Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress For the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2019 Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress For the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2019 Library of Congress | Washington, D.C. | 2020 On the cover: With the U.S. Capitol as a backdrop, Library visitors watch “Beauty and the Beast” as part of the LOC Summer Movies on the Lawn outdoor film festival. Shawn Miller Inside front cover: A visitor enters the Main Reading Room during an open house staged as part of the American Library Association annual conference in June. Shawn Miller Library of Congress 101 Independence Avenue, S.E. Washington, D.C. 20540 For the Library of Congress online, visit loc.gov. The annual report is published through the Office of Communications, Office of the Librarian, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540-1610, telephone (202) 707-2905. Executive Editor: April Slayton Editor: Mark Hartsell Photo Editor: Shawn Miller Art Director: Ashley Jones Design and composition: Courtney Garvin Library of Congress Catalog Card Number ISSN 0083-1565 Key title: Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP Washington, D.C. 20402-9328 ISBN 978-0-8444-9579-8 Contents 5 Letter from the Librarian 48 Organizational Reports of Congress 50 Office of the Librarian 6 Library of Congress Officers 52 Office of the 7 Library of Congress Chief Information Officer Trust Fund Board 54 Chief Operating Officer 8 Library of Congress Committees 55 Library Collections and 11 Facts at a Glance Services Group 57 Law Library 12 Serving the Congress 58 Library Services 13 Legislative Support 60 Congressional Research Service 13 Copyright Law and Policy 61 U.S. Copyright Office 15 Congressional Preservation 62 Copyright Royalty Board Efforts 63 Office of the Inspector General 16 Other Services to Congress 17 Supporting the Library 65 Appendices 65 A. Advisory Bodies 18 Collecting, Preserving and 70 B. Selected Acquisitions Providing Access to Knowledge 72 C. Exhibitions 19 Collecting 74 D. Publications 20 Preserving 75 E. Statistical Tables 23 Providing Access to Knowledge 75 1. Appropriations for 2019 75 2. Appropriations for 2020 28 Promoting Creativity 76 3. Financial Statistics and Lifelong Learning 80 4. Collection Additions—Items 29 Promoting Creativity 82 5. Collection Additions—Titles 33 Promoting Scholarship 82 6. Unprocessed Arrearages 38 Promoting Lifelong Learning 83 7. Cataloging Workload 83 8. MARC Records 40 Celebrating Achievement 84 9. Preservation Treatment 41 Prizes and Awards Statistics 45 Library Staff Recognition 85 10. Copyright Registrations 86 11. U.S. Copyright Office Business Summary 87 12. Services to Individuals Who are Blind or Physically Handicapped 88 13. Reference Services 89 14. Circulation 90 15. Cataloging Distribution Service: Financial Statistics 91 16. Human Resources 92 17. Gifts and Bequests Accepted under 2 U.S.C. 160 3 4 2019 Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress Letter from the Librarian of Congress I am pleased to present the annual We also have made broad efforts to Copyright Office issued more than report of the Librarian of Congress connect with new and more diverse a half a million registrations for new for the 2019 fiscal year. audiences through outreach and creative works. high-profile events and honors. In Over its two centuries of existence, the past fiscal year, the Library This report highlights such efforts the Library of Congress has built appointed the first Native American by the talented staff of the nation’s the single most comprehensive U.S. poet laureate, bestowed its library, who each day strive to collection of human knowledge Gershwin Prize for Popular Song on advance its mission: to engage, ever assembled—today, more than Latin stars Emilio and Gloria Estefan inspire, and inform Congress and the 170 million items that chronicle and welcomed prominent LGBTQ+ American people with a universal achievement and culture around figures such as author and actor and enduring source of knowledge the globe. Neil Patrick Harris and the cast of and creativity. Netflix’s “Queer Eye.” Such a magnificent resource is It is our privilege to do so. possible only through the steadfast And we are making great progress support of Congress and the American in our efforts to create a new visitor public, who over the generations experience in the historic Jefferson have invested in the ideal of a Building—a project that would universal collection made available provide visitors a new view of this Sincerely, to all. majestic space and bring more of its Carla Hayden collections out of the vaults for the 14th Librarian of Congress The past year has been a rewarding public to explore. one in advancing that ideal, in opening this treasure chest of extraordinary As it has for generations, the Library material as wide as possible to as also works every day