Nineteen Hundred and Sixty Seven The Library announces a forthcoming pilot project, in Cooperation with the Association of Research Libraries, to develop effective techniques for the preservation of deteriorating or brittle books. A separate Preservation Office is established in the Librare and all Library preservation activities are expanded. The Library of Congress, the National Library of Medicine, and the National Agricultural Library announce the establishment of the U. S. National Libraries Task Force on Automation and Other Cooperative Services. The Ford Foundation makes a second grant to the Library to continue the development of research and training materials on Latin America under the direction of the Hispanic Foundation. A grant from the Council on Library Resources to develop procedures for automated control of thematic map collections is received. The Librarian of Congress visits Romania to help celebrate 57-450 - 75-9 the Centennial of the Library of the Academy of the Socialist Republic. The model and plans for the Library of Congress James Senator B. Everett Jordan and Representative Omar Burleson at a press conference. Nineteen Hundred and Sixty Eight A cooperative agreement is concluded with the American The Library announces inauguration of a joint Ph.D. The Council on Library Resources makes a grant for The Librarian of Congress visits Frankfurt to attend - 17 - to consult with appropriate officials concerning 480 and Shared Cataloging Programs. The Librarian of Congress attends the dedication of a new building for the Royal Library in Brussels. The Card Division Mechanization Project commences. Nineteen Hundred and Sixty Nine The first volumes of the Pre-1956 National Union Catalog: Full-scale distribution of Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC II) tapes begins, utilizing a new MARC format. The Library announces the acquisition of the noted Walt The Whitran collection of Charles E. Feinberg. American Revolution Bicentennial Office is established. LC receives a gift from H. P. Kraus of an outstanding - 18 culture of Spanish America. Papermaking: Arts and Crafts is chosen as one of the 50 books of the year by the American Institute of Graphic Arts. An agreement with the National Park Service and the American Society of Civil Engineers is formalized to establish in the Library of Congress the repository for the collection of drawings, photographs, and related materials of the Historic American Engineering Record. Nineteen Hundred and Seventy The Library of Congress announces establishment of a laboratory facility "to undertake basic research in the preservation of library materials." The Library of Congress sponsors an International Poetry Festival, bringing 8 foreign poets to the United States to meet with their American translators for a series of readings and discussions. The Legislative Reorganization Act changes the name - 19 of the Legislative Reference Service to the Congressional Research Service and authorizes expansion of its research services to Congress and to its committees. A grant from the Kulas Foundation of Cleveland is made to begin a study of the application of computer technology to the transcription of music notations into braille. The Ford Foundation makes a grant for a conference on ←ibliography scholarly resources and acquisitions eld in April 1970. Cuban to be The Ford Foundation makes a grant to the Library of Congress to publish letters of Delegates to Congress, 1114 – ▼ ▼ 89 as one of the Library's major Bicentennial projects. The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation makes a grant to the Library for a series of symposia on the American Revolution. Abequest of Mrs. W. Duncan McKim to support the composition and Performance of chamber music for violin and piano is received. |