Annual Report 1983 of The Librarian of Congress for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1983 Library of Congress Washington 1984 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 64273 ISSN 0083-1 565Key titfe: Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government F'rinting Office Washington, D.C. 20402 Contents Joint Committee on the Library ................................. vi Library of Congress Trust Fund Board ........................... vi Forms of Gifts or Bequests to the Library of Congress .............. vi Officers of the Library ......................................... vii Committees of the Library ..................................... xii Consultants of the Library ..................................... xiii Organization. Chart ........................................... xiv Letter of Transmittal .......................................... xvii 1 AM~stration.......................................... 2 National Programs ........................................ 3 Congressional Research Service ............................. 4 Processing Services ....................................... 5 Research Services........................................ 6 Law Library ............................................. 7 Copyright Office ......................................... Appendixes ................................................. Library of Congress Trust Fund Board ....................... Acquisitions and Acquisitions Work ........................ Cataloging and Maintenance of Catalogs ..................... Cataloging Distribution .................................... Reader Services .......................................... Se~cesto the Blind and Physically Handicapped ............. Photoduplication......................................... Preservation and Restoration ............................... Employment...................... ....................... Financial Statistics ....................................... Legislation .............................................. Exhibits ................................................ Concerts. Lectures. and Other Programs ..................... Library of Congress Publications ............................ Index ....................................................... JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY,98TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION Senator Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., Chairman Representative Augustus F. Hawkins, Vice Chairman Members of the Committee: Senators Mark 0. Hatfield, John W. Warner, Dennis DeConcini, Daniel K. Inouye, Representatives A1 Swift, William J. Coyne, Newt Gingrich, Pat Roberts. Chief Clerk: John Childers. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TRUST FUND BOARD An act of Congress, approved March 3, 1925, as amended, created the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, a quasicorporation with perpetual succession and all the usual powers of a trustee, including the power to ahvest, or retain investments" and, specifically,the authority "to accept, receive, hold, and administer such gifts, bequests, or devises of property for the benefit of, or in co~ectionwith, the Library, its collections, or its services, as may be approved by the Board and by the Joint Committee on the Library" (2 U.S.C. 154-163). A notable provision of the act (Section 2, last paragraph) permits endowment funds, up to a total limit of $10,000,000, to be treated as a perpetual loan to the United States Treasury, at an assured interest of at least four percent per annum.Public Law 94-289 makes possible a higher rate when national economic condi- tions so dictate. Members of the Board on September 30,1981: Donald T. Regan, Secretary of the Treasury; Senator Charles McC. Mathias, Chainnun of the Joint Committee on the Libmry; Daniel J. Boorstin, Libmian of Congress, Chair- man and Secretary; Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard, Jr. (term expires March 9, 1985); and Flora Laney Thornton (term expires March 9, 1988). FORMS OF GIFTS OR BEQUESTS TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS OF MATERIAL 'To the United States of America, to be placed in the Library of ~on~r%ss~andadministered therein by the authorities thereof." OF MONEY FOR IMMEDIATEAPPLICATION Geneml Gift: "To the United States of America, to be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States to the credit of the Library of Congress, subject to disbursement by the Librarian of Congress." Specific Gift: 'To the United States of America, to be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States to the credit of the Library of Congress, subject to disbursement by the Librarian of Congress in furtherance of [describe purpose which may be any specific purpose consistent with the general program of the Library of Congress]." ExmpIe: Gift orbequest to the