Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1979. PDF
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DOCUMENT RESUE ED 192 790 IR 008 871 TITLE Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1979. INSTITUTION Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. PUP DATE 80 NOTE 218p.: For a related document, see ED 176 771. AVAILABLE FROM Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 (1930-314-903). EDES PRICE MF01/PC09 Plus P..stage. DESCRIPTORS Annual Reports: Copyrights: Financial Support: Law Libraries: Librctry Administration: *Library Services: Library Technical Processes: *National Libraries: National Programs: Tables (Data) IDENTIFIERS *Library cf Congress ABSTRACT The activities of the Library of Congress (LC) for the 1978-1979 fiscal year are described in this report. Its seven main sections cover the areas of administration, national programs, services to Congress, processing services, research services, the. LC law library, and copyright services_ Arpendices provide data on the LC trust fund board, acquisitions and acquisitions work, cataloging, m,itinterance cf catalogs, cataloging distribution, reader services, services to the blind and physically handicapped, photoduplication, presarvaticn and restoration, employment, finances, legislation, exhibits, cultural programs, and LC publications. (FM) *****************************4***************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. *********************************************************************** U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUM/iNT HAS BEEN REPRO- DI' ZED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIN. ATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE- SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,1979 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON 1980 O CONTENTS vi Joint Committee on the Library vi Library of Congress TruSt Fund Board vi Forms of Gifts or Bequests to the Library of Congress vii Officers of the Library xii Committees of the Library xiii Consultants of the Library xiv Organization Chart xvii Letter of Transmittal Administration 1 1 14 National Programs 2 28 Services to Congress 3 53 Processing Services 4 67 Research Services 5 80 Law 6 89 Copyright Services 7 Appendixes A-1 Library of Congress Trust Fund Board 1 A-3 Acquisitions and Acquisitions Work 2 A-7 Cataloging and Maintenance of Catalogs. 3 A-11 Cataloging Distribution 4 A-14 Reader Services 5 A-16 Services to the Blind and Physically Handicapped 6 A-19 Photoduplication 7 A-20 Preservation and Restoration 8 A-21 Employment 9 A-22 Financial Statistics 10 A-44 Legislation 11 A-45 Exhibits 12 A-47 Concerts, Lectures, and Other Programs 13 A-50 Library of Congress Publications 14 I-1 Index JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY, 96TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION Senator Claiborne Pell, Chairman Representative Lucien N. Nedzi, Vice Chairman Members of the Committee: Senators Howard W. Cannon, Harrison A. Williams, Jr., HovArd H. Baker, Jr., and Richard S. Schweiker, Representatives Frank Thompson, Jr., John Brademas, Samuel L. Devine, and David A. Stockman. Chief Clerk: William McW. Cochrane. Assistant Chief Clerk: Cynthia A. Szady. 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 quasi- corporation with perpetual succession and all the usual powers of a trustee, including the power to "invest, reinvest, or retain in- vestments" and, specifically, the authority "to accept, receive, hold, and administer such gifts, bequests, or devises of property for the benefit of, or in connection with, 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 4 percent per annum. Public Law 94-289 makes possible a higher rate when national economic conditions se dictate. Members of the Board on September 30,1979: G. William Miller, Secretary of the Treasury; Senator Claiborne Pell, Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Library: Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress, Chairman and Secretary; Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard, Jr. (term expires March 8. 