle state. The efforts of NEH and of coordinative groups such as the Commission on Preservation and Access help ensure cooperation and avoid duplication.

In 1990, Congress added $4.2 million to the budget and the Endowment established a new category of grants, National Heritage Preservation Progra~, to support efforts to stabilize material culture collections important to the humanities through the housing and storage of three-dimensional objects, improved climate control and . the installation of security, lighting, and fire-prevention systems. Grants also will be available to establish national training programs for conservators of material culture collections. The first round of grants will. be awarded in August 1990. This year there are two grant deadlines for the program, June 1 and December 1, but next year there will be one award cycle with a deadline of November 1, 1991.

NEH Humanities Projects in Libraries and Archive9 • The requested $2.8 million represents a 5.8 percent cut. $3 million is needed for this program, which at a modest cost actively involves thousands of citizens in humanities issues. Annual awards range from $15,000 to $300,000 and average approximately $90,000. Applica­ tions now exceed awards by approximately four to one. Examples of recent grants include:

o Based on a previous NEH planning grant, the Vi;--ginia Histori·cal Society has been awardad $120,000 in outright support and $25,000 in matching funds to

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mount stationary and traveling exhibitions of rare books, manuscripts, and medical antiques portraying the history of medicine iri. Virginia from 1600 to 1900. The exhibitions will compare how Native American, African American, and Caucasian c~ltures dealt with public health, illness, self-treatment, and professional healers. ! The humanities disciplines of history and anthropology will be employed to direct public attention to recurring human questions about how different cultures perceived the same medical realities. Th_e cata­ log and brochures accompanying the exhibition will feature bibliographies inviting viewers to read more about medical history at thei.r local libraries.

o The Peninsula Library System of Belmont, California, has received a $150,000 award to conduct a series of scholar-led reading and discussion programs in 30 California libraries about the American experience in Vietnam. Among the topics to be e.xamined will be an overview of the war, how historians differ in assessing it, and how events looked to common soldiers and military and government leaders on both sides, as well as to peace activists. Using the lecture and discussion format pioneered by the American Library Association's "Let's Talk About It" series, this project will stimulate r _eaders with a blend of government documents, memoirs, .eyewitness accounts, poetry, novels, short stories, and biographies.

o· A consortium of Rhode Island libraries and historical organ_izations received a planning award of. $28;626 to conceive a two-year statewide series of pro­ grams examining the influence of Narragansett Bay on Rhode Island's social, economic, and culture.\! history. Beginning with the lore of the Wampanoag and Narragansett Indians, the project will follow such diveise subjects as the Vikings, Giovanni da Verrazzano (who visited the Bay in 1524), and famous lighthouse keeper Ida Lewis, as they shaped the maritime history of ""Rogue's Island," the Puritan epithet for a colony that harbored religious dissenters. The spectrum of program formats under consideration includes.: exhibitions, reading arid discussion groups, lectures, dramatic performances, and histor­ ical demonstrations aboard a tou:r'ing replica of the Revolutionary War sloop, Providence.

NEH Access Projects. Within NEH Reference Materials programs, the Access Category assists in providing descriptions of important collections of research materials and making them widely available to scholars. About 30 grants a year are funded (approximately 20 percent of those that apply). There is one round of grants awarded per year with the application deadline of September 1. Libraries, archival organizations, and scholars all feel this program needs to be expanded .from the current $2,741,000. The FY 1991 budget request increases this to $3·,22s,ooo.

NEH Challenge Grants. Many libraries have benefited from Challenge Grants which have involved library funding for buildings, preservation, and computerization, but most of all for acquisitions in the humanities. These grants require $.3 in non­ federal funds for every $1 in NEH funds, thus providing a · needed stimulus for further support of hard-pressed public institutions such as libraries. Second-time grants require a four-to-one match and there is a limit of two per institution. The budget request for FY 1991 would provide an increase for Challenge Grants, from $14,495,000 to $15,150,000.

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SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION 1990 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM

1. Encourage enactment of legislation which advances library and information services in the public and private sectors.

2. Encourage the enactment of legislation which will foster the uses of new information technologies.

3. Encourage the enactment of postal legislation which will allow for the mailing of information in an efficient and cost-effec­ tive manner.