Library hcsimile program-'To the United States of America, to be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States to the credit of the Library of Congress, subject to disbursement by the Librarian of Congress in furtherance of the Library facsimile program." OF ENDOWMENTS OF MONEY, SECURITIES, OR OTHER PROPERTY Tothe Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, to be administered for the benefit of, or in connection with the Library of Congress, its collections, or its service." NOTE. -Subject to federal statutes and regulations, gifts, bequests, or devises to the United States for the benefit of the Library of Congress,including those to the Trust Fund Board,and any income therefrom, generally are exempt from federal and District of Columbia taxes. Officers of the Library As of September 30, 1983 Daniel 1. Boorstin. The Librarian of Congress Exhibits Office ~illi&J. Welsh, The Deputy Librarian Gf Congress William F. Miner, Exhibits Officer Donald C. Curran, The Associate Librarian of Congress Federal Library Committee OFFICE OF THE LIBRARIAN James P. Riley, Executive Director Janet Chase, Special Assistant to The Librarian JohnY. Cole, Executive Director, Center for the Book John C. Finzi, Director, Collections Development Information Office Office Nancy F. Bush, Information Officer John J. Kominski, General Counsel Marjorie R. Kulisheck, Executive Assignment and Classification Appeals Officer National Library Service for the Arthur J. Lieb, Executive Officer Blind and Physically Handicapped Joseph M. Love, Personnel Security Officer Frank Kurt Cylke, Director Adoreen M. McCormick, Legislative Liaison Officer Mary Jack Wintle, Assistant Director Alfred E. McEwen, Coordinator, Equal Employment Henry B. Paris, Jr., Chief, Materials Development Opportunity Complaints Office Division Jean B. Metz, Selection Officer Mary Berghaus Levering, Chief, Network Division William H. Mobley, Principal Evaluations Officer Nancy J. Radford, Regulations Officer John W. Rensbarger, Chief Internal Auditor Publishing Office James R. Trew, Director, Library Environment Dana J. Pratt, Director Resources Office Robert G. Zich, Acting Director, Office of Plan- ning and Development MANAGEMENT NATIONAL PROGRAMS Glen A. Zimmerman, Associate Librarian for Carol A. Nemeyer, Associate Librarian for National Management Programs Howard A. Blancheri, Executive Officer Arnold G. Bellefontaine, Executive Officer Catherine M. Croy, Assistant Executive Officer Eugene Walton, Affirmative Action Coordinator American Folklife Center Stephen E. Bush, Safety Officer Morrigene Holcomb, Women's Program Officer Alan Jabbour, Director Raymond L. Dockstader, Deputy Director Joseph C. Hickerson, Head, Archive of Folk Culture Automated Systems Children's Literature Center Fred E. Croxton, Director, Automated Systems Office Sybille A. Jagusch, Chief William R. Nugent, Assistant Director for Systems Engineering and Operations Educational Liaison Office Charlene A. Woody, Deputy Assistant Director for John Henry Hass, Educational Liaison Officer Systems Development vii Report of The Librarian of Congress, 1983 Management Services Elizabeth Yadlosky, Associate Director for Research, Analysis, and Multidisciplinary Programs Buildings Management Division Hugh L. Elsbree, Jr., Assistant Director for Policy, Gerald T. Garvey, Chief Planning, and Review John J. Laffey, Assistant Chief Basil T. Owens, Assistant Director for Assignment, Reference, and Special Services Susan C. Finsen, Coordinator of Management and Ad- Central Services Division mmstrative. Services Elliott C. Finley, Chief Edward Mason, Coordinator of Member and Commit- Harold R. Hooper, Assistant Chief tee Relations James R. Price, Coordinator of Automated Information Financial Management Office Services Richard H. Austin, Chief James W. Robinson, Coordinator of Review John 0. Hemperley, Budget Officer William C. Myers, Accounting Officer American Law Division Edwin M. Krintz, Disbursing Officer Joseph E. Ross, Chief Pnw;urement and Supply Division Charles Doyle, Assistant Chief Floyd D. Hedrick, Chief Congressional Reference Division John G. Kormos, Assistant Chief .Catherine A, Jones, Chief Margaret E. Whitlock, Assistant Chief Personnel and Labor Relations Economics Division Louis R. Mortimer, Director of Personnel Martin F. O'Donoghue, Jr., Labor Relations Officer Leon M. Cole, Chief (Vacant), Staff Relations Officer Roger S. White, Assistant Chief Raymon A. Noble, Health Services Officer Ralph L. Adams, Personnel Operations Officer Education and Public Wbre Division Donald R. Ware, Position Classification and Organiza- tion Officer William H. Robinson, Chief David D. bmbdo, Recruitment and Placement Earl Canfield, Assistant Chief Officer Sylvia Cooke Martin, Staff Training and Development Environment and Natural Resomes Pblicy Division Officer David E. Gushee, Chief Robert E. Wolf, Assistant