1980): and one vacancy. 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 Congress and administered therein by the authorities thereof." OF MONEY FOR IMMEDIATE APPLICATION General 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]." Example: Gift or bequest to the Library facsimile 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 "To the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, to be administered for the benefit of, or in connection with the Library of Con- gress, 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. vi OFFICERS OF THE LIBRARY AS OF SEPTEMBER 30.1979 )aniel J. Boorstin, The Librarian of Congress Educational Liaison Office dVilliam J. Welsh, The Deputy Librarian of Congress Dorothy L. Pollet, Educational Liaison Officer 3onald C. Curran, The Associate Librarian of Congress Nancy R. Mitchell, Special Events Coordinator Exhibits Office DFFICE OF THE LIBRARIAN J. Michael Carrigan, Jr., Exhibits Officer Leonard C Faber, Assistant Exhibits Officer Ernest C. Barker, Chief Internal Auditor 'aid L. Berry, Director, Library Environment Resources Office Federal Library Committee Vacant),.Coordinator, Equal Employment Opportunity Com- pliance Office James P. Riley, Executive Director Janet Chase, Special Assistant to The Librarian ohn Y. Cole, Executive Director, Center for the Book Information Office ielen W. Dalrymple, Director, Office of Planning and Develop- ment Mary C. Lethbridge, Information Officer Vlorrigene Holcomb, Women's Program Officer Jean E. Tucker, Assistant Information Officer lohn Finzi, Director, Collections Development Office Robert W. Hutchison, Director, Equal Employment Oppor- National Library Service for the tunity and Special Programs Office Blind and Physically Handicapped 'ohn J. Kominski, General Counsel Marjorie R. Kulishesck, Classification Appeals and Review Frank Kurt Cylke, Director Officer Mary Jack Wintle, Assistant Director Shirley B. Lebo, Principal Evaluations Officer Henry B. Paris, Jr., Assistant Chief for Materials Development Arthur J. Lieb, Executive Officer Mary Berghaus Levering, Assistant Chief for Network Develop- kdoreen M. McCormick, Legislative Liaison Officer ment lean B. Metz, Selection Officer gancy 1. Radford, Regulations Officer Network Development Office 3eorge E. Stringer, Personnel Security Officer lames R. Trew, Assistant Director, Library Environment Re- Henriette D. Avram, Director sources Office Eugene Walton, Coordinator, Affirmative Action Office Publishing Office Dana J. Pratt, Director NATIONAL PROGRAMS Carol A. Ncmeyer, Associate Librarian for National Programs American Folkilfe Center Alan Jabbour, Director MANAGEMENT Raymond L. Dockstader, Deputy Director loseph C. Hickerson, Head, Archive of Folk Song Edmond L. Applebaum, Associate Librarian for Management Howard A. Blancheri, Executive Officer Children's Literature Center Catherine M. Croy, Executive Assistant Stephen E. Bush, Safety Officer Virginia Haviland, Chief REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS, 1979 viii Photoduplication Service Automated Systems Charles G. LaHood, Jr., Chief Fred E. Croxton, Director, Automated Systems Office Carolyn H. Sung, Assistant Chief for Bibliographic Services William R. Nugent, Assistant Director for Systems Engineering (Vacant), Assistant Chief for Technical Services and Operations L. Clark Hamilton, Assistant Director for Systems Development Joseph W. Price, Deputy Assistant Director for Systems Engi- neering and Operations Charlene A. Woody, Deputy Assistant. irector for Systems De- velopment CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE Gilbert Gude, Director Thomas W. Novotny, Deputy Director Management Services Elizabeth Yadlosky, Associate Director for Research, Analysis, and Review Buildings Management Division John P. Hardt, Associate Director for Senior Specialists Basil T. Owens, Acting Assistant Director for