Proposed White House Conference on Library and Information Sciences: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Education of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, Ninety-third Congress, First Session, on S.J. Res. 40, to Authorize and Request the President to Call a White House Conference on Library and Information Sciences in 1976, July 24, 1973U.S. Government Printing Office, 1973 - 113 pages |
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administration agencies aid to libraries American Library Association areas assistance automation bibliographic brary Budget Bureau BURKHARDT call a White cataloging Chairman Claiborne Pell Commission on Libraries concerned Conference on Library CONGRES CONGRESS THE LIBRARY cooperation coordination COSATI Council on Library Departmental libraries established Executive Federal aid Federal Government Federal Library Committee FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY functions funds GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT Higher Education information centers Information Science information services institutions Joint Resolution 40 JULY 24 leadership librarians libraries and information LIBRARIES AT LARGE library materials library needs Library of Congress Library of Medicine library programs Library Resources Library Services library-aid legislation Library's National Advisory Commission National Agricultural Library National Commission O. B. HARDISON Office of Education operations planning public libraries recommendations research libraries responsibility role School Library Association Senate Joint Resolution Senator PELL special libraries tion Title United users Washington White House Conference
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Page 52 - That for the purchase of such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress at the said city of Washington, and for fitting up a suitable apartment for containing them...
Page 62 - ... national libraries (the Library of Congress, the National Library of Medicine, and the National Agricultural Library), and a number of very large public libraries and privately supported research libraries.
Page 51 - ... the three national libraries, the Library of Congress, the National Agricultural Library, and the National Library...
Page 52 - I enjoy good working relationships with the Bureau of the Budget, the Office of Science and Technology, and, through the Office of Emergency Preparedness, with the National Security Council.
Page 104 - Joint Resolution To authorize and request the President to call a White House Conference ou Library and Information Services not later than 1978, and for other purposes.
Page 66 - Federal library programs and resources, (3) determine priorities among library issues requiring attention, (4) examine the organization and policies for acquiring, preserving, and making information available, (5) study the need for and potential of technological innovation in library practices, (6) study library budgeting and staffing problems, including the recruiting, education, training, and remuneration of librarians. Within these areas the committee...
Page 38 - Edward G. Holley, Dean, School of Library Science, University of North Carolina...
Page 3 - Maximum realization of the potential inherent in the use of advanced technology by libraries and information centers requires cooperation through planning for, and coordination of, the services of libraries and information centers.
Page 52 - In 1866 the library of the Smithsonian Institution was transferred to the Library of Congress, and in 1870, the administration of the Copyright Act was entrusted to the Library.
Page 62 - ... scientific collections of importance are those of the Naval Observatory, Patent Office, Geological Survey, Coast Survey, National Museum, Fish Commission, Bureau of Ethnology, and Weather Bureau. The Executive Departments, as well as the Senate and House of Representatives, have their own libraries. That of the State Department, with its manuscripts and works on history, diplomacy, and international law, is important. The War and Navy Departments have general libraries of value, and special libraries...