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Americas greatest bargain the library
American Library Association LEGISLATIVE DAY IN WASHINGTON
Tuesday, April 15 of National Library Week April 13-19, 1980
Sponsors: American Library Association, District of Columbia Library Association, Metropolitan Washington Library Council, participating state library/media associ tions, and other contributing organizations.
SCHEDULE
Morning Briefing: 8:00 to 9:20 a.m., Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2168 (Gold Room), first floor. Coffee, doughnuts, information folders, last minute instructions, briefing on status of library-related legislation. 8:30 a.m., Briefing by Charles Lee, Executive Director, Committee for the Full Funding of Education Programs, and Eileen D. Cooke, Director, ALA Washington Office.
Oversight Hearings on Federal Library Programs: 9:30 a.m. Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2175, first floor. See enclosed information.
Congressional Office Visits: 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., or according to your pre viously set appointments. Consult the Capitol Hill map and the directory of Congressional office and telephone numbers in your folder.
Morning Information Office: 9:30 to 11:00 a.m., Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2168 (Gold Room), first floor. Those unable to make it to the briefing can pick up folders here. We will be unable to occupy this room throughout the entire day as we did last year.
Wrap-up Session: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 1114, first floor. Closing comments by Sam Hunt, Professional Staff Member, Senate Labor-HEW Apppropriations Subcommittee. Any remaining time will permit informal reports and discussion of events earlier in the day.
Congressional Reception: 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2175 (next to Gold Room). Dress informal. A photographer will be available if you wish to have pictures taken with your Senator or Repre sentative for your local press.
LUNCHEON SUGGESTIONS
There are full cafeterias as well as lunch counters and snack bars with limited seating in the Capitol and Congressional office buildings. Check with the guards for specific locations. They can be crowded and are restricted at certain times to employees only. Early hours are often best. The main cafeterias on the Hill are listed below with the hours they are open to the public:
Capitol Basement: before 11:15 and after 1:15 Dirksen 11:30 - 12:00 and 1:30 - 3:00 Longworth before 11:45 and after 1:15 Rayburn before 11:45 and after 1:15 Supreme Court 11:00 - 11:55; 12:20 - 12:55; and 1:20 - 2:00
Other restaurants: Take Independence Avenue, S.E. past the Library of Congress and in the first few blocks of Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E. you will find a variety of sandwich shops and luncheon restaurants. The new Library of Congress James Madison Memorial Building Cafeteria is not yet open to the public. SPONSORS- NATIONALLIBRARY WEEK, LEGISLATIVE DAY, 1930
LIBRARYAND RELATEDASSOCIATIONS
American Library Association South Carolina Library Association American Samoa Library Association South Carolina Association of School Librarians Association of Research Libraries Tennessee Library Association California State Department of Education Texas Library Association Connecticut Educational Media Association Vermont Library Association Connecticut Library Association Virginia Educational Media Association Delaware Library Association Virginia Library Association D.C. Library Association Washington Library Association D.C. School Librarians Association Wisconsin Library Association Florida Association for Media in Education Georgia Council of Public Libraries Georgia Library Association COMMERCIALAND INDUSTRIAL Illinois Library Association Iowa Library Association Association of American Publishers Kansas Association of School Librarians Association of Media Producers Kansas Library Association Bantam Books Kentucky Library Association Becker and Hayes, Inc. Louisiana Library Association R.R. Bowker Maryland Library Association Carrollton Press Medical Library Association Congressional Quarterly Metropolitan Washington Library Council Ebsco Subscription Service Michigan T,ibrary Association Encyclopedia Britannica Minnesota Educational Media Organization Greenwood Press Minnesota Library Association Grolier Educational Corporation Mississippi Library Association D.C. Heath and Co. Nebraska Library Association Institute for Scientific Information New Hampshire Library Association Lockheed Information Systems New Jersey Library Association McGraw-Hill, Inc. New York Library Association National Audio-Visual Association North Carolina Library Association National Micrographics Association North Dakota Library Association W.W. Norton and Co. Ohio Educational Library Media Association Random House Time-Life Books n I KEY TO REPRESENTATIVES' OFFICES KEYTO SENATORS'OFFICES RAYBURN Room numbers with three digits Room numbers with BUILDING are in the Cannon Building .•• Four three digits are in digits beginning with one are in the Russell Building •.• H the Longworth Building .•• Four digits Four digits are in the 0 beginning with two are in the Rayburn Dirksen Building. u _I-L Building. s s E S. Capitol E
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U .S . H OUS E OF REPRESE NT A T IVES Demoerata in roman-Republican • in italic-Resident Commissioner and Delegates in boldface-Resigned Member in bold brackets
Toi<- T•le- NAME NAME Tel<- ._ Tele. I Roen NAME No. NAME I J= No No. NAME NAME NAME I T,,. ·- ·-"'· ·- ·- 1~ "'· "'· I ,,,_ ·-No A 22-- C 22-- F t22- ~2-- 122- Q 22-- l22- ______Fuy, John G. (Ill.) ______55701 1121 McKay, Gunn (Utah) __ Abdnor, jamtJ (S. Oak.) . 55165 1224 Camp/,,1/, Ca,,oJI A.,}, . (S.C) _ 56030 1723 Howud, Jam<> J. (N.J.) ______, 54671 2245 ----- 50453 2209 Quayle, Dan (Ind.) ______54436 1407 St,atton, Samu,I S. (N.Y.) _____I 55076 2205 F cdl, Dant, B. (Fla.) ______54506 Addabbo. Jo..ph P. (N.Y.) ___ 53461 2256 Carney, William (N.Y.)___ 53826 1113 .. _ 2354 Hubbud, Curnll, J,. (Ky.) ____ 53115 204 McKinney, Sl.ewart 8 . (Conn.). _ 55541 /Ob Qu;l/,n, }am<>H . (};mmy) Studd., Gmy E. (Ma11.)_____ 53111 1501 ______Cu,, Bob (Mich.)______Faunt,oy, Wallor E. (D.C) Huckaby, (La.) ______52376 Madigan, F.tlwardR. (Ill.) ____ Air.aka, Daniel K. (Hawaii). 54906 415 54872 332 58050 2350 Jmy 228 52371 2457 (f,nn.) 56356 102 Stump, Bob (Adz.)______54576 211 Carter, Tim _____ Fazio, Vic (Cala.) ______.______Alboota, Donald J00
(Room numbers with 3 digits are in the cannonHOS, 4 digltl be{Jinning with 1 are in the Longworth HOB, 4 digits beginning with 2 are in the Raybc1m HOB] [Cepitol room numben begin with SB, ST, HB, HT with 2 digits and begin with Hor S with 3 rligits] (F-.oom numbers with 3 digits are in the Russell Buildln1, 4 digits are in the Dirksen Build ins, and Capitol numbers begin with S] SENATORS
NAME Tele Room NAME Tele- Room phone No. phone No. 224- 224-
Vice Pres. Mondale, Walter Kassebaum, Nancy Landon (R-KS). 4774 304 F. (D-MN) ...... 2424 2203 Kennedy, Edward M. (D-MA) ...... 4543 2241 Armstrong, William L. (R-CO) .. . 5941 140 Laxal t, Paul (R-NV) ...... 3542 315 Baker, Howard H., Jr. (R-TN) .. . 4944 4123 Leahy, Patrick J. (D-VT) ...... 4242 232 Baucus, Max (D-MT) ...... 2651 1107 Levin, Carl (D-MI) ...... 6221 3327 Bayh, Birch (D-IN) ...... 5623 363 Long, Russell B. (D-LA) ...... 4623 217 Bellman, Henry (R-OK) ...... 5754 125 Lugar, Richard G. (R-IN) ...... 4814 5107 Bentson, Lloyd (D-TX) ...... 5922 240 Magnuson, Warren G. (D-WA) ..... 2621 127 Biden, Joseph R., Jr. (D-DE) .. . 5042 431 Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. Boren, David L. (D-OK) ...... 4721 440 (R-MD) ...... 4654 358 Boschwitz, Rudy (R-MN) ...... 5641 2107 Matsunaga, Spark M. (D-HI) ..... 6361 362 Bradley, Bill (D-NJ) ...... 3224 4104 McClure, James A. (R-ID) ...... 2752 5229 Bumpers, Dale (D-AR) ...... 4843 3229 McGovern, George (D-SD) ...... 2321 4239 Burdick, Quentin N. (D-ND) .... . 2551 451 Melcher, John (D-MT) ...... 2644 1123 Byrd, Harry F., Jr., (I-VA) ... . 4024 417 Metzenbaum, Howard M. (D-OH) ... 2315 347 Byrd, Robert C. (D-WV) ...... 3954 133 Morgan, Robert (D-NC) ...... 3154 5313 Cannon, Howard W. (D-NV) ...... 6244 259 Moynihan, Daniel P. (D-NY) ..... 4451 442 Chafee, John H. (R-RI) ...... 2921 3103 Muskie, Edmund S. (D-ME) ...... 5344 145 Chiles, Lawton (D-FL) ...... 5274 437 Nelson, Gaylord (D-WI) ...... 5323 221 Church, Frank (D-ID) ...... 6142 245 Nunn, Sam (D-GA) ...... 3521 3241 Cochran, Thad (R-MS) ...... 5054 328 Packwood, Bob (R-OR) ...... 5244 1321 Cohen, William S. (R-ME) ...... 2523 1251 Pell, Claiborne (D-RI) ...... 4642 325 Cranston, Alan (D-CA) ...... 3553 229 Percy, Charles H. (R-IL) ...... 2152 4321 Culver, John C. (D-IA) ...... 3744 344 Pressler, Larry (R-SD) ...... 5842 2104 Danforth, John C. (R-MO) ...... 6154 460 Proxmire, William (D-WI) ...... 5653 5241 DeConcini, Dennis (D-AZ) ...... 4521 3230 Pryor, David (D-AR) ...... 2353 404 Dole, Robert (R-KS) ...... 6521 2213 Randolph, Jennings (D-WV) ...... 6472 3203 Domenici, Pete V. (R-NM) ...... 6621 2317 Ribicoff, Abraham (D-CT) ...... 2823 337 Durenberger, David (R-MN) ...... 3244 353 Riegle, Donald W., Jr. (D-MI) .. 48~2 1207 Durkin, John A. (D-NH) ...... 3324 3319 Roth, William V., Jr. (R-DE) ... 2441 3215 Eagleton, Thomas F. (D-MO) .... . 5721 1209 Sarbanes, Paul S. (D-MD) ...... 4524 2327 Exon, J. James (D-NE) ...... 4224 4327 Sasser, Jim (D-TN) ...... 3344 405 Ford, Wendell H. (D-KY) ...... 4343 4107 Schmitt, Harrison H. (R-NM) .... 5521 2l18 Garn, Jake (R-UT) ...... 5444 5121 Schweiker, Richard S. (R-PA) ... 4254 253 Glenn, John (D-OH) ...... 3353 204 Simpson, Alan K. (R-WY) ...... 3424 6205 Goldwater, Barry (R-AZ) ...... 2235 427 Stafford, Robert T. (R-VT) ..... 5141 5219 Gravel, Mike (D-AK) ...... 6665 3121 Stennis, John C. (D-MS)...... 6253 205 Hart, Gary (D-CO) ...... 5852 254 Stevens, Ted (R-AK) ...... 3004 260 Hatch, Orrin G. (R-UT) ...... 5251 411 Stevenson, Adlai E. (D-IL) ..... 2854 456 Hatfield, Mark O. (R-OR) ...... 3753 463 Stewart, Donald W. (D-AL) ...... 5755 110 Hayakawa, S. I. (R-CA) ...... 3841 6217 Stone, Richard (Dick)(D-FL) .... 3041 1327 Heflin, Howell (D-AL) ...... 4124 6327 Talmadge, Herman E. (D-GA) ..... 3643 109 Heinz, H. John, III (R-PA) .... . 6324 443 Thurmond, Strom (R-SC) ...... 5972 209 Helms, Jesse (R-NC) ...... 6342 4213 Tower, John (R-TX) ...... 2934 142 Hollings, Ernest F. (D-SC) .... . 6121 115 Tsongas, Paul E. (D-MA) ...... 2742 342 Huddleston, Walter D. (D-KY) .. . 2541 2121 Wallop, Malcolm (R-WY)...... 6441 452 Humphrey, Gordon J. (R-NH) .... . 2841 4203 Warner, John W. (R-VA) ...... 2023 6239 Inouye, Daniel K. (D-HI) ...... 3934 105 Weicker, Lowell P., Jr. (R-CT) .. 4041 313 Jackson, Henry M. (D-WA) ...... 3441 137 Williams, Harrison A.,Jr. (D-NJ) 4744 352 Javits, Jacob K. (R-NY) ...... 6542 321 Young, Milton R. (R-ND) ...... 2043 5205 Jepsen, Roger W. (R-IA) ...... 3254 5327 Zorinsky, Edward (D-NE) ...... 6551 432 Johnston, J. Bennett (D-LA) ... . 5824 421 U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Committee on 'Appropriations 96th Congress, 2nd Session
Jamie L. Whitten (0-MS), Chairman
DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS Edward P. Boland, Massachusetts Silvio O. Conte, Massachusetts William H. Natcher, Kentucky Robert H. Michel, Illinois · Tom Steed, Oklahoma Joseph M. McDade, Pennsylvania Nea 1 Smith, Iowa Mark Andrews, North Dakota Robert N. Giaimo, Connecticut Jack Edwards, Alabama Joseph P. Addabbo, New -.York Robert C. McEwen, New York Edward J. Patten, New Jersey John ,, T. Myers, Indiana Clarence D. Long, Maryland J. Kenneth Robinson, Virginia Sidney R. Yates, Illinois Clarence E. Miller, Ohio David R. Obey, Wisconsin Lawrence Coughlin, Pennsylvania Edward R. Roybal, California C. W. Bill Young, Florida Louis Stokes, Ohio Jack F. Kemp, New York Gunn McKay, Utah Ralph S. Regula, Ohio Tom Bevill, Alabama Clair W. Burgener; California Bill Chappell, Jr., Florida George M. O'Brien, Illinois Bill 0. Burlison, Missouri Virginia Smith, Nebraska Bill Alexander, Arkansas Eldon Rudd, Arizona John P. Murtha, Pennsylvania Carl D. Pursell, Michigan Bob Traxler, Michigan Robert B. Duncan, Oregon Joseph D. Early, Massachusetts Charles Wilson, Texas Lindy (Mrs. Hale) Boggs, Louisiana Adam Benjamin, Jr., Indiana Norman D. Dicks, Washington Matthew F. McHugh, New York Bo Ginn, Georgia William Lehman, Florida Jack Hightower, Texas John W. Jenrette, Jr., South Carolina Martin Olav Sabo, Minnesota Julian C. Dixon, California Bennett M. Stewart, Illinois Vic Fazio, California -To be appointed-
American Library Association (See over for Appropriations Washington Office Subcommittees on Labor-HEW, April 1980 Legislative, and Treasury Postal Service-General Govern ment.) Labor-HEH Appropriations Subcommittee William H. Natcher (D-KY), Chairman
DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS Neal Smith, Iowa Robert H. Michel, Illinois Edward J. Patten, New Jersey Silvio 0. Conte, Massachusetts David R. Obey, Wisconsin George M. O'Brien, Illinois Edward R. Roybal, California Carl D. Pursell, Michigan Louis Stokes, Ohio Joseph D. Early, Massachusetts
Legislative Appropriations Subcommittee Adam Benjamin, Jr., (D-IN), Chairman
DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS Neal Smith, Iowa Robert H. Michel, Illinois Robert N. Giaimo, Connecticut Silvio 0. Conte, Massachusetts Sidney R. Yates, Illinois Eldon Rudd, Arizona -To be appointed-
Treasury - Postal Service - General Government Appropriations Subcommittee Tom Steed (D-OK), Chairman
DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS Joseph P. Addabbo, New York Clarence E. Miller, Ohio Edward R. Roybal, California Robert C. McEwen, New York Edward J. Patten, New Jersey Robert N. Giaimo, Connecticut
April 1980
~ ···· U. S. SENATE Committee on Appropriations 96th Congress, 2nd Session
Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA), Chairman
DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS John C. ~tennis, Mississippi r1i lton R. Young, North Dakota Robert C. Byrd, Hest Virgin·ia Mark O. Hatfield, Oregon William Proxmire, Wisconsin Ted Stevens , Alaska Daniel K. Inouye, Hawaii Charles McC . tlathias, Jr. , f•1aryland Ernest F. Hollings, Sou t h Carolina Richard S. Schweiker , Pennsylvania Birch Bayh, Indiana Henry Bellman, Oklahoma Thomas F. Eagleton, Missouri Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. ~ Connecticut Lawton Chiles, Florida James A. McClure, Idaho J. Bennett Johnston, Louisiana Paul Laxalt, Nevada ~~alter D. Huddleston , Kentucky Jake Garn, Utah Quentin N. Burdick, North Dakota Harrison H. Schmitt , New Mexico Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont James R. Sasser, Tennessee Dennis DeConcini, Arizona Dale Bumpers, Arkansas John A. Durkin, New Hampshire
American Library Association (See over for Appropriations Washington Office Subcommittees on Labor-Hrn , February 1980 Le gislative , and Treasury Postal Service-General Government.) Labor-HEU Appropriations Subcommittee Uarren G. Magr.uson (D-l·JA), Chairman DEMOCRATS REPUBLICA~S Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Richard S. Schweiker, Pennsylvania William Proxmire, Wisconsin Charles f'.lcC. Mathias, Jr., Maryland Ernest F. Hollings, South Carolina Mark 0. Hatfield, Oregon Thomas F. Eagleton, Missouri Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., Connecticut Birch Bayh, Indiana Harrison H. Schmitt, New Mexico Lawton Chiles, Florida Quentin N. Burdick, North Dakota Daniel K. Inouye, Hawaii
Legislative Appropriations Subcommittee James R. Sasser (D-TN), Chairman DH10CRATS REPUBLICANS Dale Bumpers, Arkansas Ted Stevens~ Alaska John A. Durkin, Mew Hampshire Richard S. Schweiker, Pennsylvania
Treasury - Postal Service - General Government Subcommittee Lawton Chiles (D-FL), Chairman DEMOCRATS REPU[3LICANS Dennis DeConcini, Arizona Paul Laxalt, Nevada Dale Bumpers, Arkansas Harrison H. Schmitt, Ne1tJ r1exico
February 1980 U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Committee on Education and Labor 96th Congress, 2nd Session Carl 0. Perkins (D-KY), Chairman
DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS Frank Thompson, Jr., New Jersey John M. Ashbrook, Ohio John Brademas, Indiana John N. Erlenborn, Illinois Augustus F. Hawkins, California John Buchanan, . Alabama William D. Ford, Michigan James M. Jeffords, Vermont Phillip Burton, California William F. Goodling, Pennsylvania Joseph M. Gaydos, Pennsylvania Mickey Edwards, Oklahoma William {Bill) Clay, Missouri E. Thomas Coleman, Missouri Mario Biaggi, New York Ken Kramer~ Colorado Ike Andrews, North Carolina Arlen Erdahl, Minnesota Paul Simon, Illinois Thomas J. Tauke, Iowa Edward P. Beard, Rhode Island Daniel B. Crane, Illinois George Miller, California Jon Hinson, Mississippi Michael O. Myers, Pennsylvania Thomas E. Petri, Wisconsin Austin J. Murphy, Pennsylvania Ted Weiss, New York Baltasar Corrada, Puerto Rico Dale E. Kildee, Michigan Peter A. Peyser, New York Edward J. Stack, Florida Pat Williams, Montana William R. Ratchford, Connecticut Ray Kogovsek, Colorado Don Bailey, Pennsylvania
American Library Association (See over for Subcommittees on Washington Office Elementary, Secondary and February 1980 Vocational Education, and Postsecondary Education.)
I- Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education Subcommittee Carl D. Perkins (D-KY), Chairman DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS William D. Ford, Michigan William F. Goodling, Pennsylvania Ike Andrews, North Carolina John Buchanan, Alabama George Miller, California Arlen Erdahl, Minnesota Austin J. Murphy, Pennsylvania Daniel Crane, Illinois Baltasar Corrada, Puerto Rico John Hinson, Mississippi Dale E. Kildee, Michigan Pat Williams, Montana Augustus F. Hawkins, California Michael O. Myers, Pennsylvania Ray Kogovsek, Colorado
Postsecondary Education Subcommittee William D. Ford (0-MI), Chairman DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS John Brademas, Indiana John Buchanan, Alabama Frank Thompson, Jr., New Jersey James Jeffords, Vermont Mario Biaggi, New York Mickey Edwards, Oklahoma Paul Simon, Illinois Thomas Tauke, Iowa Peter A. Peyser, New York Thomas E. Petri , Wisconsin Joseph M. Gaydos, Pennsylvania Austin J. Murphy, Pennsylvania Ted Weiss, New York William R. Ratchford, Connecticut Don Bailey, Pennsylvania
February 1980 U. S. SEfJATE Committee on Labor and Human Resources 96th Congress, 2nd Session
Harrison A. LJilliams, Jr.~ (D-NJ), Chairman
DH10CRATS REPUBLICANS Jennings Randolph, LJest Virginia Richard S. Schweiker, Pennsylvania Claiborne Pell, Rhode Island Jacob K. Javits, New York Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Robert T. Stafford, Vermont Gaylord Nelson, Wisconsin Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Thomas F. Eagleton, Missouri William L. Armstrong, Colorado Alan Cranston, California Gordon Humphrey, New Hampshire Donald W. Riegle, Michigan Howard M. Metzenbaum, Ohio
Education, Arts and Humanities Subcommittee Claiborne Pell (D-RI), Chairman
DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS Harrison A. Williams, Jr., New Jersey Robert T. Stafford, Vermont Jennings Randolph, LJest Virginia Richard S. Schweiker, Pennsylvania Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Jacob K. Javits, New York Thomas F. Eagleton, Missouri
American Library Association Washington Office February 1980 U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Committee on Budget
96th Congress, 2nd Session
Robert N. Giaimo, (D-CT), Chairman
DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS
Jim Wright, Texas Delbert L. Latta, Ohio Thomas L. Ashley, Ohio James T. Broyhill, North Carolina Louis Stokes, Ohio Barber B. Conable, Jr. , New York Elizabeth Holtzman, New York Marjorie S. Holt, Maryland David R. Obey, Wisconsin Ralph S. Regula, Ohio Paul Simon, Illinois Bud Shuster, Pennsylvania Norman Y. Mineta, California Bill Frenzel , Minnesota Jim Mattox, Texas Eldon Rudd, Arizona James R. Jones, Oklahoma Stephen J. Solarz, Nei:, York William M. Brodhead, Michigan Timothy E. Wirth, Colorado Leon E. Panetta, California Richard A. Gephardt, Missouri Bill Nelson, Florida William H. Gray III, Pennsylvania
U. S. SENATE
Committee on Budget
96th Congress, 2nd Session
Edmund S. Muskie, (D- ME), Chairman
DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS
Warren G. Magnuson, Washington Henry Bellman, Oklahoma Ernest F. Hollings, South Carolina Pete V. Domenici, New Mexico Lawton Chiles, Florida Bob Packwood, Oregon Joseph R. Biden, Jr . , Delaware William L. Armstrong, Colorado J. Bennett Johnston, Louisiana Nancy L. Kassebaum, Kansas Jim Sasser, Tennessee Rudy Boschwitz, Minnesota Gary W. Hart, Colorado Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Howard M. Hetzenbaum, Ohio Larry Pressler , South Dakota Donald W. Riegle, Jr. , Michigan Daniel Patrick Moynihan, New York J. James Exon, Nebraska
American Library Association Washington Office February 1980 U. S. SENATE
Committee on Governmental Affairs
96th Congress, 2nd Session
Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-CT), Chairman
DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS
Henry M. Jackson, Washington Charles H. Percy, Illinois Thomas F. Eagleton, Missouri Jacob K. Javits, New York Lawton Chiles, Florida William V. Roth, Jr., Delaware Sam Nunn, Georgia Ted Stevens, Alaska John Glenn, Ohio Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., Maryland Jim Sasser, Tennessee John C. Danforth, Missouri David Pryor, Arkansas William S. Cohen, Maine Carl Levin, Michigan David Durenberger, Minnesota
Energy, Nuclear Proliferation, and Federal Services Subcommittee
John Glenn (D-OH), Chairman
DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS
Thomas F. Eagleton, Missouri Jacob K. Javits, New York Henry M. Jackson, Washington Ted Stevens, Alaska Carl Levin, Michigan David Durenberger, Minnesota
American Library Association Washington Office February 1980 REPORT ON CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE VISITS
Legislative Day in Washington - April 15, 1930 (A separate form should be filled out by each participant.) Your name ------Your state ------Your title ------Phone number ------
AddrP.f:IS ------
Names of legislators visited and primary contact in each office (the person you spent the most time with):
1. Legislator Contact & title ------·- - ~ 2. Legislator ------Contact & title 3. Legislator ------Contact & title 4. Legislator ------Contact & title 5. Legislator ------Contact & title 6, Legislator ------·------Contact & title Use the phrases below which best characterize the nature of each of your visits. Circle the number of each legislator (listed above) as it applies to the various descriptions.
