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ANNUAL REPORT of the LIBRARIAN of CONGRESS for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2015 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Librarian of Congress For the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2015 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015 Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2016 Front Cover: The Lincoln Cathedral Magna Carta was sealed by CONTENTS King John of England at Runnymede in 1215. Photo illustration, original photo courtesy of Lincoln Cathedral Letter from the Acting Librarian of Congress ..............4 Organizational Reports ...............................................45 Inside Front Cover: The public views Magna Carta at the Library of Organizational Chart ............................................46 Congress in November 1939, where it was deposited for safekeeping Library of Congress Officers ........................................6 by the British during World War II. Congressional Research Service ............................48 Harris & Ewing Collection, Prints and Photographs Division Library of Congress Committees .................................8 U.S. Copyright Office ............................................50 Inside Back Cover: This mosaic representing “Law” adorns the ceiling Office of the Librarian ..........................................52 of the east corridor of the Thomas Jefferson Building’s Great Hall. Facts at a Glance .........................................................10 Carol Highsmith M. Smith Archive, Prints and Photographs Division Library Services .....................................................54 Mission Statement. ......................................................11 Office of Strategic Initiatives .................................56 Law Library ...........................................................58 Serving the Congress...................................................12 Office of Support Operations................................59 Legislative Support ................................................13 Office of the Inspector General............................ 60 Copyright Law and Policy .....................................14 Copyright Royalty Board .......................................61 Congressional Preservation Efforts .......................15 Other Services to Congress ...................................16 Library Realignment ...................................................62 Supporting the Library ..........................................16 Appendices ................................................................65 Collecting, Preserving and Providing A. Library of Congress Advisory Bodies ...............66 Access to Knowledge ..................................................18 B. Selected Acquisitions .........................................71 Collecting ...............................................................19 C. Exhibitions ........................................................73 Preserving ..............................................................20 D. Publications .......................................................77 Providing Access to Knowledge .............................23 E. The Library in the News ...................................78 F. Statistical Tables .................................................79 Promoting Creativity, Scholarship and Lifelong Learning.................................................28 1. Appropriations for 2015 .................................79 Library of Congress Promoting Creativity .............................................29 2. Appropriations for 2016 .................................79 101 Independence Avenue, S.E. Promoting Scholarship ..........................................33 3. Financial Statistics ..........................................80 Washington, D.C. 20540 Promoting Lifelong Learning ................................36 4. Additions to the Collections—Items ..............83 For the Library of Congress online, visit loc.gov. 5. Additions to the Collections—Titles ..............85 The annual report is published through the Office of Communications, Celebrating Achievement ............................................38 Office of the Librarian, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540-1610, 6. Unprocessed Arrearages ................................85 Library of Congress Prizes and Awards ................39 Telephone (202) 707-2905. 7. Cataloging Production ...................................86 Library Staff Recognition......................................43 Executive Editor: Gayle Osterberg 8. MARC Records ..............................................86 Managing Editor: Audrey Fischer 9. Preservation Treatment Statistics ...................87 Art Director: John Sayers Photo Editor: Shawn Miller 10. Copyright Registrations ...............................88 Design and Composition: Blue House Design 11. U.S. Copyright Office Business Summary ....... 88 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 6-6273 12. Services to Individuals Who are ISSN 0083-1565 Blind or Physically Handicapped ................89 Key title: Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress 13. Reader Services ............................................90 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office 14. Cataloging Distribution Service: Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP Financial Statistics .......................................91 Washington, D.C. 20402-9328 ISBN 978-0-8444-9574-3 15. Human Resources ........................................92 3 Opposite, the Librarian’s ceremonial office in the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building Photo by Shawn Miller I am pleased to present the Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress for Fiscal Year 2015. During the year, the Congressional from Lincoln Cathedral), the Bay with varying degrees of technical Research Service (CRS) in the Psalm Book (the first book printed proficiency explore the ways in which Library of Congress began its second in America), President Lincoln’s online tools may be used to locate the century of service to our nation’s second inaugural address and items Library’s unparalleled analog and lawmakers. CRS and the Law Library from civil rights leader Rosa Parks’ digital collections. responded to more than 600,000 collection. research requests from Members of Sincerely, Congress and their staff. The U.S. The Library expanded its global David S. Mao Copyright Office advised Congress on collections—which grew in fiscal year Acting Librarian of Congress copyright law and policy in a digital 2015 by 1.7 million analog items age. To increase the transparency of to a total of 162.5 million. During the legislative process, the Library the fiscal year, the Library’s website continued to add content to the recorded 86.1 million visits and more user-friendly, authoritative legislative than 482.5 million page views. The source, Congress.gov. Library’s literacy-promotion website, Read.gov, and its Teacher’s Page The Library’s staff answered questions continued to provide children, families from more than 457,000 people—in- and educators with rich content to person at our reference desks and online encourage lifelong learning. through our Ask a Librarian service. The National Library Service for the Social media continued to help the Blind and Physically Handicapped Library connect with a growing circulated nearly 22 million copies audience. A decade ago, the Library of braille and recorded books and of Congress was one of the first magazines to more than 862,000 reader federal agencies to launch a blog. accounts through a network of more Many other Library blogs have than 100 cooperating libraries. been added—each focused on the institution’s specific collections or Approximately 1.58 million people services. The Library’s presence on visited the Library of Congress in Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, 2015. Of these, a record 1.24 million iTunes U, Pinterest and, most recently, visited the Thomas Jefferson Building. Instagram, followed. The Library of They came to conduct research Congress is reaching millions of users Letter from the Acting using the Library’s unparalleled through these sites. resources, view the magnificent art and architecture of the 19th-century In these pages are highlights of Librarian of Congress building and see many rare and the work of the 3,100 talented unique items on display. Those rarities people who work in the nation’s Acting Librarian of Congress David Mao included the Magna Carta (on loan library. Many of them help users Photo by Shawn Miller 4 2015 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS LETTER FROM THE ACTING LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS 5 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS OFFICERS LIBRARY OF CONGRESS (on Sept. 30, 2015) TRUST FUND BOARD MEMBERS Executive Committee Ex Officio Members James H. Billington, Edward R. Jablonski, Robert R. Newlen, James H. Billington Sen. Roy Blunt David Lebryk, Fiscal Assistant Librarian of Congress Chief Operating Officer Chief of Staff Librarian of Congress Chairman, Joint Committee Secretary of the Treasury on the Library of Congress (representing U.S. Treasury David S. Mao, Mary Mazanec, Director, Maria A. Pallante, Secretary Jacob J. Lew) Deputy Librarian of Congress and Congressional Research Service Register of Copyrights Rep. Gregg Harper Acting Law Librarian of Congress Vice Chairman, Joint Committee Jane McAuliffe, Director, Mark Sweeney, on the Library of Congress Bernard A. Barton Jr., National and International Outreach Associate Librarian Chief Information Officer for Library Services Senate Appointees Operations Committee Kathleen L. Casey Thomas Girardi George Marcus Arlington, Virginia Los Angeles, California Palo Alto, California
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