ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries February 1986 / 143 WASHINGTON HOTLINE C a r o l C. H e n d e rs o n ( 2 0 2 ) 5 4 7 - 4 4 4 0 ; ALA0Ü70 D e p u ty D i r e c t o r , ALA W a s h in g to n O f f i c e G r a mm- Ru dma n c u t s » Landm ark, l e g i s l a t i o n ( B a l a n c e d B u d g e t an d D e f i c i t Con­ t r o l A c t o f 1 9 8 5 , PL 9 9 - 1 7 7 ) t o b a l a n c e t h e f e d e r a l b u d g e t was p a s s e d l a t e l a s t y e a r , an d i s o f t e n c a l l e d t h e Gramm—Rudman—H o l l i n g s am endm ent a f t e r i t s c h i e f S e n a t e s p o n s o r s , A s e r i e s o f a c r o s s - t h e - b o a r d c u t s i s t o e l i m i n a t e th e d e f i c i t by 1 9 9 1 , A b o u t 7 3 / o f t h e b u d g e t h a s b e e n made ex em p t fro m c u t s ; s a v i n g s a r e t o come h a l f fro m t h e r e m a i n i n g d o m e s t i c p r o g r a m s , h a l f fro m d e f e n s e . The c u t f o r d o m e s t i c p ro g ra m s f o r f i s c a l y e a r 1986 i s 4 . 3 / , to t a k e e f f e c t M arch 1 , 1 9 8 6 , an d w i l l be on t o p o f a n y o t h e r c u t s C o n g r e s s may a l r e a d y h a v e m ad e. F o r i n s t a n c e , H ig h e r E d u c a t i o n A ct t i t l e I I - B ( t r a i n i n g and r e s e a r c h ) a n d I I - C ( r e s e a r c h l i b r a r y g r a n t p r o g r a m s ) , and t h e L i b r a r y S e r v i c e s and Con­ s t r u c t i o n A c t t i t l e I I I ( i n t e r l i b r a r y c o o p e r a t i o n p ro g ra m ) w i l l be c u t 4 . 3 / fro m FY 1985 l e v e l s ; t h e N a t i o n a l C o m m issio n on L i b r a r i e s and I n f o r m a t i o n S c i e n c e , 8 . 3 / . The L i b r a r y o f C o n g r e s s w i l l be c u t 7 . 7 / , t h e N a t i o n a l A g r i c u l t u r a l L i ­ b r a r y , 6 / . The N a t i o n a l L i b r a r y o f M e d i c i n e ’ s i n c r e a s e w i l l be s h a v e d t o 2 / ; t h e M e d ic a l L i b r a r y A s s i s t a n c e A ct w i l l be c u t 4 . 3 / . GPO’ s S u p e r i n t e n d e n t o f D o cu m en ts o p e r a t i o n w i l l be down 1 4 / ; t h e N a t i o n a l Endowment f o r t h e H um ani­ t i e s , 5 / . A ls o a f f e c t e d w i l l be p o s t a l s u b s i d i e s , down 1 0 . 6 / . P r e f e r r e d p o s t a l r a t e s w e n t up J a n u a r y 1 2 4 / h i g h e r f o r a 2 —l b . 4 t h c l a s s l i b r a r y r a t e p a c k a g e -----a n d may h a v e t o be i n c r e a s e d a g a i n l a t e r . F e d e r a l I n f o r ma t i o n Ma n a g e m e n t. The O f f i c e o f M anagem ent and B u d g e t C i r — u l a r A—1 3 0 , M anagem ent o f F e d e r a l I n f o r m a t i o n R e s o u r c e s , was p u b l i s h e d i n f i n a l fo rm i n t h e D ecem ber 2 5 , 1 9 8 5 , F e d e r a l R e g i s t e r , p p . 5 2 7 3 0 - 5 1 , w i t h c o r r e c t i o n s i n t h e J a n u a r y 6 , 1 9 8 6 , F e d . R e g . , p . 4 6 1 . 0MB d i d n o t make t h e f i n a l d r a f t a v a i l a b l e f o r f u r t h e r p u b l i c r e v i e w b e f o r e p u b l i c a t i o n d e s p i t e c o n g r e s s i o n a l , ALA, an d o t h e r r e q u e s t s t o do s o . S u b s t a n t i a l c h a n g e s w e re m ad e, i n c l u d i n g a r e q u i r e m e n t t h a t a g e n c i e s e n s u r e t h a t g o v e rn m e n t p u b l i c a t i o n s a r e made a v a i l a b l e t o d e p o s i t o r y l i b r a r i e s a s r e q u i r e d by la w , and t h a t a g e n c i e s a l l o w f o r n o t i c e and p u b l i c comment b e f o r e t e r m i n a t i n g p r o d u c t s o r s e r v i c e s . H o w ev e r, t h e c i r c u l a r s t i l l d i r e c t s a g e n