Legislator II
1 2 3 4 5 6 legislator seemed knowledgeable about library legislation 1 2 3 4 5 6 staff seemed knowledgeable about library legislation 1 2 3 4 5 6 mostly pleasant formalities 1 2 3 4 5 6 some substantive discussion with staff 1 2 3 4 5 6 some substantive discussion with legislator 1 2 3 4 5 6 renewing old acquaintance with staff 1 2 3 4 5 6 getting acquainted with staff for first time 1 2 3 4 5 6 renewing old acquaintance with legislator 1 2 3 4 5 6 getting to know legislator for first time 1 2 3 4 5 6 other (describe) ------·------Comments:
Please leave this form with the ALA Washington Office staff or Legislative Day volunteers or mail it to the ALA Washington Office, 110 Maryland Avenue, N.E., Box 54, Washington, D.C. 20002. Thanks. STATUS OF LIBRARY-RELATED LEGISLATION ACTIVE THIS MONTH (to supplement material in folders)
As of April 11, 1980 Senate House
LABOR-HEW APPROPRIATIONS, FY 1981 The major library grant programs were not cut Hearings Hearings by the President's revisions to his budget. concluded underway See the yellow sheet for the amounts for each program. ALA testified before the Senate Labor HEW Appropriations Subcommittee on March 12 and will do so before the House on April 18.
HIGHER EDUCATION ACT REAUTHORIZATION An extension of HEA is expected to be enacted s. 1839 HR 5192 this year. The House-passed bill would raise the Subcommittee Passed the college library basic grants to $10,000, and approved House expand the training and demonstration programs. Both contain varying versions of a national peri odical system. Now is a good time to stress the importance of the library programs under REA and that they should be continued. The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee is expected to con sider the bill in the next few weeks.
POSTAL SERVICE REORGANIZATION House version would permit libraries to return Hearings HR 79 books to the publisher at the library rate and underway Passed the would also broaden items eligible to be sent at House library rate. Would also extend the phase-in of 4th class rate increases. Express the importance of these two provisions NOW to Sen. John Glenn (D-OH), chairman of the Senate postal subcommittee.
PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS (TITLE 44 U.S. CODE) Major rewrite of current law includes several im Some joint HR 5424 provements for depository library system and hearings House federal publication discount for all libraries, held with Admin. Com Bill has been referred to a second House committee House mittee ap for review. Government Operations Committee Chair proved, Rep. Jack Brooks (D-TX) must be informed of the now before need for improved bibliographic control of and Govt. Op public access to federal information in all formats. erations Committee
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES An extension of NEA and NEH for a five-year s. 1386 ' Hearings period is currently under consideration. In Passed the held addition, the bills would increase the Senate authorized funding levels for the two endow ments. Members of the House Postsecondary Education Subcommittee should be told of the importance of challenge grants and other library grants to local communities. I IMPORTANT HEARING ON LIBRARY PROGRAMS
OVERSIGHT HEARING ON FEDERAL LIBRARY PROGRAMS
April 15, 1980 (Legislative Day, National Library Week)
Legislative Day will also be the date for a congressional oversight hearing on the major federal library programs. The House Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Carl Perkins (D-KY), and the House Post secondary Education Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Bill Ford (D-MI), will hold a joint hearing on the Library Services and Construction Act, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act title IV-B Instructional Materials and School Library Resources program and the Higher Education Act title II college and research library training and demonstration programs. A panel of ALA witnesses (see list below) will discuss their own experiences with these programs, the current situation and future prospects of libraries, and the need for federal funding to supplement state and local efforts. Participants in Legislative Day lobbying activities are en couraged to inform members of Congress of this hearing and urge the members or their staff to attend. The hearing will begin at 9:30 a.m. and is scheduled for the Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2175, first floor.
LSCA I, II, and III, and HEA II-C HEA, Title II-B, Library Training Peggy Sullivan Dr. A. Robert Rogers Asst. Commissioner for Ext. Service Dean, Kent State Univ. Sch. of Lib. Science The Chicago Public Library
ESEA Title IV-B, Sch. Lib. Resources HEA, Title II-B, Lib. Research & Demonstra- Louise Bedford tions Instructional Media Coordinator Dr. Ching-chih Chen Montgomery County Bd. of Education Professor and Associate Dean Mount Sterling, KY Simmons College
HEA, Title II-A, College Lib. Resources John Zimmerman Library Director Frostburg State College Frostburg, Maryland
American Library Association Washington Office April 1980 THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
National Library Week April 13 to 19, 1980
No institution has made a greater contribution to our democratic society than the public library. Public libraries serve people of all ages and walks of life. They provide free access to knowledge through books and other related resources and offer the tools for individual growth, education, entertainment and personal self-fulfi I lment.
We live in very difficult times -- in an age of information and technological revolution. We are constantly making decisions on complex issues which require the ready availability of knowledge and information. We can look with pride and satisfaction to our nation's public library system in this regard.
The vitality of our society depends on the participation of all of us in the decision-making process. A well-informed citizenry is essential to the survival of our democratic institutions and to their continued growth and development. An enlightened public, openly debating controversial issues and constructively involved in the day to day community and country, will ensure the sustained progress of our society.
During this annual celebration of National Library Week I challenge al I our people to join in discovering the pleasures and satisfactions which come from reading and to turn to our public libraries for the wealth of resources they offer. SUMMARY OF
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION APPROPRIATIONS REQUEST
FY 1981 Labor-HEW Appropriations
1. Library Resources: U.S. Department of Education FY 1981 ALA FY 1980 FY 1981 Appropriation Appropriation --=-Bu~d=g~e_t__ Request Library Services & Construction Act Title I, Public Library Services $ 62,500,000 $ 62,500,000 $100,000,000 II, Public Library Construction -0- -0- 50,000,000 III, Interlibrary Cooperation 5,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 TOTAL LSCA $ 67,500,000 $ 74,500,000 $162,000,000
Elementary & Secondary Education Act Title IV-B, School Library Resources $171,000,000 $171,000,000 $205,000,000 (Advance funded program)
Higher Education Act Title II-A, College Library Resources $ 4,988,000 $ 4,988,000 $ 15,000,000 II-B, Training 667,000 500,000 4,000,000 II-B, Demonstrations 333,000 500,000 2,000,000 II-C, Research Libraries 6,000,000 7,000,000 10,000,000 TOTAL HEA $ 11,988,000 $ 12,988,000 $ 31,000,000
2. Other Programs
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science $ 686,000 $ 699,000 $ 750,000
National Library of Medicine $ 34,732,000 $ 34,899,000 $ 38,399,000
Medical Library Assistance Act $ 9,925,000 $ 9,831,000 $ 12,831,000
3. In addition, the American Library Association supports increased funding in salaries and expenses for:
Office of Libraries and Learning Resources (or its successor in the new Department of Education)
National Center for Education Statistics LIBRARY SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION ACT (LSCA)
(PL 84-597), as amended by PL 88-269, 89-511, 90-154, 91-600, 93-29, 93-113, 93-380, and 95-123)
Purpose: The purpose of LSCA is to assist the states in extension and improvement of public library services; improvement of library services for the physically handicapped, the institutionalized, disadvantaged, bilingual, and older persons; strengthening State library administrative agencies; construction of public lib raries; promoting interlibrary cooperation among all types of libraries; and strengthening major urban resource libraries.
Authorization: PL 95-123 extends the authorization through fiscal year 1982.
General Provisions: For all titles, a basic allotment is made to each state with any funds remaining distributed proportionately to the states, each state's share based on its population in relation to the total U.S. population. A requirement for Titles I and II stipulates that the states and communities must match the federal contribution on the basis of a ratio of the state's per capita income to the average per capita income of the U.S. In no case shall the federal share be less than 33 percent or more than 66 percent of the cost of the program. The federal share for Titles III and IV is 100 percent.
In order to participate in any LSCA program, each state must have a basic state plan approved by the Commissioner of Education, plus a long-range program (a compre hensive 5-year plan on state priorities, procedures and activities for meeting the library and information needs of the people). For each title in which a state par ticipates, it must submit an annual program, outlining the projects to be achieved during the year. States are required to match from nonfederal funds their expendi tures for administration of the Act.
TITLE I - SERVICES
In order to participate in Title I, each state, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia must meet minimum qualifications for basic federal allotments of $200,000; American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, each for at least $40,000. Maintenance of state and local effort is re quired.
Description of Program: Grants are awarded to assist the states to: 1) Develop and improve public library service in geographical areas and to groups of persons without such service or with inadequate service; 2) Provide library services for: a) patients and inmates of state-supported institutions, b) physically handicapped, c) disadvantaged persons in low-income areas, both urban and rural, d) persons of limited English-speaking ability; 3) Strengthen metropolitan public libraries which function as regional or national resource centers; 4) Strengthen the capacity of the state library agency to meet the library and information needs of all the people; 5) Support and expand "library services of major urban resource libraries which, because of the value of the collections of such libraries to individual users and to other libraries, need special assistance to furnish services at a level required to meet the demands made for such services." - 2 -
The Act defines "major urban resource library" as "any public library located in a city having a population of 100,000 or more individuals, as determined by the Commissioner" of Education. To be eligible for such funds, a major urban resource library must provide services to users throughout the regional area in which it is located.
Urban Libraries: When appropriations for LSCA Title I exceed $60 million, such as the $62.5 million appropriated in FY 1979 and 1980, a portion of the excess is earmarked for libraries in cities of 100,000 population and more. The exact per centage of Title I funds above $60 million to be reserved for urban libraries in each state is based on its urban population in relation to total state population (except no more than 50 percent of a state's share of appropriations above $60 mil lion can be earmarked for major urban resource libraries). To be eligible for the urban funds, states may not reduce the amount paid to urban libraries below the amount they received the preceding year. In states with no cities of 100,000 or more individuals, these provisions do not apply; such states (9 in all) may use all these funds for any of the Title I purposes.
Use of Title I Funds: Title I funds may be used for books and other library materials, equipment, salaries, other operating expenses, for statewide planning and evaluation of programs, and for administration of the state plan.
Funding: FY 1981 FY 1980 FY 1979 Authorization $150,000,000 $150,000,000 $140,000,000 Budget Recommendation 62,500,000 56,900,000 56,900,000 Appropriations Pending 62,500,000 62,500,000
TITLE II - CONSTRUCTION
Description of Program: Grants are made to the states for public library construc tion, defined as meaning the construction of new public library buildings and the acquisition, expansion, remodeling, and alteration of existing buildings for use as public libraries and the initial equipment of such buildings (except books). Architects' fees and the cost of acquisition of land are also eligible expenses. Providing appropriations are sufficient, the basic allotment for each state is $100,000 and for each outlying territory $20,000. Construction or remodeling pro jects to remove architectural barriers and to reduce energy consumption are eligible under Title II.
Funding: FY 1981 FY 1980 FY 1979 Authorization such sums such sums such sums Budget Recommendation -0- -0- -0- Appropriation Pending -0- -0-
TITLE III - INTERLIBRARY COOPERATION
Description of Program: Grants are made to the states for the planning, establish ment and maintenance of cooperative networks of libraries at the local, regional or interstate level. Such cooperative networks should provide for "the systematic and effective coordination of the resources of school, public, academic and special li braries and information centers for improved supplementary services for special clientele served by each type of library or center." Providing appropriations are sufficient, the basic allotment for each state is $40,000 and for each outlying ter ritory $10,000. - 3 - Funding: FY 1981 FY 1980 FY 1979 Authorization $20,000,000 $20,000,000 $15,000,000 Budget Recommendation 12,000,000 3,337,000 3,337,000 Appropriation Pending 5,000,000 5,000,000
TITLE IV - OLDER READERS SERVICES p~~~ription ~~ Program: Grants are authorized to the states for the provision of library services for the elderly, including the purchase of special library ma terials, payment of salaries for elderly persons who wish to work in libraries, pro vision of in-home visits by library personnel to the elderly, and the furnishing of transportation to enable the elderly to have access to library services.
Enacted by the Older Americans Amendments of 1973 (PL 93-29), Title IV has not yet been funded, but such sums as necessary are authorized, Providing appropria~ tions are sufficient, the basic allotment for each state is $40,000 and for each outlying territory $10,000.
Need . f_o_r_ Ad~_g_1:!._ate_.. .AEPropriations for LSCA:
Title I - Public Library Services: 1. FY 1979 appropriations provided $62.5 million for LSCA I, triggering for the first time the provision reserving a portion of any amount over $60 million for cities with a population over 100,000. This re cognized the major role our nation's urban libraries play as resource centers for the population. Additional funding to more fully implement the provision was re quested in FY 1980, but was denied. With up to 170 cities qualifying, and a maximum of one-half the amount over $60 million available to them, more adequate funding is needed to help ease the burden on the major urban resource libraries.