4. Encourage the enactment of legislation which will foster inter­ national exchange of information, regardless of its format.

5. Encourage the enactment of legislation which would serve to pro­ tect an individual's intellectual freedom by guaranteeing the confidentiality of library records maintained in public insti­ tutions.

6. Monitor various government activities/regulations to ensure that the library and information services mission of each governmental agency is not adversely affected.

7. Monitor legislative and executive branch activities to ensure that government documents and information are easily accessible and readily available to the special library community.

8. Monitor library and information personnel practices, including standards and wage comparability, which will impact on the devel­ opment and delivery of library and information services.

9. Monitor developments in telecommunications that affect the trans­ mission of data used in education, research, and the provision of library/information services.

10. Monitor copyright legislation ensuring that libraries in the public and private sectors receive equitable treatment.

11. Monitor funding for library and library-related programs. 1700 Eighteenth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009 Special Libraries (TEL) 202/ 234-4700 Association (FAX) 202 / 265-9317

In Summary

THE SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION (SLA) is an international professional association serving more that 12,500 members who work in special libraries serving business, industry, government, academic institutions, news organizations, museums, trade and professional associa­ tions, research facilities, nonprofit institutions, and all organizations that use or produce specialized information. SLA was founded in 1909.

• MISSION: To advance the leadership role of special librarians in putting knowledge to work in the information society.

• 12,500 members worldwide.

• 55 Chapters in the United States, Canada, and Europe.

• 27 Divisions Representing Subject Interests or Specializations.

• SERVICES encourage the growth and advancement of information professionals. Among the programs and services are:

• Professional Development Programs for professionals in entry level, middle management, and executive positions. • Regional Continuing Education Programs. • Winter Education Conference. • Resume Referral Service. • Non-Serial Publications including specialized bibliographies, indexes, guides, directories, and textbooks on various aspects of special librarianship. • SpeciaList, a monthly newsletter covering Association news. • Special Libraries, a quarterly journal featuring articles on the administration and operation of special libraries and information centers, information technology, and case studies. • Annual Conference and Exhibit. • Information Resources Center, a special library focusing on the operation and management of special libraries, providing telephone and onsite reference. • Active government relations and public relations programs. • Annual Scholarships and Special Programs Fund Grants. • Comprehensive research program.

• LEADERSIBP. SLA is governed by a 14 member Board of Directors elected by the membership. Chapter and Division Cabinet leaders represent the unique needs of chapters and divisions on the Board.

SLA Executive Director, David R. Bender, runs the daily operations of the 33 person staff with an annual operating budget of $3 million.

For additional information contact: Special Libraries Association, 1700 Eighteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009 (202) 234-4700. I What is a special library?

A special library is a collection of materials dealing with a specific subject or particular body of knowledge. The special library will acquire, organize, maintain and disseminate information relevant to the sponsoring organization, as well as develop information services which fulfill the information needs of that organization. Perhaps the best way to understand the special library is to review those organizations which sponsor them. They include:

• advertising and public relations firms • banking and financial institutions • chemical and related industries • food and agricultural businesses • news organizations and electronic media • publishing houses • government agencies • colleges and universities • museums and art institutions • trade and professional associations • petroleum and energy related organizations • hospital and medical facilities • nonprofit and philanthropic organizations • law firms • transportation industries

What is a special librarian?

A special librarian is a professional trained in library /information science who has combined that knowledge with another discipline. Many will hold a master of library science-ML~as well as a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree. For example, special librarians working in business and finance may hold an MBA. Law librarians frequently have law degrees. Art librarians have combined library education with degrees in the fine arts. Membership Characteristics 1986M«nbership51ney

• 55 percent of SLA members are between the ages of 31 and 45

• 83 percent of SLA members have a master's degree in library science

• 70 percent have a bachelor's degree in a subject area and 20 percent have a master's degree in a subject area

• SLA's members are found in:

corporate libraries -48 percent academic libraries -18 percent nonprofits -15 percent government -13 percent

• 80 percent make purchasing decisions or advise on the acquisition of library software

• 65 percent participate in decision making for computer hardware

• 73 percent purchase or influence purchases of microforms or microform equipment

