ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries April 1991 / 235 Washington Hotline Carol C. Henderson (202) 547-4440; (ALA0025) Deputy Director, ALA W ashington Office HEA Hearing. If you’re coming to Washington, D.C., for Library Legislative Day on April 16, plan to stop by a House hearing that morning on Higher Education Act reauthorization, featuring title II library programs. Rep. Bill Ford (D-MI), Chair of the Postsecondary Education Subcommittee, will chair the hearing. Witnesses will include two from the chair’s home state: ALA President Richard Dougherty and ACRL Government Relations Chair Hiram Davis, as well as ALA Legislation Committee Chair E. J. Josey. Software lending. A provision of the Computer Software Rental Amendments Act of 1990 (PL 101-650) allows the lending of computer programs by nonprofit libraries for nonprofit purposes, if a warning of copyright is affixed to the software package. The Copyright Office spelled out the wording of a three-paragraph warning, along with requirements for how to affix it to the packaging, in the February 26, 1991, Federal Register (56 FR7811-12). For further information, contact Dorothy Schrader, General Counsel, Copyright Office, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20559 (202) 707-8380. LC Budget. ACRL member Katherine Mawdsley, Associate University Librarian for Public Services, University of California at Davis, testified on February 7 on the Library of Congress budget before the House Subcommittee on Legislative Appropriations. A constituent of Chairman Vic Fazio (D-CA), Mawdsley appeared on behalf of ALA and the Association for Research Libraries. Because the testimony was due before the federal budget was publicly released, her statement did not speak to the details of the FY ’92 request, but thanked Congress on behalf o f the library community for the 12 percent increase provided for LC last year, and highlighted areas of LC service to libraries and LC interaction with the library community. LC requested $359,962,000, an 18 percent increase. Librarian of Congress James Billington told the subcommittee on February 6 that half the increase is needed to maintain current services, including continuation of the progress recently begun on the 40 million backlog of unprocessed items. The other half “is needed to prepare the Library of Congress for the extraordinary opportunities it has as the nation’s largest information and knowledge base to mobilize its resources for new national uses in the 1990’s and beyond.” Examples include $7.6 million for new automation systems and $6 million for book preservation. GPO Budget. Katherine Mawdsley, in addition to testifying on LC, also testified on February 7 on GPO funding before the House Subcommittee on Legislative Appropriations. Representing ALA and ARL, she urged GPO SuDocs funding at a level which would support distribution of electronic information through the Depository Library Program, and sustain the current distribution of paper and microfiche. She also discussed the role of GPO in the dissemination of government information, the impact of new technologies on users and depository libraries, and the need for strong congressional commitment to retain no-fee access to 2 3 6 / C&RL News governm ent inform ation for users in depository libraries. In testim ony on the sam e date on the G PO budget, Public P rinter R obert H ouk said that all participants in online electronic dissem ination services, including depository libraries, “m ay b e required to pay a portion o f the cost o f such services to the extent allow ed by law . A dequate controls are essential and lim itations on free service access m ust be considered early in any arrangem ent to m ake databases available to the public through the depository library netw ork.” U nder the F Y ’92 budget, the G PO Superintendent o f D ocum ents operation w ould have $28,126,000 available, a 9.2 percent increase, o f w hich $22,616,000 w ould be for depository library distribution. P R E S E R V A T I O N N E W S Prepared by Barbara Brown College Libraries Committee Commission on Preservation a nd Access • P h ila d e lp h ia , P e n n s y lv a n ia . Proposals for contributions to volume II of Advances in Preser­ vation and Access, a new annual published by the Meckler Corporation, are invited by co-editors Mary E. Jackson (University o f Pennsylvania) and Barbara Buckner Higginbotham (Brooklyn Col­ lege). Individuals are asked to subm it one-page abstracts for papers on c u rrent topics on library preservation, conservation, and related access is­ sues, including education, cooperation, standards, m anagem ent, and technique. T he abstract should contain the name, address, and telephone num ber o f the potential contributor; b rie f biographical data; and a 250-word abstract. Mail proposals to: Mary E. Jackson, Co-editor, Advances in Preserva­ tion and Access, 431 E. Allens Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19119-1104; phone (215) 898-7558; fax (215) 898-1471; e-mail bb.mej@ rlg.bitnet. • E v a n s to n , I llin o is . The first m eeting o f the N O TIS-Preservation In te re st G roup (N O TIS- PIG ) was held during the ALA M idwinter m eeting in Chicago. This special interest group, chaired by Barbara Sagraves (Northwestern University) and co-chaired by Patricia Palm er (Virginia Com m on­ wealth University) was form ed to discuss the pres­ ervation applications of NOTIS. Those individuals from NO TIS institutions who are interested may be added to the mailing list by contacting Barbara Sagraves, Preservation Office, N orthw estern U ni­ versity Library, 1935 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, IL 60208-2300; (708) 491-7786; e-mail: sagraves@nu acc.acns.nw u.edu. • W a sh in g to n , D .C . T he Commission on Pres­ ervation and Access’s supply o f its fundraising support package, “Ideas for Preservation Fundrais­ ing” has b e en replenished. T he package includes an overview from the national perspective, articles judged helpful for making the case for local preser­ vation support, and examples o f institutional fund­ raising initiatives. T he flexible form at enables a library or archive to add its own information for fundraising presentations. The package may be purchased for $10.00. O rders m ust be prepaid, with checks (no cash) m ade payable to “T he C om ­ mission on Preservation and Access,” in U.S. funds. O rders m ay b e sent to: T he Commission on P reser­ vation and Access, 1785 M assachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 313, W ashington, D C 20036-2117. C ontributions to this colum n may be sent to Barbara Brown, University Library, W ashington & Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450; e-mail: brown.b.j@ p9955.wlu.edu; fax: (703) 463-8964. acc.acns.nwu.edu mailto:brown.b.j@p9955.wlu.edu