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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Volume 17, No. 11 A Weekly Newspaper for the Library Staff March 17, 2006 House Panel Eyes Funds for Vacated Jobs By GAIL FINEBERG unding for the 186 positions vacated by Library retirees earlier this fiscal F year must not be regarded as “sav- ings” but must be retained by the Library for a key “workforce transformation” ini- tiative to train and hire staff with the digital-age competencies that are essential to the Library’s work in the 21st century. This was the essence of arguments that Library managers made to the House Appropriations Committee on March 10 in support of preserving the Library’s budget base in fiscal 2007. The committee chairman, Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Calif., said during the Library’s hearing that the committee, in its 2005 authorization of buyouts as a retirement incentive, had “looked to reduce funding for those [186] positions in ’07.” In appearances before the House panel and also the Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee on Michaela McNichol March 1, Librarian of Congress James H. Springtime Lurks: One day the sun stirs fuzzy buds into bloom on Capitol Hill, and Billington presented the leanest Library the next day a chill wind turns up coat collars and calls back mufflers and gloves. budget in recent years, one that focuses But this is unpredictable March, when this magnolia, an early harbinger of warmer days to come, is always among the first to blossom in its spot on the southeast lawn largely on reallocating existing resources of the Jefferson Building grounds. to transform business processes and the workforce for the digital age and to continue core programs that support LC’s Hampson Visits Three More States historic mission of acquiring, preserving The internationally acclaimed baritone Thomas Hampson continues his 11-city and making resources available to the “Song of America” tour with performances in Detroit earlier this week, in West Palm Congress and the public. Beach, Fla., on Sunday, March 19, and in Oxford, Miss., on Tuesday, March 21. Billington noted that LC’s proposed “The ‘Song of America’ tour with Thomas Hampson is part of an unprecedented 2007 spending level represents the small- national program from the Library of Congress to celebrate creativity across America,” est increase in several years — 4.1 percent said Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, who accompanies Hampson to speak — and “almost all of that is for mandatory about the Library and its collections. “America is a wellspring of new ideas in music, pay and price-level increases.” literature, poetry, film and other forms of artistic expression. We want to celebrate the The total operating budget requested HAMPSON, Continues on page 9 BUDGET, Continues on page 6 2 THE GAZETTE MARCH 17, 2006 NOTICES The Gazette A weekly newspaper for the Library of Congress staff LC’S DIGITAL FUTURE & YOU! GAIL FINEBERG A series of briefings sponsored by Library Services on digital initiatives Editor MICHAELA McNICHOL “Electronic Resources: A New Approach for Staff” Visual Information Specialist Contributing Editors: Erin Allen, Calendar; Carlin “René” Presented by: Sayles, Moving On and Length of Service; Runako Balondemu, Cassy Ammen, senior instructor Donated Leave Judith Cannan, chief, Instructional Design and Training Office, Contributing Photographers: Francisco Apodaca, Erin Allen, Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate T.J. Jeffers, Michaela McNichol, Charlynn Spencer Pyne Lawrence Marcus, team leader in Technical Reports and Standards, Proofreader: George Thuronyi Collections and Services Directorate PETER BRAESTRUP JAMES W. McCLUNG The presenters are members of an ad hoc group that is working to increase Founder Founding Publisher awareness and usage of electronic resources at the Library of Congress. (1990 – 1997) (1990 – 1994) Electronic Resources - what you want to know: The Gazette encourages LC staff to submit articles or photographs • how to find and use of general interest. Submissions will be edited to convey the most • how to request trials and recommend new databases necessary information. • how your colleagues use these resources Deadline for submission is 5 p.m. Wednesday, one week prior • how to share your expertise via a weblog to publication date. Please submit text in digital form and if pos- silble include hard copy with your submission. • how stewards can help you An official publication of the Library of Congress, The Gazette The presentation addresses all of these topics. The group will demonstrate is largely staffed by Library employees who have volunteered a consolidated E-Resources web site that provides staff a fresh approach for part-time details. Persons interested in serving a detail as a for conveying and exchanging information about electronic resources. This page editor, writer, proofreader, photographer, reporter, or artist new approach to electronic resources has garnered full support of senior may submit applications to the editor, LM 105, mail code 1620. management in Collections and Services. Those persons interested in contributing to The Gazette as part of a Library-wide network should first check with their supervisors. 