• 80 percent are instrumental in selection of database services

• 45 percent control six figure annual library budgets

• Overall, SLA members make up a $1.5 billion market Ch apt ers 0a,, of &tab/isl,,,,,,,, in l'r,r,ntf,es,s

Alabama (1953) Kentucky (1972) Rio Grande (1956) Arizona (1978) Long Island (1972) Rocky Mountain (1951) Baltimore ( 1930) Louisiana (1946) St. Louis Metropolitan Area (1941) (1910) Michigan (1929) San Andreas (1980) Central Ohio (1963) Mid-Missouri (1972) San Diego (1960) Central Pennsylvania (1979) Mid-South (1975) San Francisco Bay Region (1924) Cincinnati (1927) Minnesota (1943) Sierra Nevada (1975) (1927) New Jersey (1935) South Carolina (1985) Connecticut Valley ( 1934) New York (1915) Southern Appalachian (1953) Eastern Canada (1932) North Carolina (1956) Southern California (1927) European (1972) Oklahoma (1956) Texas (1949) Fairfield County (1982) Omaha Area (1980) Toronto (1940) Florida (1969) Oregon (1973) Upstate New York (1945) Georgia (1952) Pacific Northwest ( 1945) Virginia (1966) Hawaiian-Pacific (1972) Philadelphia (1919) Washington, D.C. (1940) Heart of America (1948) Pittsburgh (1922) Western Canada (1980) Hudson Valley (1973) Princeton-Trenton (1967) Western Michigan (1980) Illinois (1925) Rhode Island (1977) Wisconsin (1931) Indiana ( 1941)

Div iSi On SDat, of &tablishm,nt in Parw,dies,s

Advertising & Marketing (1942) Information & Petroleum & Aerospace ( 1963) Technology (1951) Energy Resources (1933) Biological Sciences (1935) Insurance & Pharmaceutical (1947) Business & Finance (1925) Employee Benefits (1922) Physics-Astronomy- Chemistry (1933) Library Management (1976) Mathematics (1972) Education ( 197 4) Metals/Materials (1949) Public Utilities (1962) Engineering ( 1941) Military Librarians (1953) Publishing (1947) Environment and Resource Museums, Arts & Science-Technology ( 1924) Management(1968) Humanities (1929) Social Science (1923) Food, Agriculture & Nutrition News (1924) Telecommunications ( 1977) Geography & Map (1941) Nuclear Science (1963) Transportation (1943) I ------1700 Eighteenth Street, N.W. Wash ington, D.C. 20009 Special Libraries (TEL) 202/234-4700 Association (FAX)202/265-9317

THE SECOND WH:TE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON LIBRARY AND INFORMAT!ON SERVICES

Special Libraries Association (SLA) is an international organ­ ization of more than 12,500 librarians, information managers, and brokers. Special libraries serve industry, business, research, educational and technical agencies, government, special departments of public and university libraries, the media, museums and other organizations both in the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors, requiring specialized information. The Association and its members are dedicated to the advancement and improvement of communications and the dissemination and ultimate use of information and knowledge for the general welfare of all users.

On August 8, 1988, President signed into law H.J. Res. 90, authorizing a White House Conference on Library and Information Services (WHCLIS) to be held not earlier than September 1, 1989 and not later than September 30, 1991. In its final form, Public Law 100-382 authorizes $6 million for a second White House Conference. WHCLIS will be held in Washington, D.C., July 9-13, 1991.

SLA is on record in support of full funding for WHCLIS. In early July of 1989, President Bush signed the Dire Emergency Sup­ plemental Appropriations bill for fiscal year 1989, which included $1.75 million for the initial funding for the second White House Conference. This money has enabled the 30 member White House Con­ ference Advisory Committee to do its preliminary planning work. On November 21, 1989, presidential approval was given to the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations bill for fiscal year 1990. This included an additional $3.25 million for WHCLIS. Although negotiations are continuing in Congress over the FY '90 Supplemental Appropriations, the final $1 million for WHCLIS has not been included.