2. Congressionally-mandated priorities for LSCA call upon libraries to serve the handicapped, the institutionalized, the disadvantaged, and those of limited English speaking ability. Substantial additional funds are necessary to provide the full range of basic services at each of our nation's local libraries. LSCA programs pro vide support for many of the services identified as essential by the delegates to the White House Conference on Library and Information Services this past November. White House Conference delegates emphasized special programs for those having 'special needs, literacy training, and equal access to library services by all seg ments of the population. Current funding levels have permitted the development of model programs, but many special users are still without services.
3. It is estimated that 21 million adults in the U.S. are ill-equipped with the necessary communicative skills to cope with routine daily matters. For instance, one in twenty U.S. Army recruits is functionally illiterate, despite the fact that the army has a higher percentage of high school graduates (83 percent) than ever before. There are people of all ages who are not in the army and who must rely on local programs for assistance to overcome their inabilities. A Gallup poll showed 35 percent of the respondents to be very interested in getting help to im prove their reading ability. A significant increase in funding is required in order to help libraries serve as a nationwide alternative to those whom traditional schooling has failed.
4. Four out of five adults are involved in a learning project each year, and 75 percent of these are self-initiated, according to a recent nationwide survey. Title I funding is an essential source of support for libraries in providin~ resources to support these learners. Hany institutions offering adult education coursework rely on local public libraries to support the resource needs of this widely dis persed student population. - :::'
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5. Service to the poor and aging have long been recognized as essential activities of public libraries. Many libraries have responded to the feeling on the part of these groups that there is no place to turn for assistance with individual infor mation needs by establishing community information and referral centers. As with nearly all programs requiring an outreach effort, this service requires funding of more than the in-house staff and resources. LSCA I funding can support the local library's efforts with community relations and publicity.
Title II - Construction: Although no new funds have been appropriated under this title since 1973, the LSCA Amendments of 1977 (PL 95-123) added two uses of LSCA II construction funds: 1) renovation to provide access for the handicapped, and 2) remodeling to conserve energy.
1. Many of the old Carnegie libraries still serve their communities well~ but an estimated 8,147 public library buildings lack structural modifications necessary to comply with the Section 504 regulations by the June 3, 1980 deadline. Services to the blind and physically handicapped are becoming increasingly important as the individuals these services are designed to assist move further into the mainstream of American life. The highest priority should be given to funding existing con struction and renovation authorities such as LSCA II.
2. Title II funds are urgently needed to assist public libraries in making their buildings more energy efficient. · Many libraries are open seven days a week, 12 hours a day. The heating and illumination systems in these frequently antiquated structures must be among the first in the community to be brought in line with current expectations of efficiency.
3. During the 15-year period from FY 1965-1979 over two thousand construction pro jects utilizing LSCA and other federal funds have been administered under Title II. The effectiveness of the LSCA program in stimulating matching support is demon strated by the fact that 71 percent of the $685.4 million obligated during this period has been from non-federal sources. In addition to the construction funds re quired to meet access requirements and promote energy conservation, local libraries need support in reducing the costs of adapting buildings to expensive modern tech nology in the form of computer systems and materials security systems.
Title III - Interlibrary Cooperation: 1. LSCA III has enabled libraries to create netwo.rks linked through such traditional devices as the telephone and the mails, but more importantly to explore and establish effective linkages via tele type, telefacsimile, and satellite telecommunications.
2. It is these links, in combination with rising costs, that have led libraries in smaller communities to rely increasingly on urban libraries as backup sources for needed materials. Firm support of LSCA III would provide additional and improved networks, bringing improved library service to millions of citizens through cooper ative purchasing, processing and use of library materials.
3. The importance of library cooperation and emerging network activities among libraries is underscored by the frequent mention in the White House Conference resolutions of the necessity for further development of library networks and the many recommendations that libraries adapt new technologies to meet user needs. A consistent theme throughout was the importance of making information available to all on an equal basis. A substantial federal investment is necessary to assure this end.
American Library Association Washington Office March 1980 Estimated Grants for Library Services--LSCA Title I (Note: totals include outlying territories not listed) FY 1981 ALA FY 1980 FY 1981 Recommended Appropriation Budget Appropriation TOTALS ••• $62,500,000 $62,500,000 $100,000,000 Alabama 1,070,997 1,070,997 1,700,000 Alaska 297,460 297,460 368,000 Arizona 743,930 743,930 1,137,000 Arkansas 707,826 707,826 1,075,000 California 5,364,859 5,364,859 9,097,000 Colorado 819,443 819,443 1,267,000 Connecticut 933,185 933,185 1,463,000 Delaware 337,340 337,340 430,000 District of Columbia 361,645 361,645 478,000 Florida 2,197,793 2,197,793 3,641,000 Georgia 1,389,567 1,389,567 2,249,000 Hawaii 410,257 410,257 562,000 Idaho 401,997 401,997 547,000 Illinois 2,849,565 2,849,565 4,764,000 Indiana 1,462,484 1,462,484 2,175,000 Iowa 881,506 881,506 1,174,000 Kansas 747,469 747,469 1,143,000 Kentucky 1,018,373 1,018,373 1,610,000 Louisiana 1,127,395 1,127,395 1,797,000 Maine 455,801 455,801 641,000 Maryland 1,176,242 1,176,242 1,882,000 Massachusetts 1,563,247 1,563,247 2,548,000 Michigan 2,358,730 2,358,730 3,919,000 Minnesota 1,139,194 1,139,194 1,618,000 Mississippi 763,045 763,045 1,170,000 Missouri 1,337,888 1,337,888 2,160,000 Montana 380,759 380,759 511,000 Nebraska 566,947 566,947 832,000 Nevada 350,318 350,318 459,000 New Hampshire 400,482 400,484 545,000 New Jersey 1,931,609 1,931,609 3,183,000 New Mexico 482,230 482,230 686,000 New York 4,431,565 4,431,565 7,489,000 North Carolina 1,501,421 1,501,421 2,442,000 North Dakota 353,386 353,386 464,000 Ohio 2,724,025 2,724,025 4,548,000 Oklahoma 864,751 864,751 1,345,000 Oregon 762,808 762,808 1,849,000 Pennsylvania 2,983,601 2,983,601 4,995,000 Rhode Island 421,112 421,112 581,000 South Carolina 879,146 879,146 1,370,000 South Dakota 362,353 362,353 480,000 Tennessee 1,212,819 1,212,819 1,345,000 Texas 3,221,939 3,221,939 5,405,000 Utah 499,692 499,692 716,000 Vermont 313,742 313,742 396 ~000 Virginia 1,402,310 1,402,310 2,271,000 Washington 1,068,636 1,068,636 1,696,000 West Virginia 637,268 637,268 953,000 Wisconsin 1,295,883 1,295,883 2,088,000 Wyoming 295,807 295,807 365 000
American Library Association - Washington Office March 1980 Estimated Grants for Urban Library Services--LSCA Title I (Based on ALA Recommended Appropriation for LSCA I in FY 1981: $100,000,000
Under the 1977 LSCA amendments (PL 95-123), cities of 100,000 population and over are entitled to a mandated share of all LSCA Title I funds above $60 million, each state's share of the urban funds based upon its urban population in relation to total state population. The first $60 million is to be distributed to the states on a basic grant/per capita formula and can be used for both urban and non-urban libraries. (Present FY funding for LSCA Title I is $62.5 million.) Assuming an FY 1981 funding level for LSCA I of $100,000,000, urban libraries would receive a mandated share of the $40 million (all funds above the $60 million floor), as esti mated in the table below:
Mandated Urban $40 Million Mandated Urban $40 Million State Urban Funds Formula Above Floor State Urban Funds Formula Above Floor AL $ 142,943 21.4% i $ 667,960 i *MT I I $ 137,840 AK 29,673 . 44. 0 67,440 I NE !$ 98,421 34.5% ! 285.280 AZ 197,411 48.3 408,720 I NV I 27,250 25.0 I 109,000 AR 28,071 7.2 389,880 , *NH I I 150,040
CA 1.386,618 35.4 3,917,000 I NJ I 153.115 11.3 I 1,355,000 co 184.051 39.2 469,520 ! NM i 51 , 360 24.3 I 211.360 ' CT 112 , 841 19.7 572,800 i NY i 161,030 47.5 I 339,012 *DE .. 106,560 I NC I 150,810 15.0 ! 1,005,400 DC 65.780 50 . 0 ... 131.560 ! *ND I : 117,680 FL 348,712 22.8 1,529,440 i OH i 487,216 24.5 i 1,988,640 ' GA 150,341 16.5. 911,160 ! OK ! 127,426 25.4 ' 501.680 HI 80,180 50.0... 160,360 :1 OR 68,792 16.3 ; 422,040 ID 18,624 12.4 150,200 I PA ! 460,219 21.0 I 2,191.520 IL 618.631 29.9 2,069,000 1: PR : 233,408 40.8 572,080 IN 260,155 26.5 i 981,720 I RI i 30,272 ! 17.6 172.000 lj I I IA 74,538 14.1 528,640 SC I 20,812 I 4.0 520,320 l KS 101,949 24.2 421,280 *SD I i 125,800 KY 94,501 15.1 I I 771,080 625,840 TN ' 263.709 34.2 LA 194,105 27.6 703,280 TX ! 227,616 i 42.5 I 967,368 ! *ME 195,480 UT i' 30,452 l 13.7 222,280 MD 153,089 20.1 i 761,640 *VT l i 87,200 MA i 195,526 18.2 ;' 1,074.320 VA I 260,473 28.3 920,400 MI 402,361 23.9 i 1,683,520 WA 149,284 22.7 657.640 MN 118,096 16.3 I ' 724,520 *WV 332,400 MS 34,604 8.0 432,560 WI i 152,632 : 18.0 ! 847,960 MO I ' 224,614 25.5 __ I_' 880,840 *WY ... I 69,440 ,TOTAL- : $8,371! 711 · 20. 9% 1$40, 000, 000 ' (Table is based on estimated mid-1976 census figures) * 9 states have no cities of 100,000 or more population. 1./ A state's urban share of the excess funds may not exceed 50 percent. The District of Columbia is 100 percent urban. Hawaii is 80.8 percent urban. '!J Because of rounding, allotments may not add up to totals.