Assignment, Ref- Gerald T. Garvey, Chief erence, and Special Services John J. Laffey, Assistant Chief James R. Price, Coordinator of Automated Information Services Basil T. Owens, Coordinator of Management and Administra- Central Services Division tive Services Edward Mason, Coordinator of Member and Committee Rela- Elliott C. Finley, Chief Harold R. Hooper, Assistant Chief tions James W. Robinson, Coordinator of Review Financial Management Office American Law Division Richard H. Austin, Chief Joseph E. Ross, Chief Joh, 0. Hemperley, Budget Officer Daniel H. Zafren, Assistant Chief William C. Myers, Accounting Officer Edwin M. Krintz, Disbursing Officer Congressional Reference Division Pmcurement and Supply Division Catherine A. Jones, Chief Margaret E. Whitlock, Assistant Chief Floyd D. Hedrick. Chief John G. Kormos, Assistant Chief Economics Division Leon M. Cole, Chief George K. Brite, Assistant Chief Education and Public Welfare Division Personnel and Labor Relations .7.arl Canfield, Chief Sharon L. House, Assistant Chief Glen A. Zimmerman, Director of Personnel Jr., Labor Relations and Appeals Martin F. O'Donoghtu Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division Officer Eugene C. Powell, Jr., Assistant Personnel Director David E. Gushee, Chief (Vacant), Staff Relations Officer Robert E. Wolf, Assistant Chief Miguel A. Ortiz, Health Services Officer Ralph L. Adams, Personnel Operations Officer Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Classification and Organization Position Riley, E. Alice Officer William W. Whitson, Chief David D. Lombardo, Recruitment and Placement Officer Stanley J. Heginbotham, AssiStant Chief Sylvia Cooke Martin, Staff Training and Development Officer ix OFFICERS OF THE LIBRARY Government Division Records Management Division Frederick H. Pau ls, Chief Ann L. Hallstein, Chief Stephen A. Langone, Assistant Chief Library Services Division LAW LIBRARY Jack McDonald, Chief Frederick J. Rosenthal, Assistant Chief Carleton W. Kenyon, Law Librarian Science Policy Research Dlv Won La Verne P. Mullin, Executive Assistant James M. McCullough, Chief American -British Law Division Walter A. Hahn, Acting Assistant Chief Marlene C. McGuirl, Chief Robert L. Nay, Assistant Chief (Vacant), Assistant Chief for Reference Services European Law Division COPYRIGHT OFFICE Edmund C. Jann, Chief Ivan Sipkov, Assistant Chief Barbara Ringer, Register of Copyrights Waldo H. Moore, Register of Copyrights for Assistant Far Eastern Law Division Registration Michael R. Pew, Assistant Register of Copyrights for Automa- Tao-tai Hsia, Chief tion and Records Sung Yoon Chu, Assistant to the Chief Marlene D. Morrisey, Special Assistant to the' Register Lewis I. Flacks, Special Legal Assistant to the Register Hispanic Law Division Michael S. Keplinger, Special Legal Assistant. to the Register Dorothy M. Schrader, General Counsel, Rubens Medina, Chief Richard E. Glasgow, Assistant General Counsel Armando Gonzalez, Assistant to the Chief Edward R. Mills, Chief, Planning and Technical Office Eric S. G. Reid, Senior Administrative Officer Near Eastern and African Law Division Zuhair E. Jwaideh, Chief Acquisitions and Processing Division Edward Soudan, Assistant to the Chief Michael H. Shelley, Chief Orlando L. Campos, Assistant Chief Cataloging Division PROCESSING SERVICES Robert D. Stevens, Chief Susan B. Aramayo, Assistant Chief Joseph H. Howard, Assistant Librarian for Processing Services Paul E. Edlund, Executive Officer Examining Division Kenneth Alan Collins, Technical Officer Grace E. Hall, Executive Assistant Anthony P. Harrison, Chief Susan M. Tarr, Executive Assistant Information and Reference Division Automation Planning and Liaison Office Marybeth Peters, Chief Barbara J. Roland, Chief Mark A. Lillis, Assistant Chief National Union Catalog Publication Project Licensing Division David A. Smith, Head Walter D. Sampson, Jr., Chief Maria Laqueur, Assistant Head REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS, 1979 X Descriptive Cataloging