c i e s t o c r e a t e o r c o l l e c t o n ly i n f o r m a t i o n n e c e s s a r y f o r p r o p e r p e r f o r ­ m ance o f a g e n c y f u n c t i o n s , p l a c e s v e r y r e s t r i c t i v e c o n d i t i o n s on d i s s e m i n a ­ t i o n , r e q u i r e s maximum f e a s i b l e r e l i a n c e on t h e p r i v a t e s e c t o r , and c a l l s f o r c o s t r e c o v e r y t h r o u g h u s e r c h a r g e s w h e re a p p r o p r i a t e . L e s s a c c e s s t o l e s s i n f o . . , " A s e c o n d s u p p le m e n t c o v e r i n g J u ly - D e c e m b e r 1985 t o t h e 1 9 8 1 -8 4 " L e s s A c c e s s t o L e s s I n f o r m a t i o n By and A b o u t t h e U .S . G o v e rn m e n t" h a s b e e n p u b l i s h e d by t h e ALA W a s h in g to n O f f i c e , 110 M a ry la n d A v e . , NE, W a s h in g to n , DC 2 0 0 0 2 . The s u p p le m e n t i s a v a i l a b l e f o r a s e l f - a d d r e s s e d m a i l i n g l a b e l . F o r t h e o r i g i n a l b o o k l e t , add $ 1 .0 0 p r e p a i d . ( c o n t i n u e d on i n s i d e b a c k c o v e r ) 144 / C& RL News m any as possible of the m ajor collections of Slavic renow ned L ife m agazine pho to jo u rn alist at the tim e of her death in 1971. An interpositive (a p rin t on tran sp aren t film) will be m ade for each negative and will become the archival image. T he interposi­ tive can be used to create a negative for production of fu tu re prints. T he original negatives w ill be stored in a refrigerator or freezer. O riginal prints an d personal papers w ill be placed in acid-free folders in acid-free boxes an d stored in a low- h u m id ity , lo w -te m p e ra tu re environm ent. E ach im age will be copied onto m icrofiche and indexed so th a t researchers can order copies. T he preserva­ tion project, started in Novem ber, will be com ­ pleted over a 15-month period. • T he University of C alifornia Office of the As- sistant Vice President, L ibrary Plans and Policies has received an LSCA grant of $173,700 from the C alifornia State L ibrary for the University of C ali­ fornia Libraries Retrospective Conversion Project. T he project seeks to im prove bibliographic access to an im p o rtan t segment of the libraries’ collections housed in the N orthern Regional L ibrary Facility (NRLF) at R ichm ond, C alifornia, one of the tw o regional com pact shelving facilities constructed by the University to provide housing for less-used re­ search m aterials. T he funds will provide for the to ­ tal conversion of 50,000 titles, consisting of 30,000 Berkeley cam pus deposits and 20,000 Davis cam ­ pus deposits. These m aterials are, for th e most p a rt, older and less com m on publications which are cooperatively held by the University in a single copy at the Facility. M any of the titles are unique to C alifornia, and even to the nation. • T h e U niversity of K ansas L ib ra rie s, L aw - rence, have received an HEA Title II-C grant of $126,147 for the first year of a proposed three-year project to catalog the Wilcox Collection of C on­ tem porary Political Movements. The Wilcox Col­ lection is considered an outstanding collection of A m erican extremist political literature. The collec­ tion represents the ideological positions of nearly 7,000 left- and rig h t-w in g organizations in the United States from the 1950s to the present. ♦ The University of M aryland H ealth Sciences L ibrary, Baltim ore, has received a resource grant . from the N ational L ibrary of Medicine to m ount a subset of th e M E D L IN E d atab ase on a lib ra ry m inicom puter. U nder th e $252,795, three-year grant, HSL will develop