A contingent of SLA members, elected leaders and staff attended the first White House Conference on Library and Information Ser­ vices in 1979. The Association and its members continue to be committed to the advancement and completion of the tasks result­ ing from the conference. SLA is most willing to offer the same dedication and resources to the second White House Conference. The Association wants to assure that the significant role played by special librarians be recognized during WHCLIS II.

SLA's constituency represents a broad spectrum of subject areas and is an experienced cadre of librarians and information specialists. Half of our members are in the corporate sector.

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Such a group should be adequately represented at the conference. U.S. industry has recognized that improved productivity (one of the themes of the second White House Conference) and competitive advantage depends on how well information and knowledge resources are utilized in developing products and services. There are many SLA members who have done much in communicating this message to the captains of industry. Such individuals would be valuable resources in planning and implementing the conference.

SLA's government relations program is built upon member partic­ ipation from the Government Relations and Copyright Law Implementa­ tion Committees and an active government relations network consisting of representatives from our Chapters and Divisions throughout the U.S. and Canada. This valuable network has many members who have expressed their support for the authorization and full funding of the second White House Conference.

SLA has gone on record as supporting the concepts and goals of a second White House Conference. Following are some of the issues which address the needs of SLA members and must be discussed during WHCLIS II:

ways the library community can and should work with the private sector in the dissemination of government information

privatization/contracting-out

the growing role of librarians/information specialists in the globalization of information

the important role played by corporate, federal and other special libraries and information centers

strengthening public-private partnerships as federal funding for library-related initiatives dwindles

maintaining open access to government information to guarantee a democratic and economically sound society

protecting the confidentiality of library records main­ tained in public institutions

preservation of books and other publications

marketing the profession and other resources offered by librarians and information specialists regardless of the type of library or information center

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PUBLICATIONS CEASED BY STATE DEPARTMENT AND NASA April, 1990

Background

It has come to the attention of SLA that two government documents, one from the State Department and the other from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are no longer being published. The decision to cease publication of these docu­ ments was made by each agency without any prior public notice. In addition, no official announcement was made in either case to alert users to agency actions.

The State Department Bulletin, "the official record of U.S. foreign policy" was terminated in December of 1989. Users, including a large number of depository libraries, were not officially notified of this action. Many were not aware that the document was no longer being published until they inquired as to why they had not received any issues for 1990. It was at this point that the State Dep~rtment responded with a letter noting that much of the information in the Bulletin could be found in a number of other sources.

What the Bulletin had provided was a timely source for the remarks made by the sicretary of State, joint statements released by the Secretary and foreign ministers, announcement of new publi­ cations, as well as a list of current action on treaties. The other sources noted in the State Department response do not help individ­ uals who need to obtain timely information on foreign policy issues. Some of the publications cited are only current through 1988, or pro­ duced on an annual basis.

Around the same time this was being done, NASA ceased publication of the Scientific and Technical Aerospace Report (STAR), an abstract journal which announced current NASA and NASA-related publications. It has been a valuable source for librarians/information professionals, especially in the scientific and technical fields. NASA will be keep­ ing the STAR database and updating the information in it. This, however, does not help those libraries/information centers, most notably depository libraries, which would have received the printed version but may not have access to the on-line service.

Next Steps

Both of these actions are of concern to SLA and its members, who view them as having a negative impact on the access to and the free flow of government information in this country. Additionally, both decisions on ceasing these publications were made unilaterially, by each agency, with no input sought from the library/information community. SLA has asked both the State Department and NASA to explain their actions.

Congress should be made aware of how such actions by agencies close off vital avenues to taxpaver-supported information. I THE WHIT E HO US E

WASH I NGTO"\J

April 19, 1990

Barbara and I are delighted to send our warmest greetings to everyone celebrating the 33rd annual observance of National Library Week.

Throughout our Nation's history, libraries have been recognized as an invaluable educational tool. For children, the library is a magic kingdom to explore. For adults, it is a resource center as well as a storehouse of literature.

This year's Library Week theme, "Reach for a Star. Ask a Librarian," salutes the well-trained and knowledgeable professionals at every local library. I call on our citizens to express their appreciation to their local librarians for their tremendous work in serving the public -- of all ages and from all walks of life.