ALA Washington Office March 1980 Estimated needs for Public Library Renovation Projects (Incomplete returns from February 1980 survey of state library agencies)
.Handicapped Access-Structural ' Energy Conservation Needs - Buildings ichan e Needed to Provide Service ; Bad! in Need of Retrofittin !Percent- State No. of Libs. Total Funds Needed ;No. of Libs. Total Funds Needed Payback TOTALS ;1 2,830 $175,363,000 ! 1,450 $ 15,330,000 ;Expected AL 125 75,000,000 AK 3 58,000 8 40,000 AZ AR CA 750 46,875,000 co 23 3,220,000 30 118,000 2% CT DE 21 16,000 15 75,000 15% DC FL 35 945,000 GA 198 990,000 268 2,125,000 14% HI 0 ID 33 190,000 50 250,000 35% IL 119 4,554,000 142 3,015,000 28% IN 0 IA 461 2,605,000 KS KY LA ME 100 3,250,000 200 1,325,000 20% MD 26 2,001,000 24 600,000 30% MA 177 8,850,000 MI 25 3,500,000 MN 150 6,000,000 200 4,000,000 MS 95 285,000 100% MO MT NE 85 1,275,000 110 550,000 100% NV NH NJ 170 6,375,000 NM 4 15,000 30 215,000 40% NY NC ND OH OK 20 88,000 OR PA RI 51 3,500,000 59 1,240,000 30% SC 80 750,000 SD 10 2,674,000 TN 27 912,000 47 885,000 15% TX UT 7 56,000 9 161,000 8% VT VA WA WV WI 150 1,752,000 143 358,000 15% WY
American Library Association - Washington Office March 1980 I Public Library Construction Projects - Ready to Start in 1981 If LSCA Title II Matching Funds Are Available (Incomplete returns from February 1980 survey of state library agencies) i Number Total Federal State & 1 of Dollars LSCA II Local Other I Pro ects Needed Dollars Dollars Dollars TOTALS 303 $258 632,000 $128,836,000 $ 98,722,000 $5,074,000 ALABAMA 3 45,000,000 27,000,000 18,000,000 ALASKA ARIZONA ARKANSAS CALIFORNIA 25 25,000,000 22,000,000 1,000,000 2,000,000 COLORADO 7 2,990,000 450,000 2,540,000 CONNECTICUT DELAWARE 7 6,107,000 3,202,000 2,905,000 D.C. FLORIDA 5 14,000,000 2,000,000 12,000,000 GEORGIA 13 9,225,000 2,768,000 6,457,000 HAWAII 2 1,123,000 1,123,000 IDAHO 5 1,500,000 900,000 400,000 200,000 ILLINOIS 61 28,776,000 13,928,000 13,874,000 974,000 INDIANA 7 7,200,000 3,456,000 3,744,000 IOWA 26 10,825,000 5,413,000 5,412,000 KANSAS KENTUCKY LOUISIANA 5 10,403,000 10,363,000 40,000 MAINE 6 3,000,000 1,800,000 1,200,000 MARYLAND 11 6,302,000 2,200,000 4,102,000 MASSACHUSETTS 4 5,000,000 1,250,000 3,750,000 MICHIGAN 8 5,000,000 3,300,000 2,700,000 MINNESOTA 10 6,000,000 3,000,000 2,500,000 500,000 MISSISSIPPI 12 3,555,000 2,133,000 1,422,000 MISSOURI MONTANA NEBRASKA 5 1,690,000 800,000 800,000 90,000 NEVADA NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY 14 4,484,000 4,484,000 - 0 - NEW MEXICO 6 2,500,000 1,045,000 950,000 505,000 NEW YORK NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA 0 OHIO OKLAHOMA 8 1,802,000 901,000 901,000 OREGON PENNSYLVANIA RHODE ISLAND 5 3,724,000 1,837,000 1,837,000 50,000 SOUTH CAROLINA 1 1,750,000 585,000 1,165,000 SOUTH DAKOTA 3 1,342,000 671,000 671,000 TENNESSEE 18 9,275,000 5,417,000 3,833,000 25,000 TEXAS UTAH VERMONT VIRGINIA 21 12,099,000 6,050,000 5,319,000 730,000 WASHINGTON WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN 5 1,960,000 760,000 1,200,000 WYOMING
American Library Association - Washington Office March 1980 Estimated Grants for Interlibrary Cooperation--LSCA Title III (note: totals include outlying territories not listed)
FY 1980 FY 1981 Budget Appropriations (Supported by ALA) TOTALS ••• $ 5,000,000 $12,000,000 Alabama 88,165 206,000 Alaska 45,389 59,000 Arizona 70,079 178,000 Arkansas 68,082 137,000 California 325,609 1,022,000 Colorado 74,254 158,000 Connecticut 80,544 179,000 Delaware 47,595 66,000 Dist. of Columbia 48,939 71,000 Florida 150,475 420,000 Georgia 105,781 266,000 Hawaii 51,627 80,000 Idaho 51,170 78,000 Illinois 186,517 544,000 Indiana 109,814 280,092 Iowa 77,686 170,000 Kansas 70,274 144,000 Kentucky 85,255 196,000 Louisiana 91,284 216,000 Maine 54,145 89,000 Maryland 93,985 226,000 Massachusetts 115,386 299,254 Michigan 159,375 451,000 Minnesota 91,936 219,000 Mississippi 71,136 147,000 Missouri 102,924 256,000 Montana 49,996 74,000 Nebraska 60,292 110,000 Nevada 48,312 69,000 New Hampshire 51,092 78,000 New Jersey 135,756 369,000 New Mexico 55,607 94,000 New York 274,000 845,000 North Carolina 111,967 287,000 North Dakota 48,482 69,000 Ohio 179,575 520,000 Oklahoma 76,760 166,000 Oregon 71,123 147,000 Pennsylvania 193,929 569,000 Rhode Island 52,227 82,000 South Carolina 77,556 169,000 South Dakota 48,978 71,000 Tennessee 96,008 233,000 Texas 207,109 614,000 Utah 56,575 97,000 Vermont 46,290 62,000 Virginia 106,486 269,000 Washington 88,034 205,000 West Virginia 64,180 123,000 Wisconsin 100,601 248,000 Wyoming 45,298 58,000
American Library Association - Washington Office March 1980 I HIGHER EDUCATION ACT TITLE II-A - COLLEGE LIBRARY RESOURCES (PL 89-329 as amended by PL 89-752, PL 90-575, PL 92-318, PL 94-482 and PL 96-49)
Purpose: HEA II-A provided grants to academic libraries for the acquisition of books , periodicals, and other library materials.
Authorization: PL 96-49 extended the authorization through September 30 , 1981. Re authorization proceedings on all Higher Education Act programs have been completed in the House and are now underway in the Senate.
Funding: FY 1931 FY 1980 FY 1979 Authorization $84,000,000* $84,000,000* $84,000,000* Budget Recommendation 4,988,000 -0- -0- Appropriations pending 4,987,500 9,975,000 * These amounts represent 70 percent of each year's total authorization for parts A and B of Title II, divided by law 70 percent for part A and 30 percent for part B (training, research and demonstrations).
Description of Program: Part A, College Library Resources, provides grants to insti tutions of higher education, their branches in other communities, 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 for mal, cooperative basis. The grants may be used for books, periodicals, documents, magnetic tapes, phonograph records, audiovisual materials, and other related library materials, including law library resources, and necessary binding .
Three types of grants are specified in the law: Basic Grants, Supplemental Grants, and Special Purpose Grants. All Basic Grants must first be satisfied. From the remaining sums , Supplemental and/or Special Purpose Grants may then be made, but no more than 25 percent of the money for part A may be used for Special Purpose Grants.
Basic Grants of up to $5,000 shall be approved by the Commissioner of Education provided that the institution maintains the previous level of expenditure for library programs (except in special and unusual circumstances). New institu tions may also apply for Basic Grants in the fiscal year before students are actually enrolled.
Supplem~ntal Grants of up to $20 per full-time student may be awarded by the Commissioner, after all Basic Grants have been satisfied, to institutions which demonstrate a special need for library assistance.
Special Purpose Grants may be made by the Commissioner to help meet special insti tutional, regional or national library needs, either in a single college or in a combination of colleges. Matching fu~ds of $1 for every $3 of federal money are required. There is also a maintenance-of-effort provision.
Need for Adequate _Ap£ropriations: From FY 1974 to FY 1979 the HEA II-A appropriations level remained at $9,975,OO0~- In FY 1980 $4 , 987 , 500 was appropriated; $4,983,000 has been recommended in the FY 1981 budget. This level of funding has been inadequate to cover even the minimal $5,000 Basic Grants which must be funded first. In FY 1979, 2,520 institutions were found eligible and the amount of the Basic Grant did not exceed $3 , 963. No funds have been available during this period for aiding developing institution libraries or supporting cooperative efforts and special collections under the Supplemental and Special Purpose Grants. An appropriation of approximately $13 million is necessary simply to fund the Basic Grants at the $5,000 level. - 2 -
The FY 1981 budget recommendation of $4,988~000 will provide grants of less than $2,000 if the same institutions qualify for FY 1981 funds. This level of fund ing becomes even more obviously inadequate when compared with the rapid increase in the cost of library materials. The HEA II-A appropriation of $4,988,000 will _have been cut 80 percent since FY 1968. According to the Higher Education Price Index, the cost of goods and services purchased by colleges and universities has more than doubled since 1967. However, the cost of books and periodicals has more than tripled. Academic libraries need the basic grant to continue to acquire basic materials for curriculum support.
The problem is particularly acute with regard to periodical and serial publi cations; the average subscription paid by an academic library in 1979 was $50.11. A r,ecent sampling of academic libraries showed that in 1970, they spent 62 percent of their materials budget on books and 34 percent on periodicals. Seven years later, the percentages had shifted -- 44 percent on books, 50 percent on periodi cals. One midwestern university has already reached the point of no return -- to maintai~ the periodicals considered es~ential, this institution did not buy a single new book last year.
Since colleges must maintain effort to receive II-A fu~ds, administrators have taken more interest in collection development during the last ten years than they would have without the incentive provided by II-A grants. These . grants have been especially significant for small college libraries whose purchasing power on a limited budget has been extended. The continuous annual allocation of funds has re sulted in the equivalent of a $40,000 to $50,000 stipend paid out in annual install ments. Not only have REA II-A funds enriched college library collections, they have provided the essential books and materials which are necessary to meet minimum ac creditation standards.
Academic librarians report that REA II-A basic grant funds have been invested with an eye toward developing regional collection resources. Many colleges and universities share the~r books and periodicals with other academic libraries. This cooperative activity magnifies the effect of title II-A grants. The development of library resources on a regional basis has encouraged the building of specialized collections which can be shared while duplication is reduced.
Many institutions of higher learning have already engaged in extensive cost cutting and cannot absorb further inflation, make up past losses, or afford new services. The II-A maintenance~of-effort ~equirements assist in forestalling potentially severe budget cuts that parent institutions might pass on to their libraries • .
The College Library Resources program has proven to be an important boost nation-wide. At the same time the program requires a minimum of paperwork and is relatively easy to administer.
American Librc;i.ry Asso:ciation Washington Office March 1980
I HIGHER EDUCATION ACT TITLE II-B - LIBRARY TRAINING, RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATIONS (PL 89-329 as amended by PL 89-752, PL 90-575, PL 92-318, PL 94-482 and PL 96-49)
Purpose: Provides grants for training in librarianship and for research and demon stration projects including adapting new technology and developing new services.
Authorization: PL 96-49 extended the authorization through September 30, 1981. Reauthorization proceedings on all Higher Education Act programs have been com pleted in the House and are now underway in the Senate.
Funding: FY 1981 FY 1980 FY 1979 Authorization $36,000,000* $36,000,000* $36, ooo, ooo~~ Training 24,000,000 24,000,000 24,000,000 Research & Demonstration 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 Budget Recommendation 1,000,000 -o- -0- Appropriation pending 1,000,000 3,000,000 * These amounts represent 30 percent of each year's total authorization for parts A and B of Title II, divided by law 70 percent for part A (college library resources) and 30 percent for part B.
Description of Program: Authorizing legislation requires two-thirds of the money appropriated under part B be designated for programs of training in librarianship and one-third of the appropriation be earmarked for support of research and demonstration projects. The President's FY 1981 budget, however, recommends 50 percent go to each.
Training: Sec. 222 provides grants upon application to institutions of higher education and library organizations or agencies for training persons in librarianship, including law librarianship. Grants may be used (1) to assist in covering the cost of courses of training or study (including institutes); (2) to establish and maintain fellowships or traineeships with stipends; and (3) to establish, develop, or expand programs of library and information science. Not less than 50 percent of the grants shall be for fellowships or traineeships.
Research and Demonstrations: Sec. 223 provides research and demonstration grants to institutions of higher education and other public or private nonprofit agencies, institutions and organizations to improve libraries or library training, including law librarianship, and to develop new techniques, systems and equipment for processing, storing and distributing information.
Need for Adequate Appropriations: Minorities remain seriously under-represented in the library and information science field. For example, there is approximately one Hispanic-heritage librarian for every 43,171 Spanish-speaking people in the nation as compared to one in 1,800 for the population generally. Assistance to minority students has been a high priority under HEA II-Bin recent years. Library educators continue to report that demand for minority librarians is very strong, and that such graduates are promptly placed.
For FY 1979, USOE received 129 demonstration proposals totaling $8,873,209. Only 11 could be funded under the FY 1979 appropriation of $1 million. Research and demonstration grants are needed to adapt changing communications technology to pro vide improved methods of processing, storing, distributing and retrieving information. For every $1 million spent by public libraries in the 1970s only $650 went for re search. Federal assistance is an essential catalyst in the process of helping libraries keep pace with modern society.
American Library Association Washington Office March 1980 I HIGHER EDUCATION ACT, TITLE II-C - STRENGTHENING RESEARCH LIBRARY RESOURCES (PL 94-482 as amended by PL 96-49)
Purpose: Promotes research and education of higher quality throughout the U.S. by providing financial assistance to major research libraries.
Authorization: Established by PL 94-482 and extended through September 30, 1981 by PL 96-49. Reauthorization proceedings on all Higher Education Act programs have been completed in the House and are now underway in the Senate.
Funding: FY 1981 FY 1980 FY 1979 Authorization $20,000,000 $20,000,000 $20,000,000 Budget Recommendation 7,000,000 6,000,000 5,000,000 Appropriation pending 6,000,000 6,000,000
Description of Program: HEA II-C is a program of grants to no more than 150 major research libraries. A major research library is defined as "a public or private non profit institution, including the library resources of an institution of higher educa tion, 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 sig nificant contribution to higher education and research; (2) are broadly based and are recognized as having national or international significance for scholarly research; (3) are of a unique nature, and contain material not widely available; and (4) are in substantial demand by researchers and scholars not connected with that institution." Institutions receiving a title II-C grant are not eligible for a title II-A basic grant in the same year. Reasonable regional balance in grant awards is required.
Need for Adequate Appropriations: 1. The report of the President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies released in November 1979, recommended $4 million in research library assistance for international studies collections. The report warns that " ..• the future of advanced international training and research is threatened by library problems: the steeply, constantly rising cost of books and periodicals, mailing, essential processing services, and space to house acquisitions. Worsened by adverse foreign exchange rates, these problems are complicated further by the urgent need for research libraries to introduce expensive new technologies to make possible the regional and national inter-library cooperation that is now im perative and for which federal assistance is essential."