2 - 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 12, Mumford Room, LM 649 Back issues of The Gazette are available in the Public Affairs Office, LM 105, and issues dating from 2000 through the current issue are The webcast of this program will be available for viewing at: available online at www.loc.gov/staf/gazette. www.loc.gov/staff/digital-strategy/cybercasts.html. For more information about this program, Library of Congress contact Angela Kinney, 7-5572 or Judith Cannan 7-2031. Washington, DC 20540-1620 Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at 7- 6362 (voice/TTY) or e-mail [email protected]. Editor 707-9194, gfi[email protected] Production 707-0970, [email protected] ISSN 1049-8184 Safety Services Office Announcement The Library’s Safety Services Office has published information regarding employee Printed on paper that contains recycled paper by the Printing Management Section, Office Systems Services asbestos awareness in Library buildings. Staff may view the full notice on the Web pages of Safety Services (www.loc.gov/staff/iss/safety.html ) or the Office of the General Counsel Gazette Welcomes Letters from Staff ( www.loc.gov/staff/ogc/index.html ). The staff is invited to use the Forum pages for lively and thoughtful debate relevant to Library issues. However, just as other newspaper editors exercise discretion over which letters to publish and how to edit them, so do we. In decid- ing whether or how much to publish, we consider content (including misstatements of fact, libel, innuendo, ridicule of “How to Apply for AVUE Jobs” Information Workshop individuals or the institution, personal attacks, and redun- The Office of Workforce Acquisitions is offering a staff training session on “How to Apply dancy) and length (the limit is 600 words). for AVUE Jobs” from 10 - 11 a.m. on April 11 in LM 654C Training Room. Register in the Letters must be signed by the author, whose place of work and telephone extension should be included so we can verify Online Learning Center, Center for Learning and Development, at www.loc.gov/staff/ authorship. Letter writers should understand that when they sign their letters and release them to us for publication cld/registration.html. Contact Shawna Malachi, 7-9916, or Darnishia Pace, 7-6405. they are relinquishing privacy. If a letter calls for management response, for example, an explanation of a policy or actions or clarification of fact, we will ask for management response.—Ed. OIG Hot Lines Reports of offenses against the Library may be made in confidence to the Office of the Inspector General, 7-6306, by fax at 7-6032, or by sending an e-mail to OIG Hotline, [email protected]. Deadline and Calendar Submission Information Deadline for copy for March 31 issue is Wednesday, March 22. Ethics Briefing Standards of Conduct To promote events through the Library’s online calendar and the Gazette Calendar, email event Staff who have not taken this mandatory class should attend this sesson: and contact information to [email protected]. 10 - 11 a.m., Wednesday, March 22, Mumford Room, LM 649 Register online through the Online Learning Center (formerly LC Learning Gateway) or Gazette at a glance . by calling the OGC at 7-6916. Staff also may register at the door. Notable Events 4 Presented by the Office of the General Counsel. Calendar 12 Request ADA accommodations five days in advance at 7-6362, [email protected]. www.loc.gov/staff/gazette MARCH 17, 2006 THE GAZETTE 3 Music Division Celebrates Women Composers voce sola from 1676 and Barbara Strozzi’s composer Marianne Martinez (1744-1812) By ROBIN RAUSCH Diporti di Euterpe overo: Cantata and will be the subject of remarks by Susan What do Bessie Smith, Cécile Chami- Ariette a voce sola from 1659. Clermont. Lady Marianna presided over nade, Maria Antonia Walpurgis, Marion Music Specialists will provide special a popular musical salon in18th-century Bauer, and Louise Talma all have in presentations on the lives and works of Vienna, where she once teamed up with common? They are all women com- five composers whose works will be on Mozart to perform one of his four-hand posers whose works will be featured in display. Denise Gallo will speak about sonatas. Sarah Dorsey, currently on a special display celebrating Women’s Gertrude “Ma” Rainey (1886-1939), the sabbatical from the University of North History Month, from noon to 1:30 p.m. first major female interpreter of the blues, Carolina, Greensboro, is processing the on Wednesday, March 22, in the Whit- examining her work as a composer and papers of American composer Louise tall Pavilion of the Thomas Jefferson the lyrics of her songs as feminist state- Talma (1906-1996) and will speak about Building.

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