During Library Week we also recognize that many adults do not enjoy the services that our libraries offer because they are una ble to read. Illiteracy is one of America's most fundamental concerns. All of us can help overcome this problem by encouraging those who cannot read to enroll in literacy classes and by reminding parents to read to their young children.

Barbara and I have always been avid readers, a nd we continue to share our love of books with our 12 grandchildren. We urge every American to read -­ as much as you can and as often as you can. Take this opportunity to discover all that your local library has to offer. HOUSE AND SENATE COSPONSORS OF PERMANENT PAPER MEASURES as of April 19, 1990

S.J.Res. 57 introduced by Sen. Claiborne Pell (D-RI) to establish a national policy to promote and encourage the printing of books and other publications of enduring value on alkaline, permanent papers, was passed by the Senate by voice vote on July 31, 1989. The House companion measure, H.J.Res. 226, introduced by Rep. Pat Williams (D-MT), is pending with 79 cosponsors. H.J.Res. 226 has been referred jointly to two committees: Government Operations, and House Administration. Rep. Williams has encouraged his colleagues to cosponsor the measure.

States w/ 1 H.J.Res. 226 Cosponsors 1 S.J.Res. 57 Cosponsors Cosponsors: i Final Total - 48 AL I Flippo/D I Heflin/D I AK I :Murkowski /R , Stevens/R AZ I :DeConcini/D , McCain/R AR Robinson/D lBumpers/D CA Boxer/D, Waxman/D, Pelosi/D :wilson/R CO Skaggs/D :Armstrong/R CT Morrison/D, Shays/R, Gejdenson/D, Kennelly/D :Dodd/D, Lieberman/D DE Carper/D lArmstrong/R FL :Graham/D GA Lewis/D lNunn/D I ID lstallings/D I IL lAnnunzio/D, Yates/D, Evans/D, Collins/ D, Fawell/R :simon/D, Dixon/D IN iJacobs/ D, Burton/R, Visclosky/D :Lugar/R I IA I :Grassley/R, Harkin/D KY iMazzoli/D lFord/D I LA iBoggs/D I I ME :Brennan/D, Snowe/R I MD 1Morella/R lsarbanes/D, Mikulski/D MA Moakley/D, Atkins/D Kennedy/D, Kerry/D MI Schuette/R, Henry/R, Ford/D, Wolpe/D, Hertel/D, Levin/D, Riegle/D Conyers/D MN Frenzel/R, Penny/D, Sikorski/D MO Coleman/R Bond/R, Danforth/R MS I Cochran/R MT lWILLIAMS/D Burns/R NE lBereuter/R Exon/D I NV I 1Bryan/D, Reid/D I NJ lPayne/D, Gallo/R, Roe/D, Dwyer/D, Florio/D I NY :owens/D, Gilman/R, Scheuer/D, Hochbrueckner/D, Moynihan/D 1Weiss/D, McHugh/D, Slaughter/D, Towns/D, Horton/R, Boehlert/R, LaFalce/D, Nowak/D, NC Valentine/D, Hefner/D, Price/D, Rose/D Sanford/D OH Oxley/R, Wylie/R, Applegate/D, Sawyer/D Glenn/D OK English/D Boren/D, Nickles/R OR Smith/R Hatfield/R PA Walgren/D, Kolter/D I RI :PELL/D, Chafee/R