2. The largest research libraries increased their spending for periodicals by 16 percent in 1978/79, but the increased funds bought one percent fewer subscrip tions than the year before. Additional funding for II-C would help these libraries maintain their unique collections and make them available to users of other librar ies. About 50 percent of II-C funds have been used in making these collections more accessible. Cooperative networks through which library resources are shared help to expand use and to eliminate duplication.
3. The report , Research Universities and the National Interest (New York: Ford Foundation, December 1977), identifies some of the problems of research libraries and the reasons federal support is needed. An example: "Exceptional collections are created less frequently now, and most of those that exist are maintained with increasing difficulty. The high cost of continuing acquisitions, the physical deterioration of materials, and the expense of maintaining the necessary skilled staff are all problems of growing magnitude. The hazard they post to future in tellectual vitality is serious."
American Library Association Washington Office March 1980
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Federal Aid FY 1969 Appropriation for HEA Title II-A ($25,000,000) 2.7 million books @ $9.37 average cost •••••••• •••••••• OR FOR 11111111
7. 9 million students 1969 enrollment 7,916,991 purchased the 2. 7 million periodical subscriptions equivalent of @ $9.31 average cost
FY 1979 Appropriation for HEA Title II-A ($9,975,000) • • • • • • •••••• 437,500 books @ $22.80 average cost 111111 + 143% -60% OR FOR • • • • • • •••••I I I I I II purchased the 11.7 million students equivalent of 328,449 periodical subscriptions 1979 enrollment 11,669,429 @ $30.37 average cost +226% +47%
The purchasing power of the Higher Education Act Title II-A College Library Resources program has been cut drastically by a combination of reduced appropriations plus increased costs for library materials and increased enrollment. From 1969 to 1979, the HEA II-A appropriation was reduced AMERICAN 60 percent, while the average cost of a book increased by 143 percent and the average cost of a LIBRARY ASSOCIATION periodical subscription increased by 226 percent. Student enrollment in higher education has in WASHINGTON OFFICE 1980 creased 47 percent during the same period. Funding was cut even further in FY 1980, to $4,988,000. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT TITLE IV-B - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND SCHOOL LIBRARY RESOURCES (PL 89-10 as amended by PL 89-750$ 90-247, 91-230, 93-380, 94-482, 95-112, and 95-561)
Purpose: Title IV-B of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act provides assistance to local education agencies through grants to States for the acquisition of school li brary/media center resources and instructional equipment for public and private schools.
Authorization: The Education Amendments of 1978 (PL 95-561) extend ESEA through September 30, 1983.
Funding: ESEA IV-Bis advance funded. For example, the FY 1981 appropriations will actually be made available in 1982. (PL 95-561 removed guidance, counseling and test ing activities from IV-B to a new IV-D. The amounts in the FY 1980 column below reflect the fact that $18 million was provided separately in IV-D instead of in the previously consolidated IV-B program.) FY 1981 FY 1980 FY 1979 Authorization such sums such sums such sums Budget Recommendation $171,000,000 $149,600,000* $167,600,000 Appropriation pending 171,000,000* 180,000,000 * Reflects transfer of $18,000,000 to the new ESEA IV-D Guidance, Counseling, and testing program (formerly part of IV-B).
Description of Program: Appropriations are distributed to the states on the basis of the ratio of children in each state aged five to seventeen to the number of such children in all the states. The State educational agency may use five percent or $225,000, whichever is greater, for administrative purposes.
Ninety-five percent of the funds are to be distributed among local educational agencies on the basis of public and private school enrollments, but "higher per pupil allocations" are to be provided to schools in areas where poverty has limited the tax money available for education, where the local tax effort is higher than the state average but per pupil expenditure is still below average, and to schools in areas which have "the greatest numbers or percentages of children whose education imposes a higher than average cost per child, such as children from low-income families, children living in sparsely populated areas, and children from families in which English is not the dominant language."
Services are to be provided to both public and private school children. Local educational agencies have complete discretion to determine how the IV-B funds they receive are to apportioned among the various programs, provided the items acquired are to be used for instructional purposes only. The program purposes are:
1. Acquisition of school library resources, textbooks, and other printed and published instructional materials for the use of children and teachers.
2. Acquisition of instructional equipment, and materials suitable for use in providing education in academic subjects for use by children and teachers.
There is a maintenance-of-effort provision (amended by PL 95-561) which provides for maintaining effort on either a per student or an aggregate expenditure basis, and for waivers under special circumstances. - 2 -
Need for Adequate ESEA IV-B Appropriations: 1. The White House Conference on Library and Information Services in November 1979 urged that school library programs be funded at authorized levels, showing citizen recognition of the critical dif ference school libraries make in helping students gain basic reading and writing skills. Another WHCLIS resolution asked Congress to set guidelines for the estab lishment of a school library in each school. Despite recent progress, about one million students attend schools with no library or media center.
2. Nearly 36 percent of IV-B funds go toward the acquisition of audiovisual materials. Recently, schools have been critically impacted by the rampant escalation in raw materials prices, particularly silver and petrochemicals. Since December 1979 the price of raw film stock has increased 59 percent for color and as high as 92 per cent for black and white. The cost of plastics for AV materials and equipment has increased 37 percent. The price to schools of AV materials is expected to increase 13 percent as a result of the escalation of raw materials prices alone. Increased IV-B funds would help ensure that schools will not fall victim to this sudden turn of economic events.
3. Both the administration's proposals and the Education .Amendments of 1978 em phasize the need to improve the basic skills of the nation' s school children. The 1978 Survey of School Libraries/Media Centers conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics revealed that 72 percent of school financial assistance needs for acquisition of books were going unmet; 58.5 percent of the schools did not have the necessary financial assistance to purchase periodicals; 75.7 percent did not have the necessary financial assistance to acquire audiovisual materials, and 72.5 percent needed additional funds to purchase audiovisual equipment.
4. Youths who are slow readers face dim prospects in f inding good jobs because they have few marketable skills. Recent reports on the all volunteer army indicate that 27 percent of the U.S. Army's new enlistees have difficulty reading their training manuals despite the fact that the Army has a higher percentage of high school graduates than ever before. Increased IV-B funding \vould help provide all students with resources to stimulate their interest, thereby giving each a better opportunity to begin a productive adult life.
5. A September 1979 College Board report indicated a continued downward trend in the mathematical and verbal reasoning abilities of high school students. This i s occurring at a time when more will be expected of these same individuals in their everyday work and recreational activities in an increasingly complex society. To make matters worse, these scores represent the abilities of the college-bound seniors, and do not reflect the abilities of the large numbers of dropouts and noncollege-bound students.
6 . Also issued in September of 1979 was a Ford Foundation report on literacy. The importance of literacy training materials with immediate relevance to people's lives was stressed as a prime factor in the success of literacy programs. School libraries have long attempted to meet the diverse needs of heterogenous student bodies. The title IV-B dollars invested in materials for children who are still challenged by the world of reading and figures, return dividends to all segments of American society as the children grow to become successful as literate adults.
American Library Association Washington Office March 1980 ESEA IV-B: FUNDS NEEDED FOR MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT IN LIBRARIES, MEDIA CENTERS, AND CLASSROOMS
Here's how much President Here's how much schools in Here's how much is available Carter's budget requests for Here's how much is really each state need over the Presi- in 1980-81 school year (FY 80 1981-82 school year (FY 81 needed by local schools in the dent's budget request 1981-82 appropriations, P.L. 98-10) Appropriations bill) 1981 82 school year school year
TOTALS $171,000,000 $171,000,000 $205,000,000
Alabama $ 2,955,906 $ 2,955,906 $ 3,543,629 $ + 587,723 Alaska 366,892 366,892 439,841 + 72,949 Arizona 1,855,229 1,855,229 2,224,104 + 368,875 Arkansas 1,657,938 1,657,938 1,987,586 + 329,648 California 16,188,256 16,188,256 19,406,973 + 3,218,717 Colorado 2,042,136 2,042,136 2,448,174 + 406,038 Connecticut 2,325,958 2,325,958 2,788,429 + 426,462 Delaware 449,962 449,962 539,428 + 89,466 Florida 5,818,357 5,818,357 6,975,223 + 1,156,866 Georgia 4,084,272 4,084,272 4,896,349 + 812,077 Hawaii 695,711 695,711 834,039 + 138,328 Idaho 702,633 702,633 842,337 + 139,704 Illinois 8,663,503 8,663,503 10,386,070 + 1,722,567 Indiana 4,264,257 4,264,257 5,112,120 + 847,863 Iowa 2,229,044 2,229,044 2,672,245 + 443,201 Kansas 1,692,550 1,692,550 2,029,080 + 336,530 Kentucky 2,710,157 2,710,157 3,249,018 + 538,861 Louisiana 3,364,333 3,364,333 4,033,264 + 668,931 Maine 858,389 858,389 1,029,061 + 170,672 Maryland 3,225,883 3,225,883 3,867,287 + 641,404 Massachusetts 4,291,947 4,291,947 5,145,316 + 853,369 Michigan 7,431,299 7,431,299 8,908,867 + 1,477,568 Minnesota 3,163,580 3,163,580 3,792,595 + 629,015 Mississippi 2,066,365 2,066,365 2,477,221 + 410,856 Missouri 3,596,236 3,596,236 4,311,275 + 715,039
Montana 616,102 616,102 738,601 + 122,499 Nebraska 1,190,669 1,190,669 1,427,410 + 236,741 Nevada 519,187 519,187 622,417 + 103,230 New Hampshire 678,405 678,405 813,292 + 134,887 New Jersey 5,537,996 5,537,996 6,639,118 + 1,101,122
New Mexico 1,031,452 1,031,452 1,236,536 + 205,084 New York 13,142,357 13,142,357 15,755,457 + 2,613,100 North Carolina 4,285,025 4,285,025 5,137,018 + 851,993 North Dakota 512,265 512,265 614,188 + 101,923 Ohio 8,345,068 8,345,068 10,004,321 + 1,659,253
Oklahoma 2,076,749 2,076,749 2,489,669 + 412,920 Oregon 1,775,620 1,775,620 2,128.667 + 353,047 Pennsylvania 8,587,356 8,587,356 10,294,783 + 1,707,427 Rhode Island 695,711 695,711 834,039 + 138,328 South Carolina 2,360,571 2,360,571 2,829,924 + 469,353
South Dakota 536,493 536,493 643,164 + 106,671 Tennessee 3,291,647 3,291,647 3,946,126 + 654,479 Texas 10,300,673 10,300,673 12,348,760 + 2,048,087 Utah 1,121,444 1,121,444 1,344,421 + 222,977 Vermont 387,660 387,660 464,738 + 77,078 Virginia 3,914,671 3,914,671 4,693,026 + 778,355 Washington 2,834,762 2,834,762 3,398,398 + 563,636 West Virginia 1,391,422 1,391,422 1,668,079 + 276,657 Wisconsin 3,675,845 3,675,845 4,406,714 + 730,869 Wyoming 325,357 325,357 390,047 + 64,690 District of Columbia 467,268 467,268 560,175 + 92,907 Puerto Rico 3,004,363 3,004,363 3,601,721 + 597,358 American Samoa 120,725 120,725 144,728 + 24,003 Northern Mariana 53,461 53,461 64,090 + 10,629 Guam 360,005 360,005 431,586 + 71,581 Virgin Islands 336,140 336,140 402,974 + 66,834 Trust Territory 363,650 363,650 435,954 + 72,304 Bur/Ind. Aff. 459,088 459,088 550,368 + 91,280
Association for Educational Communications and Technology, American Library Association, National Audio-Visual Association, Association of Media Producers, and Association of American Publishers r ·. IN SUPPORT OF INCREASED FUNDING FOR ESEA IV- B INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND SCHOOL LIBRARY RESOURCES
Here is how people around the country feel:
Arizona IV-B funds. Please give us the freedom of choice; telling schools I strongly believe cutting ESEA IV-B in half would be a serious they can't use the money for equipment is unfair! mistake in view of the fact that equipment from industry is Desiree N. Clayton reaching new horizons in teaching ... Media centers, libraries, Melbourne High School and classrooms are becoming dated because of national growth. . . . in one Florida district IV-B funds provided the support to Let's not have them become railroads. implement a district-wide specific skill program in reading. The Hugh B. Reed result--an increase in reading scores from a national ranking of Optisonics the 28th percentile to 78th percentile in two years!!! ... Tucson James R . McDonald We need equipment for our programs, media centers, and Contemporary Instructional Systems library. Without it, our classrooms suffer. Company June Pallack We are a small county in Florida ... , but our forty schools are Yuma School District One crowded, and the need for all instructional materials is hard to supply ... Our high schools have used Title IV-B money for California books so that they could be accredited by the Southern School district resources, particulary in small districts such as Association of Colleges and Schools. Our middle schools and our own, tend to be directed to textbooks and basic class elementary grades have purchased books and instructional room supplies. There rarely is any "left over" money for the material that have truly benefited our students ... .Title IV-B purchase or replacement of projectors, video equipment, tapes, supplies needed instructional material for all students, and we and other items of laboratory equipment. are able to keep good records on its usage . We feel it has helped Beverly R. Maimoni our students be at the top in the nation and state when they Berkeley Unified School District have been tested. Our school district has used ESEA Title IV-B monies to Angelin Taylor improve the quality and quantity of instructional materials The School Board of Seminole available to our staff and students. It is our belief that given County the diversity of student needs, the widest option should be .. .all [ IV-BJ materials purchased for this center are used to allowed in the use of these monies. 