NATIONAL PROGRAM IN ALL NETWORK LIBRARIES READERS AND CIRCULATION - BOOKS AND MAGAZINES FIVE-YEAR SUMMARY Fiscal Year Readership Percent Change Circulation Percent Change - 17,400 -2.3% -71,000 -0.3% 1996-2000 change Average Annual Change -4,350 -0.6% - 24,933 -0.1% 400 1.4% - 12,900 -2.1% 1996-2000 change Average Annual Change 133 0.5% -8,800 -1.4% NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Recorded! 1996 747,700 -1.5% 22,302,000 -2.1% Braille 1996 28,300 -0.7% 606,900 0.1% 'Combines cassettes and discs. 1/01 PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2002 MACHINE AND RELATED EQUIPMENT ACQUISITION CHART Headphones/Pillow Speakers/Amplifiers $550,500 Miscellaneous accessories Drawings $140,000 Alternative Technology Development $346,005 Total: $14,158,457 NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Cost per Units Funds Unit Cassette Book Machines $254.40 51,580 $13,121,952 1/01 NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Magazines, General. Magazines, BPH Program (LC-published)? Magazines, Music Program (LC-published).. Magazines, General. BRAILLE MATERIALS Braille Books RECORDED MATERIALS Recorded Cassettc Books: General. Foreign. 'Includes mandated rescissions/FY 2000 and FY 2001. ?Includes computer disk version of one magazine. 1/01 NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Average Number of Copies 63 Title Total Cost 530 28' 32 1,128 $5,659 40,644 65,000 $2,999,480 1,138,000 195,000 Braille Books. Subtotal (3110 Funds). 310,000 $4,642,480 10,000 23 Total Funds...... $4,652,480 RECORDED MATERIALS* 1,974 970 508 3,250 etc.). 30 Recorded Cassette Books, Subtotal (3111 funds). 43 17,500 Total Funds $12,815,520 NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Staff (FTE) 99 121 22% Budget $9,894,600 $47,801,661 383% 'Readership includes braille, recorded cassette, and recorded disc users. |