to serve many people as possible. Congress and the public in other ways. In the past fiscal year, for In fiscal 2019, the Library welcomed example, the Congressional Research nearly 1.9 million visitors to its Service responded to more than Capitol Hill campus and drew over 71,000 congressional requests; 119 million visits to its website, the National Library Service for the loc.gov—a reflection of our efforts Blind and Physically Handicapped to connect all Americans to and its network circulated over 21 Library resources, whether online million braille, audio and large print Opposite: Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. or in person. items to its patrons; and the U.S. Shawn Miller 5 Library of Congress Officers (as of Sept. 30, 2019) Executive Committee Advisers to the Francois A. DiFolco Executive Committee Associate Director for Carla Hayden Administrative Operations, Librarian of Congress Rachel A. Bouman Congressional Research Service Chief Human Capital Officer J. Mark Sweeney Jody Harry Principal Deputy Librarian Dianne Houghton Acting Chief of Operations and of Congress Senior Adviser for Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Organizational Performance Copyright Office Ryan P. Ramsey Chief of Staff Mary J. Klutts Ryan P. Ramsey Chief Financial Officer Chief of Staff, Office of Bernard A. Barton Jr. the Librarian Chief Information Officer Kathleen G. Ott Director, Congressional Roberto A. Salazar Roswell Encina Relations Office Assistant Law Librarian Chief Communications Officer for Operations and Planning, Elizabeth Pugh Law Library Robin L. Dale General Counsel Associate Librarian for Library Services Inspector General Edward R. Jablonski Operations Committee Chief Operating Officer Kurt W. Hyde Edward R. Jablonski Mary B. Mazanec Chair, Chief Operating Officer Director, Congressional Research Service Alvert Q. Banks Poet Laureate Chief Operating Officer, Consultant in Poetry Jane Sánchez Library Services Deputy Librarian for Library Joy Harjo (2019–present) Collections and Services; Joseph J. Cappello Law Librarian of Congress Director for Library Collections and Services Group Operations Karyn A. Temple Register of Copyrights and Director, Judith A. Conklin U.S. Copyright Office Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer 6 2019 Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress Library of Congress Trust Fund Board Members (as of Sept. 30, 2019) Ex Officio Members House of Senate Appointments Representatives Carla Hayden Appointments Thomas Girardi Librarian of Congress Los Angeles, California J. Richard Fredericks Sen. Roy Blunt San Francisco, California Christopher G. Long Chairman, Joint Committee on the New York, New York Library of Congress Elizabeth Beretta-Perik Jamestown, Rhode Island George Marcus Rep. Zoe Lofgren Palo Alto, California Vice Chairperson, Joint Committee Lawrence P. Fisher on the Library of Congress Chevy Chase, Maryland Kathleen L. Casey Arlington, Virginia David Lebryk Greg Ryan Fiscal Assistant, Secretary of San Francisco, California the Treasury (representing the Hon. Steven Terner Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury) Presidential Appointments Sheila Marcelo Waltham, Massachusetts Vacant 7 Library of Congress Committees (as of Sept. 30, 2019) Joint Committee on the Library of Congress 116th Congress First Session Sen. Roy Blunt (Missouri) Sen. Pat Roberts (Kansas) Rep. Tim Ryan (Ohio) Chairman Sen. Richard Shelby (Alabama) Rep. G.K. Butterfield (North Rep. Zoe Lofgren (California) Carolina) Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota) Vice Chairperson Rep. Rodney Davis (Illinois) Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vermont) Rep. Barry Loudermilk (Georgia) Committee on Rules and Administration, United States Senate 116th Congress First Session Sen. Roy Blunt (Missouri) Sen. Mitch McConnell (Kentucky) Sen. Dianne Feinstein (California) Chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander (Tennessee) Sen. Chuck Schumer (New York) Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota) Sen. Pat Roberts (Kansas) Sen. Dick Durbin (Illinois) Ranking Member Sen. Richard Shelby (Alabama) Sen. Tom Udall (New Mexico) Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) Sen. Mark Warner (Virginia) Sen. Shelley Moore Capito Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vermont) (West Virginia) Sen. Angus King (Maine) Sen. Roger Wicker (Mississippi) Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto Sen. Deb Fischer (Nebraska) (Nevada) Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (Mississippi) 8 2019 Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress Library of Congress Committees (continued) (as of Sept. 30, 2019) Committee on House Administration, United States House of Representatives 116th Congress First Session Rep. Zoe Lofgren (California) Rep. Jamie Raskin (Maryland) Rep. Mark Walker (North Carolina) Chairperson