100% of their capacity for the furthering of the education of Thomas W. Heineman the hundreds of students who attend class . ... Livermore Valley Unified School Mrs. Patrick Berry District Edith A . Schultz We have a district in Monterey County which has used IV-B Deltona funds to support the reading program through the Library. Public education is being required to do more and more with They have spent many dollars for print and non-print materials less and less money. Our public schools, like other segments and, yes, even supportive equipment, with great success. IV-B of society, are under the burden of ever proliferating federal monies have allowed us to demonstrate educational technology rules and regulations telling us what to do, when to do it, to which . .. the individual schools [are encouraged] to model. whom and how. Without funds such as ESEA Title IV-Bit will Those areas which are especially meaningful to the unique become almost impossible to meet necessary federal require needs of the schools are then incorporated into the curriculum. ments and at the same time provide the same level and quality A cutback in IV-B would eliminate this procedure. of services to children. Bill Seaberg N.E. Fenn Monterey County Office of Education Superintendent of Schools Salinas Kansas Florida Through ESEA . .. we have established three elementary Local funds in Florida are scarce and federal funding is impor libraries and one junior high school library. In the senior high, tant in order to secure qualified people, good materials, and we have gone from 1,000 volumes to approximately 9, 800 equipment. Our media centers in Florida need the funds and volumes. Too, we have added audio-visual hardware and soft freedom to decide how the funds will be spent. Please, we ware for use in the classrooms. The federal funds made the need fewer restrictions -- not more. local district aware of what good libraries could do in a school G. Robert Franklin and more local funds were spent .. . I do hope that . . . the Cook Consultants federal level will heed our problems here in rural areas and Ft. Lauderdale work to have the ESEA IV-B funding returned to at least its Our schools need federal help for both materials and equipment. present funding level. This school will definitely be penalized by this move as the Norma Blankenship majority of the equipment for our programs is purchased with Baxter Springs Public Schools Illinois There is no question but that ESEA IV-B funds are the most Additional media in the schools fight high inflation by making effective funding provided our nation's schools. it possible for the present number of teachers to give MORE Ronnie Doerge individualized attention to their students . . .Media ... are National Learning Systems an integral part of good teaching. They ... reduce apathy, Harrisburg increase interest, improve retention, and demonstrate to Last year we were one of four school systems to be cited by students that life-long learning is possible by the continued Encyclopaedia Britannica and the American Library Association independent application of the various media to the needs of for having an outstanding program. Our students have won any future learning situation. many ribbons in the Illinois Student Media Fair. Without Title Dr. Karl L. Kaufmann IV-B funds we could not have accomplished either of these Western Illinois University things. Teaching children to prepare audio-visual presentations Macomb teaches them to think, plan, and evaluate. No other facet of Participation in these programs ( IV-B) has afforded the schools- their schooling prepares them to cope with and use media. public and non-public-- the means to acquire media and equip I'm sure you realize the extent that media affect our daily lives. ment in an attempt to build adequate instructional material Bernice F. Wilson centers. Since local funds have become extremely scarce, Roosevelt School ESEA funds are needed to allow us to continue improving our Park Ridge material centers. The centers and classrooms will suffer from the cut in these funds. Indiana Joan S. Wirig Media Centers and classrooms in the state of Indiana need full Cook County School District No. 104 funding to improve learning resources. Local funds are becom Argo ing more and more scarce. Too many times media programs Our schools need federal help both for materials and equipment. are the first to suffer when local school districts experience If we have a large supply of materials but no equipment on budget problems. which to use them, they are of little value. Nancy M. Knoshel Wilma Schaack William Henry Harrison High School Mater Dei High School West LaFayette Iowa Breese Title IV-B of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act School library programs offer students much needed informa (ESEA IV-B) helps us improve learning resources--local funds tion and direction in group and individual study and enjoyment. It takes equipment and software to be successful . .. when you are scarce. Paul Brooks think of cutting Title IV-B funds, you penalize our children Colorado Elementary School and weaken classrooms as well as the school libraries or media Muscatine centers in the United States. Dolores M. Schneider These ( IV-B) funds have helped us improve our local learning Community Consolidated School resource centers as our local funds are not large enough to District No. 70 adequately support the school's curriculum. Equipment is also Freeburg needed to utilize the materials purchased with Title IV-B funds. Janet A . Mortenson In the past, we have supplemented whole curriculum areas North Scott Community Schools such as career education and nutrition (health education) Eldridge which are mandated by the state of Illinois. The funds have also been used to purchase equipment to implement these Funds are short in our schools, and as a result the first things programs. We value highly the flexibility to purchase either/or cut out are equipment for instructional purposes. In order to equipment and materials. keep up we must continually replace and add new equipment Janet M. Lamb as well as print and nonprint materials. Prices have skyrocketed Monticello Community Unit School and it would appear you would logically ask for more funds rather than a decrease. Our media centers, libraries, and classrooms depend largely on Carl M. Whipple the support of Title IV-Bas a means to provide adequate help The Central Community Schools of to the classrooms. Clinton County Harry S. Bowen DeWitt Waukegan Public Schools We ... have placed increased efforts on our Reading program, Materials are now of unprecedented quality and are at last and the use of Title IV-B funds has greatly aided us in supplying measurably effective in the individualized programs of instruc supplementary reading materials in our media center. tion we've been striving for. Realistically, these are the very William G. Vana tools which have made possible the skill based, individualized J.C. Hoglan Elementary School programs of instruction without the prohibitive cost of added Marshalltown staff ... We are entering a period of effectiveness and efficiency in the application of nonprint materials that wasn't dreamed It (ESEA IV-B) has provided the seed money to get a computer of 10 years ago .. . Currently many special programs in read program started for our kids--it has put us over the hump as far ing, math, careers, social studies, and science are scrapped as providing television service in our school--in times past it has due to lack of properly equipped facilities. provided films and other media items we would never have George Ramsay gotten. Instruction Systems Associates M. Lamoreux Elk Grove Village Eldora Community School f These IV-B funds make it possible for us to carry on our com and long range, than do many of the grants in which the bulk prehensive programs for Sioux City students. Without them, of the funding supports positions--most of which must be we will have no choice but to start cutting back on programs . . assumed locally after three years . . . Our school system needs federal help for both materials and Richard G. Woodward equipment. Without this help, children will be penalized. Cambridge Public Schools Department Mel D. Grell Michigan• Sioux City Cimmunity School District ESEA Title IV-B funds are very important to our library pro Title IV-B funds make a significant difference in the quality of gram, for they are used to purchase materials to support and educational opportunities that we provide to children in our improve our curriculum which would otherwise not be avail district ... We are currently developing cable TV programming able . .. We also need flexibility to purchase either software services for our schools which we feel will add measurably to and books or equipment as needed. our ability to utilize ITV from our state network. Other devel Darlene Chisholm opments such as personal-sized computers and video disks offer Albion Public Schools additional opportunities for delivery of educational experiences and for developing new educational strategies. Our schools are small, rural, and not having an easy time of it David L. Bullers financially. We are trying to provide a broad spectrum of Cedar Falls Community College experiences so that our kids can compete and cope when they move to an urban enviroment or go on to college. But without The only way I could have purchased our video equipment was ESEA (IV-B) support for materials, and without the option of with Title IV-B funds, and I would hate to see these funds cut getting a small computer, for example, or a videotape machine, even 1% . .. . Equipment and software make up my greatest our efforts will be seriously hampered. needs. Alessandra Spieles Margo Friemel Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate Pleasant Valley Community School School District District Title IV-B of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Massachusetts goes a long way in helping us improve learning resources .. . . Media centers, libraries, and classrooms will suffer. Our school needs help for both materials and equipment, or Clara E. Cata/lo our media centers, libraries, and classrooms will suffer. Livonia Public Schools Flora Coutu Ralph C. Mahar Regional School District I'm recommending $200 million in FY 81 Education Appro Orange priations bill. Local money is scarce .. . As a director of a Regional Educational Media Center, I furnish higher cost films Title JV-B has allowed us to improve our learning resources to schools in a three-county region. These are audio-visual which involve both forms of media: print and nonprint. curriculum aids to help teachers teach students. Mary G. Flynn Betty Patrick Blackstone-Millwille Regional Regional Education Media Center Junior-Senior High School Sault Ste. Marie In this day when local funds are not only "scarce" but in We have worked ever since 1965 to make this [IV-BJ program many cases nonexistent we need these funds to maintain one of the most supportive programs in the curriculum of our instructional programs. Without these funds, our media centers, school. It has helped us to implement new learning resources libraries, and classrooms will suffer; but most of all the children as well as improve those we have .. . In our case . .. the only are the real losers. way we could possibly start a new program, such as Great Donald R. Jolie Books [ and programs for the gifted} is through ESEA IV-B. Framingham North High School Grace 0. Snyder In a time of inflation, we are losing if our budgets just hold the Northport Public Schools line . .. Without this federal aid many schools will not be able Minnesota to purchase the needed materials and equipment. Of approximately $5,000 received from Title IV in this district Marie T. Brady Arlington Senior High School for expenditure in FY 1980, about 75% of it went for high-cost pieces of educational equipment we could not normally afford We are in opposition of the reduction of ESEA IV-B funds, as from our capital outlay budget. well as the restriction of ESEA IV-B money for instructional Chuck Griffith equipment. We strongly feel that this would hurt school pro Albany Area Schools prams throughout our state. William A. Vellante Missouri Millis Public Schools The concept of most school media centers today is to serve all Any cut would seriously penalize our children who depend departments (math, business, English, history, etc.). In other heavily on funds such as these to support their school media words, money spent in the media center/library area benefits centers [ which arej/at the heart of our instructional program. all students whether they are gifted or remedial, black or white. James M. Donovan A well-funded media center with a philosophy to serve all Plymouth-Carver High School areas ofa school is one of the most important assets any school can have. It is my firm belief that Title IV-B funds, which support the Curt Fuchs purchase of educational materials and equipment, have a more David H. Hickman High School positive direct impact on the learning process, both immediately Columbia Funding school libraries/media centers should be one of the 1. 107 Vertical File resources to complete a file of major concerns of all involved in education .. .Without the 200-- currently there are 93. necessary funds, library media centers cannot hope to keep up 2. 150 elementary library resources. with the knowledge explosion we have been, and are, experi 3. 150 junior-senior high library resources. encing,-not to mention inflationary prices of materials ...Our Thelma L. Pokorny students suffer. Axtell Community School Marilyn Stone Our media centers, libraries, and classrooms will all suffer from David H. Hickman High School this drastic cutback. If equipment for our programs is denied, Columbia then our freedom of choice is violated. Title IV-Bis one of the few federal programs that allows the Sister M. Gabriel local school district some freedom of choice. I would regret Saint Patrick High School any further limitations being placed on participating school Sidney districts. New Hampshire Richard Trout Here in northern New Hampshire, this act has benefitted more Woodland School District R-IV school children and more school districts in more ways than Lutesville we will ever clearly and accurately know. In classroom after Title IV-B helps us to continue to improve the learning re classroom, media equipment, films, and audio-visual materials sources in our district. The schools need all the help in this have been purchased which have added much to the curriculum. area they can get--from whatever source. The constant inroads Raymond Burton inflation makes on our budget each month use up any available North Country Education Services local funds to support the programs that Title IV-B monies are Gorham used for. Any reduction in Title IV-B funds will have a direct and negative effect on the learning experiences of the boys and We have a conservative selection and limited supply of ma girls in our district. chines for classroom use, and depend heavily on Title IV funds James K. Tice for equipment. Cons. District No.2 of Franklin Co. Phyllis Flagg Sullivan Exeter Area Junior High School Title IV-B of ESEA has led to direct improvement of learning Montana resources because New Hampshire remains fiftieth in state As for limiting monies to instructional materials only--that is aid to education; therefore local funds are restricted. The ludicrous! We are living in the electronic age, the age of the children in these southwestern towns in New Hampshire need computer, the video recorder, etc. Our children must exper these funds for both materials and equipment. ience these devices. Where do you believe the poor schools will David D. Johnson find monies for them? If anything, more money should be Teacher Education and Media Services Center provided for equipment. Schools always seem to find money Keene for the less expensive educational materials. E. Al Blackey New York Bozeman Public Schools Without these funds our media centers, libraries, and class Nebraska rooms will suffer. Local funds are scarce, and obsolete equip ment to aid learning processes must be replaced. Our school needs federal help for both materials and equip Amy McComb ment; these funds offer our school greater freedom of choice Baldwin Public Schools in programs. Barbara J. Brownell As a School Library Media Specialist in a small school district, Henderson Community School I am daily made aware of the need for improved learning Title IV-B funds have helped us here in Nebraska to improve resources in every subject field. Without federal help for both our school libraries ... In my own school district we have used materials and equipment, our media centers, libraries, and Title IV-B funds to update our high school reference books, to classrooms will