Division Office of the Director for Acquisitions and Overseas Operations John D. Byrum, Jr., Chief William R. Huntley, Assistant Chief Frank M. McGowan, Director Robert A. Davis, Assistant to the Director MARC Editorial Division Cataloging in Publiemon Division (Vacant), Chief Margaret M. Patterson, Assistant Chief Susan H. Vita, Chief Judy C. McDermott, Assistant Chief Office:for Descriptive Cataloging Policy Exchange and Gift Division Ben R. Tucker, Chief Nathan R. Einhorn, Chief Shared Cataloging Division Peter E. Bridge, Assistant Chief Nathalie P. Delougaz, Chief Hispanic Acquisitions Project Hugo W. Christiansen, Assistant Chief Peter de la Garza, Coordinator Subject Cataloging Division Order Division Mary K. Dewees Pietris, Chief Myrl D. Powell, Assistant Chief Robert C. Sullivan, Chief Eugene T. Frosio, Principal Subject Cataloger Jennifer V. Magnus, Assistant Chief Overseas Operations Division Office of the Director for Catalog Rodney G. Sar le, Chief Maintenance, Production, and Publication Eunice S. Gupta, Assistant Chief Mary Ellis Kehler, Field Director, Brazil Robert R. Holmes, Director James C. Armstrong, Field Director, East Africa Paul M. Hibschman, Staff Assistant to the Director Jerry R. James, Field Director, India John C. Crawford, Field Director, Indonesia Catalog Management Division Andrew Y. Kuroda, Field Director, Japan Alvin Moore, Jr., Field Director, Pakistan Barbara M. Westby, Chief Michael W. Albin, Field Director, Egypt Patricia S. Hines, Assistant Chief Catalog Publication Division Gloria H. Hsia, Chief Kay F. Wexler, Assistant Chief Patrick S. Bernard, Principal Editor Office of the Director for Cataloging Cataloging Distribution Service Lucia J. Rather, Director David G. Remington, Chief Robert M. Hiatt, Assistant to the Director John J. Pizzo, Assistant Chief Constance Stevens, Customer Services Officer Cataloging Instruction Office Serial Record Division Edith Scott, Chief Instructor Mary E. Sauer, Chief Decimal Classification Division Kimberly W. Dobbs, Assistant Chief Dorothy J. Glasby, CONSER Operations Coordinator Benjamin A. Custer, Chief and Editor, Dewey Decimal Linda K. Bartley, Head, National Serials Data Program Classification Marian B. Abbott, Editor, New Serial Titles Melba D. Adams, Assistant Chief xi OFFICERS OF THE LIBRARY Dolores M. Martin, Editor, Handbook of Latin American RESEARCH SERVICES Studies Georgette M. Dorn, Specialist in Hispanic Culture and Head, John C. Broderick, Assistant Librarian for Research Services Reference Section Warren M. Tsuneishi, Director for Area Studies Elizabeth F. Stroup, Director for General Reference Alan M. Fern, Director for Special Collections Louis R. Mortimer, Executive Officer General Reference Theodore E. Leach, Automation Officer Edward A. D'Alessandro, Special Assistant for Planning Man- agement Collections Management Livhion (Vacant), Chief Bibliographer L. Christopher Wright, Staff Assistant to the Director for Gen- Steven J. Herman, Chief eral Reference William Sartain, Assistant Chief, Collections Improvement Roland C. Maheux, Staff Assistant to the Director for Special Emmett G. Trainor, Assistant Chief, Book Service Collections Maurice Sanders, Head, Book Service Section Cynthia J. Johanson, Head, Collections Improvement Section Performing Arts Library Stanley ager, Head, Collections Maintenance Section Suanne A. Thamm, Head, Special Search Section Peter J. Fay, Head Librarian Federal Research Divhion Preservation Office William R. Dodge, Chief Norman J. Shaffer, Chief Robert M. Newhall, Assistant Chief for Technology Matt T. Roberts, Binding Officer Earl L. Rothermel, Assistant Chief for Area Studies Lawrence S. Robinson, Preservation Microfilming Officer John C. Williams, Research Officer General Reading Rooms Division Peter Waters, Restoration Officer Ellen Z. Hahn, Chief Winston Tabb, Assistant Chief John W. Kimball, Jr., Head, Automation and Reference Collec- tions Section Area Studies Judith P. Austin, Head, Bibliography Section Josephus Nelson, Head, Main