a user-friendly interface to allow easy access to the database by faculty, staff a n d s tu d e n ts . T h e su b se t w ill in c lu d e all M ED LIN E journals currently held by the library a n d w ill c o v er a tim e s p a n of th r e e y e a rs. H S L /M E D L IN E will be m ounted on a lib rary m inicom puter w ith 1.8 gigabytes of storage. • T he University of Pittsburgh Libraries have ­ been aw arded tw o HEA Title II-C grants totalling ­ $150,485 for one year beginning O ctober 1, 1985. ­ One of the grants will be used to catalog and p re­ serve a Bolivian P am phlet Collection. This unique collection of pam phlets consist of p rim ary source m aterials in this country and to analyze the results. •H a rv a rd University’s E d a Kuhn Loeb Music L ib ra ry , su p p o rte d by a th re e -y e a r, $220,000 grant aw arded by the N ational E ndow m ent for the H um anities, has begun work to inventory music m anuscripts w ritten in the United States betw een 1600 and 1800. T he inventory is p a rt of the R eper­ toire In tern atio n al des Sources Musicales (RISM), an international effort centered in Kassel, W est G erm any, w hich is com piling and publishing c a ta ­ logs of music source m aterials dating from before 1800. To date, 30 volumes have been published by RISM, dealing mostly w ith prin ted music. • K alam azoo College, M ichigan, has received a $500,000 g ran t from th e Pew M em orial T ru st, Philadelphia, to support library autom ation activi­ ties. T he grant will enable the college to select, in­ stall, and im plem ent an integrated online library autom ation system during the next three years. • N orthw estern University, Evanston, Illinois, has been aw arded a $750,000 grant by the Pew Me­ m orial T rust tow ard the installation of state-of- th e -a rt environm ental controls in its University L i­ b r a r y co m p lex . N o r th w e s te r n in i tia te d its Preservation Project in 1982 to raise funds to install environm ental controls to reta rd w idespread paper deterioration, relieve dam aging overcrow ding in the bookstack areas, im prove security and fire p re­ vention procedures, and install exhibit cases for the university’s most valuable collections. • T he Research Libraries G roup (RLG), Stan- ford, C alifo rn ia, has been a w ard ed a tw o-year grant from the N ational Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) to aid in the creation of a nationally accessible database of state archival m aterials. The purposes of the grant are to create a national database of descriptions of state governm ent records; im prove user access to the records of each p articipating archival institution; provide a tool th a t will assist state governm ent a r­ chivists in m a n a g in g th e ir holdings; p ro v id e a mechanism and a m ethod for im proving the a p ­ praisal public records; and establish an au th o rita ­ tive list of agency functions (a thesaurus of term s describing the activities of governm ental bodies) T he g rant consists of $208,014 in outright funds for the first year, and $85,264 in m atching funds for th e second year. W ith the help of this grant, the state archives of C alifornia, M innesota, New York, Pennsylvania, A labam a, and U tah, and the State Historical Society of Wisconsin are joining RLG to enter over 25,000 records into the Research L i­ braries Inform ation Netw ork (RLIN), R L G ’s on­ line bibliographic inform ation system. • Syracuse University Libraries, New York, has received a $160,000 grant from the U.S. D e p a rt m ent of E ducation for preservation of the M arga re t B ourke-W hite collection. T he collection in c lu