suffer. We simply cannot get the kind of funds purchase hundreds of additional books for one of our elemen we need for these programs locally. tary libraries to bring that library up to state standards, and to Patricia Ryan buy 10 videotape decks and monitors for use throughout the Harpursville Jr. Sr. High School Library district . .. In much of rural Nebraska the school media center Much of our equipment is old; many of our materials are out is the only library available in the area, so not only will the dated. New courses are offered in our curriculums to keep up school children be penalized by this cut in aid, but the entire with the expanding body of knowledge and changing times, community will suffer. yet our libraries are less able to meet the needs of these Rosalind Essner changes since inflation and the increasing tightening of our Ham/ow Elementary School local budgets make us unable to purchase materials and equip Waverly ment as needed. This current year our ESEA Title IV-B monies amount to Janet Potter Deposit Central Schools $551.91. How should I spend it? I need a 16 mm projector since I have only two out of four projectors in working order It is essential. . : that we keep a good supply of all types of for 265 students in 20 classrooms ... According to the State instructional media in our libraries and resource centers. It has of Nebraska, I need: been proven that children learn by different means and only i-- by ... instruction in various forms of media can we hope to Schools in Ohio, as in many parts of the US., are having meet the needs of all learners. financial problems, and Title IV-B is one bright spot in the Esther Griffin area of purchase of materials and equipment. These funds are Board of Cooperative Educational Services also used in media centers and libraries, and a cut would Binghamton definitelY. result in a cut in services to students. Our children will be penalized by both the cut and by this idea Anthony C. Marshalek of prohibiting the funds from being used to purchase equip North East Ohio - Instructional ment. Local funds are scarce. We need both the original funds Media Center (which in themselves are not enough--they really should be Warren increased) and the flexibility to use them in the way which is Oklahoma best for each school in order to do our jobs to the best of our Putnam City High School has one of the best High School ability. Media Centers in the state of Oklahoma. The reference collec Virginia A. Teevan tion is outstanding and our Career Information Center is second Westmere Elementary School to none. The school has been able to build and maintain this Albany type of Center by spending ESEA IV-B funds wisely Title IV-Bis THE federal program on which the school districts and carefully. we serve have relied for assistance in purchasing instructional Betty Gatchell materials and audio-visual equipment. With local school Putnam City High School districts so often forced into austerity budget situations, there Oklahoma City would be NOTHING purchased in these areas without such We subscribe to the premise that individuals learn through assistance and incentive. their senses, and that the more senses that can be involved in a Francis J. Grates learning experience the greater the retention--especially through Board of Cooperative Educational Services the greater use of the auditory and visual senses, hence, the Olean continuing need for audio and visual materials and equipment In an inflationary economy where local funds have been shrink that teachers and students can use in teaching-learning activ ing year after year, schools need an increase in funding just ities. to stay even. Today's school children need every bit of sup Kenneth McCharen plemental help they can get, and library resource materials Tulsa Public Schools represent a learning method they can relate to. Harold Belkin Oregon Educational Enrichment Materials Our schools need federal help in obtaining materials and Bedford Hills equipment so that our children may learn .. .We see these funds being used to improve learning resources, helping to Not only do we need federal help for both materials and supply audio-visual aids for the children. The funds that are equipment, but we also need the equipment to continue to raised locally are scarce. The equipment is needed for the provide quality education for our children. It is the students school programs. themselves who must suffer these types of cutbacks and Charles L. Knocke spending restrictions the most. This is an unfair and unjust Educational Systems Inc. circumstance to impose upon the very future of our society. Beaverton Michael Wohl Board of Cooperative Educational Services Pennsylvania Batavia Ohio Just this year we had to write a three-year proposal as to how As I'm sure you are aware, education in the last 15 years has we purchased . .. equipment... Because of the cost of this expanded past the standard lecture and textbook method of equipment, it is almost impossible for local districts to be able teaching. Equipment of all types is vital to our curriculum and to purchase it with money from local sources . .. An appro is vital for our students. Due to our shortages of local funds, the only new equipment we have purchased in the past four priation of $200 million would seem to be more in line so that years has been purchased with Title IV-B funds ... Our we can continue to improve the learning resources--print, A-V equipment and software are vital for teaching, for reinforce materials, and instructional equipment--available to our ment of lectures, and for enrichment. children. Cherie Pandora Hillary A. Bitting, Jr. Schaaf Junior High School West Shore School District Parma LeMoyne ...rural districts often are disadvantaged through their inability I personally rely on IV-B funding to update the reference to draw on information which is available in city libraries and collections in our library/media centers and to purchase print museums as well as other cultural and educational facilities and nonprint materials to support our curricular objectives. and resource centers. Our districts are operating under severe Equipment purchases have directly been beneficial in securing financial restrictions--local funds are scarce--children within instructional television equipment and prepared video pro our school districts deserve an opportunity to share in the grams. Without continued IV-B support, our instructional pro advantages provided by equipment and materials obtained gram will be adversely affected. Angelo Speziale through Title IV-B funds. Let's not penalize our children. J. William Penn School District Robert L. Frum Yeadon County of Columviana Lisbon ... essential that each school have the right to spend their funds The Cooperative Education Service Agency No. 14 serves 31 for software or hardware--whichever is necessary to meet the school districts in southwestern Wisconsin. Over half of these educational needs of the students and the objectives of the districts receive less than $1500 per year in ESEA Title IV-B school. funds. The other half receive less than $6600. The JV-B funds Rick Williamson have helped improve opportunities and learning resources for Bethany College the children in our schools. Rosanne Krubsack Wisconsin Cooperative Educational Service Agency As a parent, I am dismayed that--despite this nation's willing Fennimore ness to expend vast sums in behalf of all sectors of our society Over the years, I have been far more supportive of federal --any federal agency can take the view that instructional equip funds designated for classroom equipment, largely because I ment warrants no level of priority whatsoever. saw the tremendous impact that the old titles had in pro Greg Hilbert moting science instruction after "Sputnik" ...Title IV-B does The Highsmith Co. that now, and it should be increased even at the expense of Fort Atkinson some other projects. I am a director of media services in an I 800-pupil high school Eric T. Becker which provides media experiences from video to books. In Unified School District 19 78- 79, for example, video cameras were used for 1431 hours, Beaver Dam our staff of 3 professionals taught 240 hours of media skills, and 562 classes ( 37 different teachers) visited the media center in addition to our regular "walk-in trade. " American Samoa Marjorie Doering Because English is a second language in American Samoa and Oshkosh Area School District we are geographically isolated, our teachers rely heavily on Educational materials and equipment are becoming more visuals to help in everyday teaching situations. All of our audio popular each year in that they present a way of teaching that visual software and equipment is bought with ESEA IV-B cannot be established through textbooks. And just as text funds. If we could not buy A-V equipment with these funds, books become outdated, so do the educational materials. The we would not be able to buy equipment at all . .. Our students equipment also needs to be kept in good repair and replaced need to see a picture, not just hear a concept. as it is used over and over again. Susan Dvorak Charlene A. Haynes Office of Library Services Pardeeville Area School District Pago Pago ESEA JV-B funds have been a tremendous aid to our school district. With declining enrollments and inflation it is becom Virgin Islands ing more and more difficult to provide the educational mater We in the Virgin Islands depend heavily on federal funds for ials and equipment we need. A cut in these funds will penalize both materials and equipment. Our libraries will seriously our children by lowering the quality of education provided to suffer from this cut, and of course it is our children who will them . .. We need equipment to run our programs. School be penalized. ESEA Title IV-B funds have immensely helped districts should have the freedom to choose how these funds improve our learning resources, especially in these times when should be spent. local funds are so scarce. Ilene Rewerts Joan R. Cobb Eau Claire Public Schools Alfredo Andrews School Title IV-B was an effort to help us improve learning resources. Christiansted, St. Croix Due to already scarce local funding, all of our schools need federal help for both materials and equipment. These statements were each made to a member of the Senate, Carolyn Servais House, or Secretary of Education during December, 1979 and Little Chute Area School District January and February, 1980. The White House WASHINGTON OFFICE Conference on Library and Information AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Services
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THE WHITE HOUSE' CONFERENCE ON LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES II I GH L I GH T S
DATE: The first White House Conference on Library and Information Services was held in Washington, D.C., November 15-19, 1979.
PARTICIPANTS: This historic confer~nc~ brought together over 900 delegates and alternates repre'senting more than 100,000 people who par ticipated at the state. and. local level in 58 pre-conferences in the states, terri tories and the District. of Columbia. By law, two-thirds of the delegates were citizens who are users ·of library and information services, while one-third were librarians and librar'y trustees. '
A formula reflecting each state's total representation in the United States Congress was used to determine the number of delegates and alter nates selected by each pre-conference. The delegates, a broad cross section of American society, were joined by an additio~al 3,000 observers. Consequently, the White House Conference on Library and Information Services had the largest attend ance of any White House Conference in history.
ORIGINS: The original suggestion for such a conference was made by Channing Bete, Sr., a library trustee from Greenfield, Massachusetts, when he proposed the idea to a meeting .of the American Library Trustee Association, a division of the American Library Association. ·
Congress and four .. presidents supported the idea. . In 1966, President Johnson appointed the National Advisory Commission on Libraries. Presi dent Nixon established the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science in 1970 when he signed Public Law 91-345.
As a result 'of widespread public support, Congress passed a joint resolution authorizing the White House Conference in December 1974. This resolution was signed as Public Law 93-568 by President Ford on December 31, 1974. President Carter signed ·an appropri~tions bill in May 1977, which provided $3.5 mil lion to organize and conduct the. ··,, conference under the direction of the National Commission.
THEME: Although it took two decades to bring the conference to fruition, the timing proved to be fortunate. Computer and telecommunica tions technology is bringing rapid changes in the ways the American people get and use information. The delegates could consider the implications for libraries in the Information Age as they considered issues within the conference's five themes: library and information services for 1) personal needs; 2) lifelong learning; 3) organizations and the professions; 4) governing society, and 5) international cooperation and understanding. - 2 -
CONGRESSIONAL One of the highlights of the conference was a Congressional HEARING: hearing co-chaired by U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island and U.S. Representative William D, Ford of Michigan. The hearing provided an opportunity for delegates and other witnesses to testify about ways to improv:e library and .information services.
RESOLUTIONS: A total of 64 resolutions -- 25 by voice vote and 39 by paper ballot -- was approved, The resolutions, diverse and covering varied aspects of library and information services, call for changes of many kinds. Libraries were seen as community cultural, educational and information resources which need greater support. It was apparent that the delegates want all citizens to have equal ahd free access to information. This is reflected in resolutions to strengthen services to Indians, the handicapped; children and youth, the elderly, home-bound, institutionalized, minorities, illiterate and other groups inadequately served· now. They asked for a national information policy which will guar antee equal access to all 'publicly held inforinat-ion and· which would encourage net works of shar_ed resources among libraries and interlibrary cooper·atlon. The federal government was urged to fully fund library-related legislation including the Library Services and Construction Act, Higher Education Act, and Elementary and Secondary Education Act library programs. . '- .... The delegates endorsed enactment of a national library act and asked that an Assistant Secretary for .Library and Information Services be appointed within the Department of Education.
Ways technology can be used to improve library and information services were recommended. For example, delegates called f9r reduced postal and telecommunications rates for libraries and educational services. They want to en courage the increased use of satell~te cortununication, video techniques and c~.ble television in the expansion of lib"rary and information services. Improved t ·ech nology to preserve deteriorating collections should be developed. The educa'tion and training of librarians for the changing information needs of society was the subject of several resolutions.
The delegates urged the strengthening of state 'library agen cies. They supported the elimination of barriers to the exchange of information and library materials among nations.
FINAL REPORT: For a full appreciation of the breadth and diversity of the resolutions, see the final report of the White House Conference which was presented to President Carter on March 21, 1980. The report also con tains a proposal for a national library and information services act.
American Library Association Washington Office April 1980