Reading Room Section African su3 Middle Eastern Division Robert V. Gross, Head, Microform Reading Room Section Margaret McGinnis, Head, Reference Correspondence Section Julian W. Witherell, Chief James E. Stewart, Head, Telephone Inquiry Section Beverly Ann Gray, Head, African Section Gary U. Jensen, Head, Thomas Jefferson Reading Room Lawrence Marwick, Head, Hebraic Section Section George N. Atiyeh, Head, Near East Section Loan Divhion Asian Divhion Edward N. MacConomy, Acting Chief Richard C. Howard, Acting Chief (Vacant), Assistant Chief (Vacant), Assistant Chief Thomas E. Gwinn, Head, Congressional Section, and in charge Chi Wang, Head, Chinese and Korean Section of Library Station in the Capitol Hisao Matsumoto, Head, Japanese Section William T. Rains, Head, Loan Reference Section Louis A. Jacob, Head, Southern Asia Section Everett J. Johnson, Head, Records Section Dorothy G. Kearney, Head, Union Catalog Reference Section European Division Margrit B. Krewson, Program Planning and Analysis Officer David H. Kraus, Acting Chief Science and Technology Division Robert V. Allen, Acting Assistant Chief Marvin W. McFarland, Chief Hispanic Divhion (Vacant), Assistant Chief for Information Services John F. Price, Assistant Chief for Reference and Referral Serr William E. Carter, Chief ices John R. Hebert, Assistant Chief Karl R. Green, Head, Library Operations Section 8 REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS, 1979 xii Prints and Photographs Division Stafcan Rosenborg, Head, Publications Section Constance Carter, Head, Reference Section (Vacant), Chief John A. Feulner, Head, Referral Services Section (Vacant), Assistant Chief Lloyd W. Shipley, Head, Resources Analysis Section Dudley B. Ball, Acting Principal Administrative Officer Jerry L. Kearns, Head, Reference Section Serial and Government Publications Division Jerald Curtis Maddox, Collections Planner and Coordinator of Photography Donald F. Wisdom, Chief Bernard A. Bernier, Jr., Assistant Chief Rare Book and Special Collect:ow Division Agnes Ferruso, Head, Government Publications Section Frank J. Carroll, Head, Newspaper Section William Matheson, Chief Anthony J. Kostreba, Head, Periodical Section Thomas D. Burney, Assistant to the Chief Katherine F. Gould, Coordinator of Reference Service Peter VanWingen, Head, Rt:arence and Reader Services Sec- tion Special Collections Geography and Map Division PERMANENT COMMITTEE FOR THE John A. Wolter, Chief OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES DEVISE (Vacant), Assistant Chief Richard W. Stephenson, Head, Reference and Bibliography Daniel J. Boorstin, The Librarian of Congress, Chairman, ex Section officio David K. Car-ington, Head, Technical Services Section Stanley N. Katz, Princeton University Philip B. Kurland, University of Chicago Manuscript Division Paul Mishkin, University of California at Berkeley Charles Alan Wright, University of Texas Paul T. Heffron, Acting Chief games H. Hutson, Administrative Officer, Office of the Devise James H. Hutson, Acting Assistant Chief John D. Knowlton, Head, Preparation Section, and Technical Officer C. Fred Coker, Head, Reference and Reader Service Section Coordinator, American Revolution Bicentennial (Vacant), COMMITTEE TO SELECT PRINTS FOR Office PURCHASE UNDER THE PENNELL Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded FUND Sound Division Donald J. Saff, Jim Dine, and Karen Beall (designated repre- Erik Barnouw, Chief sentative of Chief, Prints and Photographs Division, ex Paul C. Spehr, Assistant Chief officin) Gerald Gibson, Head, Curatorial Section Patrick Sheehan, Head, Documentation and Reference Section Robert Carnes!, Head, Laboratory Services Section Harrict Harrison, Head, Processing Section Music Division LIBRARY OF CONGRESS BRANCH GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Donald'L. Leavitt, Chief Jon W. Newsom, Assistant Chief Charles E. Goodman, Manager Barbara D. Hr.nry, Head, Reference Section 9
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