d e s 18 ,5 5 0 n e g a tiv e s , 2 4 ,0 0 0 p r in ts a n d num erous personal papers left to Syracuse by the February 1986 / 145 m aterials for research on Bolivia in th e areas of po­ litical and public policy announcem ents, debates, p arty platform s, opinions and political discussions. The collection covers 1850 to the present. C atalog records generated by th e project will be entered into the O C L C database; the pam phlets will be preserved by m icrofilm ing. T he second g ran t will begin th e cataloging and p reservation assessment of a collection of over 15,000 textbooks w hich com prise the John A. Nietz Textbook Collection. This collection is one of the three largest of such collections in the U.S. covering p re -1900 p rim ary and secondary school texts. Al­ though it is anticipated th a t th e project will require tw o years to com plete, over 6,000 of the textbooks will be cataloged d u rin g th e first year and their c a t­ alog records added to the O C L C database. News notes • T he Bowling G reen State University, Bowling G reen, O hio, has nam ed its Popular C u ltu re L i­ b ra ry ’s Research C ollection afte r D r. an d Mrs. R aym ond Browne. Brow ne is professor and chair of th e p o p u la r c u ltu re d e p a rtm e n t a t B ow ling G reen, and his wife P at is editor and business m a n ­ ager of the University’s P opular Press. Browne and his wife have been frequent donors of m aterials to th e Popular C u ltu re L ibrary, and he is a founder of th e nationally recognized P opular C u ltu re Associa­ tion. A form al cerem ony honoring th e Brownes will be held this Spring. • T he Queens College L ib rary , Flushing, New York is scheduled to be converted into a new $20 m illion a rt school, m useum and a rt library for the college. Renovation will begin this Spring on the old library facility, know n as Paul K lapper Hall. The general library facilities w ill move to a new building on cam pus. The a rt center is expected to occupy th e new quarters, totalling 95,000 square feet, by spring 1988. T he centerpiece of the project will be a new public a rt m useum on th e m ain floor of th e three-story building. The form er book stacks and reading rooms will be converted into studios, exhibit areas, and offices. A new auditorium and storage space will also be built. T he project arch i­ tect is the M anhattan-based firm Beyer Blinder Belle. • The University of Missouri system has utilized a one-tim e state ap p ropriation of $5,865,893 to link the state’s seven regional public libraries w ith a co m p u terized catalog of lib ra ry holdings on all University of Missouri campuses. T he links enable UM libraries to dissem inate acquisitions th ro u g h ­ out the state, fill gaps in collections, strengthen holdings in su b ject fields, a n d address special needs. • T he W ashington University Business School, St. Louis, Missouri, moved to a new building in January. T he new facility includes a 14,000 square foot library, ten times larger th a n the Business L i­ b ra ry ’s previous facility. T he lib rary has an online catalog w ith access to the m ajor vendors of online services an d sta te -o f-th e -a rt m icroform readers and printers. D edication of the new building is scheduled for April 2. ■ ■ SUPERVISOR OF AUDIO VISUAL SERVICES. W i l l m an ag e a l l a u d i o v i s u a l s e r v i c e s in c lu d in g s u p e r v i s i o n o f cam pus s e r v i c e d e p a r t m e n t s , b u d g e t s , p e r s o n n e l , p u rc h a s e o f e q u ip m e n t an d d i s t r i b u t i o n o f e q u ip m e n t an d a u d i o v i s u a l m a t e r i a l s on a l l c a m p u s e