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GAZETTE Volume 23, No. 10 • March 9, 2012 • A weekly publication for Library staff Library To Conduct Staff Panels On Innovation Are there new and innovative applica- tions for services or content the Library could offer on a mobile device? Do you have an idea that would help save the Library money? Have you thought of a way to stream- line a process or procedure or help save time at the Library? The Library needs to hear from you. Abby Brack Lewis Over the next few months, Associate Librarian for Strategic Initiatives Laura Librarian of Congress James H. Billington testifies before a Senate panel on March 1. Campbell will coordinate focus groups at left is Architect of the Capitol Stephen T. Ayers. in which Library staff can brainstorm and share innovative ideas that could Billington Asks Senate Subcommittee help improve workflow, preserve scarce resources, and deliver content on mobile To OK Budget to Preserve Core Services devices for Library users. Gathering these ideas was part of will allow the Library time to conclude the Librarian’s 2009–2010 Management By Mark Hartsell the intensive IT and zero-based budget Agenda. One important aspect of this ibrarian of Congress James H. Bil- review, now underway, that was called agenda was to provide avenues for the lington on March 1 asked a Senate for in the House Report for fiscal 2012. Library’s staff to share their ideas for L Appropriations subcommittee to “Over the next year, the results of creative and innovative ways to help the approve a budget request for fiscal 2013 the review will inform our decisions on institution meet its mission. that he said respects the need for restraint resource allocation that are necessary The first step was to select a commit- and seeks only to maintain the core ser- in order to preserve and enhance pri- tee of senior-level staff members charged vices of the Library. ority mission functions within smaller with pulling together the best ways to “We have asked for no program budgets.” approach an innovation program. Par- increases,” Billington said in testimony The Library on Jan. 25 submitted a ticular attention was given to what has before the Subcommittee on the Legis- budget request for $643.5 million for the worked well elsewhere. lative Branch. “The requested funding BUDGET, continued on page 5 INNOVATION, continued on page 6 Inside A Tribute to African American Women Copyright Urges Protection for Recordings On Tap at the Library The Library pays tribute to African American The Copyright Office recommends that Lectures, films, classes, book discussions women at the institution with a program held Congress bring pre-1972 sound recordings and other events scheduled at the Library as part of Black History Month. under federal copyright protection. during the upcoming week. Page 3 Page 4 Page 8 2 T H E LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GA ZETTE MARCH 9, 2012 EVENTS Upcoming GAZETTE Read All About It: First Woman Editor-in-Chief www.loc.gov/staff/gazette Newspaper Titan GAYLE OSTERBERG March 15, noon Executive Editor MARK HARTSELL Montpelier Room, Madison Building Editor Contributing Editors: Erin Allen, Calendar; terson biography, “Newspaper Titan: Carlin “René” Sayles, Moving On and Length of Service; The Infamous Life and Monumental Lisa Davis, Donated Leave Times of Cissy Patterson,” on March 15 Proofreader: George Thuronyi Design and Production: Ashley Jones in the Montpelier Room of the Madison PETER BRAESTRUP GAIL FINEBERG JAMES W. McCLUNG Building. 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MARCH 9, 2012 T H E LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GA ZETTE 3 NEWS Library Pays Tribute to African American Women By Eve M. Ferguson The Office of Opportunity, Inclusive- ness and Compliance, Blacks in Govern- ment-Library of Congress Chapter and the Daniel A.P. Murray Association paid tribute to African American women at the Library of Congress in a Black His- tory Month program held in the Mumford Room on Feb. 23. In keeping with the national theme for Black History Month 2012 – “African American Women in American History and Culture” – the program paid tribute to two of the highest-ranking women at the Library of Congress: Dr. Carolyn Brown, director of the Office of Scholarly Abby Brack Lewis Programs and the John W. Kluge Center, and Lucy Suddreth, chief of the Office of Mia Baker and Arnold L. Wiggins of the Library perform a vocal duet during a Black History Month program in the Mumford Room on Feb. 23. Support Operations. After an introduction by Theresa a bequest of 1,448 books and pamphlets to Michelle Obama. Mims Davis of the Murray association, Murray had privately assembled. “We don’t have enough time to appre- Librarian of Congress James H. Billing- Brown based her comments on chap- ciate the plight and successes of Afri- ton addressed the standing-room-only ters of a fictitious book her son requested can American women,” she said. “These audience. she write and the important chapters it women demonstrate the strength of black “African American women have made would contain: choose your ancestors women to educate children and eliminate better not only the African American wisely; don’t underestimate the impor- slavery, among other things.
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