SC 1Spratt/D, Patterson/D lThurmond/R, Hollings/D I SD :Johnson/D I I TN I lsasser/D, Gore/D I TX lAndrews/D, Wilson/D I UT lNielson/R lHatch/R I VT I lJeffords/R, Leahy/D VA :olin/D :warner/R I WI :Kleczka/D I I WV lMollohan/D, Wise/D I WY lsimpson/R American Library Association Washington Office April 1990 ; Librarians assist new and grow• : ing buslnessea with such needs as The demand for federal con• : patent research, securing gov• st ruction grants is several times ernment contracts and researching the amount available. In California, , market dat11. Librarians at the money ls needed to repair earth· Toledo-Lucas County PUblic Li· quake damage, Pop1,dation growth brary in Ohio recently helped more is a greater problem. Riverside than 25 1m;a firmi; iicl (1,-dcral wn· County reports it needs 38 . tracts, construction projects in the next decade Just to keep library re- . j Sylvia Poiter • For Individuals, llbrarles may supply Information on eubJ~ a. sources per capitf\ eqJ.Jal to those divers• H chanclnC Cill,...t$, tAx .. available in 1977. and lnvo•tment.f, homo buying And There are more than 115,000 mAlntenA'!_CO. Says the ALA, refe1" public, ,ehool, academic and spe.~ iCutback cial libra,ries serving the public, ence librariems amwer miflion$ of Americas publlc libraries circulate questions a year, everything from more than a billion items per year .. lib •· Where can I find the latest on /\Ii• hci mcr·s disease?" to ''How tall ls - including not just books, but 111 rary children's toys, Hulk Hogan?" The New York Pub· computer_s9r~ar,!!, aua10 cassettes, prints- - lie Libral'-Y alone answe-rs_5 mJllion games, al'i telephone Inquiries per year. vidcot"rcs nnc! films. ' :funding If you IIIFt'C: th,:;:;,:; rc:i;ourcc:s for • For the community, libraries liberty, education and productivity provide lnkirmallon n.. ded to op· i>hould be enhanced and preserved, erate ,~al govemmenta, d11ta for your elected officials - local, ;slammed omall buslno.soe on contreeis-, ea• state and fed oral - need to hear . sentlal Information for students of frvm yv1.1 . :In an age when Information Is all ages. The public libraries are at • considered the most valuable the huc1rt of the Jrivc tv rcuucc ii· I.OS AN05LE$ TIMI!$ $YNOICATt : wmmvuity we posse$s, the literacy. In some metropolitM ; n~tion~ library system may areas as many as 20. languages are · be our most undcrval1.1cd and nc• spoken; library liter~cy programs · attack this problem. Copied with permission o : glected resource for the future. Sylvia Porter. ~This is the only place where the na­ Federal grants are used to plan :tion's knowledge is accumulated, library Literacy programs, to train : indexed and made accessible to any librarians 'and volunteers and to ~ citizen who asks for it. · provlae materials an-0 facilities for : National Library Week Is coming local program!\. •this month (April 22-28), as !s : the first (in Illinois) or a series of Librarians suc:h as Mary Jo , governors' conferences leading Dwyer of the 'Iii-County Circuit : to the White J-Iouse Conference on Rider'll Health Information Servfce , Library 11nd Information Services In Texas help bring medical re­ ·in 1991, sea l'ch - soinetlmes In emergency : You may not have been inside a situ at io ns - to doctors, who use: it •library since .your student days, but to diagnose and treat diseases. : today's libraries bear little resem- A thousand books are pu'cllished . blance to the austere "poor person's daily, 9,600 different periodicals · university" of yesterctay. They are yearly, in the United States. New : at the center of the information technologies - computer, facslm· , revolution. ile , photocopying, telee-0mmunica· , It is dismaying, therefore, that tions - allow libraries to network , the Bush budget proposal for 1991 and "access" any information · cuts more than 7l percent from !hey do not own. '. curnmt federal funding , 1b Libraries reach out tv th1; blinu, , save SlOO million (minuscule in a the handicapped and the ill with : $1.2 trlll!on budget), the admln· bookmobiles and other services. , lstratlon would trigger the elimina· All these services cost m9ney. In ' tlon or the most far-reaching pro· addition to the normi1l muinlt:11ance : ~•·ams offered by public libraries, costs (electricity, cleaning), librar­ Eileen D. Cooke, director of the . ies need funds for collecting, hous· .,. : Washington office of the American ing, preserving and indexing all the · : Library Assoclalion (ALA), hopes data that back up these services. '. that Congress wJll restore the cuts. '. B1.11 5omcthing ~eems badly askew Fumls come mainly from local • when the nation's top officials havci taxes, with 6ome .support from pub­ : such little understanding of the Uc ctonations. For example, federal . role of educatlon and information aid might provide for central in a democratic society. computing facilities, to support 11- . • For buslnessee, libraries pro· ,brary m:lworks, while local ful\d• : vlde books, periodical 1, dlrocto· Ing would buy terminals and rtes, computorlied data searches printers. Federal funding !s only 4 and demographic data for mati