s . R e q u i r e s a B a c h e l o r ’ s d e g r e e o r i t s e q u i v a l e n t w i t h a minimum o f f i v e y e a r s ’ a p p l i c a b l e e x p e r i e n c e i n a n a c a d e m ic e n v i r o n m e n t . Computer e x p e r i e n c e i s e s s e n t i a l . S a l a r y : A p p r o x i m a t e l y $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 . A p p l i c a t i o n s c a n b e o b t a i n e d by c o n t a c t i n g : C o l l i n C o u n ty C om m unity C o l l e g e D i s t r i c t , A t t n . Kim R u s s e l l , 2200 W. U n i v e r s i t y , M cK in n ey , TX 7 5 0 6 9 ; ( 2 1 4 ) 5 4 8 -9 9 7 1 ; M e tr o : 3 8 0 - 1 2 6 6 . We a r e a n e q u a l o p p o r t u n i t y e m p l o y e r . SYSTEMS LIBRARIAN. The H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y i s a c t i v e l y i n v o l v e d i n t h e d e v e lo p m e n t and u s e o f l a r g e - s c a l e c o m p u te r s y s t e m s and i s s e e k i n g an e x p e r i e n c e d p e r s o n t o j o i n i t s O f f i c e f o r S y s te m s P l a n n i n g an d R e s e a r c h . T h i s p o s i t i o n i n v o l v e s a f u l l r a n g e o f a n a l y s i s an d p ro g ra m m in g t a s k s and w i l l h a v e p r i m a r y r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r t h e i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f a u t o m a te d c i r c u l a t i o n . S p e c i f i c d u t i e s i n c l u d e f u n c t i o n a l a n a l y s i s o f t h e n e e d s o f a d i v e r s e g r o u p o f l i b r a r i e s , e v a l u a t i o n o f a v a i l a b l e s y s t e m s , p r e p a r a t i o n o f c o s t an d v o lu m e s t u d i e s , p l a n n i n g f o r f i l e c o n v e r s i o n , an d s p e c i f i c a t i o n s an d p ro g ra m m in g f o r th e i n t e g r a t i o n o f c i r c u l a t i o n w i t h e x i s t i n g and p r o p o s e d o n l i n e s y s t e m s . T h is p o s i t i o n i s f u n d e d f o r t h r e e y e a r s w i t h t h e p o s s i b i l i t y o f e x t e n s i o n . Q u a l i f i c a t i o n s : MLS o r e q u i v a l e n t , two y e a r s ’ e x p e r i e n c e i n s y s t e m s a n a l y s i s and c o m p u te r p ro g r a m m in g , f a m i l i a r i t y w i t h a u to m a te d l i b r a r y a p p l i c a t i o n s , e x c e l l e n t v e r b a l an d w r i t t e n c o m m u n ic a tio n s k i l l s , a b i l i t y t o w o rk w e l l w i t h g r o u p s . P r e f e r e n c e w i l l b e g i v e n t o c a n d i d a t e s w i t h c o m p e te n c e i n P L / 1 and IBM a s s e m b ly l a n g u a g e , f a m i l i a r i t y w i t h c i r c u l a t i o n i n a c a d e m ic l i b r a r i e s , e x p e r i e n c e w i t h t h e NOTIS s y s t e m . A v a i l a b l e now . L i b r a r i a n I I : $21,6 3 0 - $ 3 3 , 0 9 3 . Good b e n e f i t s p a c k a g e . R esum es t o : K a re n N. M c F a r la n , U n i v e r s i t y P e r s o n n e l L i b r a r i a n , H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y , W ad sw o rth H o u s e , C am bridge, MA 0 2 1 3 8 . An e q u a l o p p o r t u n i t y , a f f i r m a t i v e a c t i o n e m p l o y e r . ( W ashing t o n Hot l i n e , c o n t ’ d ) G r a n ts g u i d e . A ls o j u s t p u b l i s h e d i s " F e d e r a l G r a n t s f o r L i b r a r y and I n f o r m a t i o n S e r v i c e s , " a s e l e c t i v e g u i d e t o 59 f e d e r a l p r o g r a m s . C o p ie s a r e a v a i l a b l e f o r $ 5 .0 0 p r e p a i d fro m t h e ALA W a s h in g to n O f f i c e , 110 M a r y la n d A v e ., NE, W a s h in g to n , DC 2 0 0 0 2 . I n c l u d e a s e l f - a d d r e s s e d m a i l i n g l a b e l . 143.pdf 144.pdf