Report to President and Contract authority. Hearings. 84 STAT, 441 84 STAT. 442 Appointments by President. Terms of office. Compensation, travel expenses. Pub. Law 91-345 39 July 20, 1970 (3) appraise the adequacies and deficiencies of current library and information resources and services and evaluate the effectiveness of current library and information science programs; (4) develop overall plans for meeting national library and informational needs and for the coordination of activities at the Federal, State, and local levels, taking into consideration all of the library and informational resources of the Nation to meet those needs; (5) be authorized to advise Federal, State, local, and private agencies regarding library and information sciences; (6) promote research and development activities which will extend and improve the Nation's library and informationhandling capability as essential links in the national communications networks; (7) submit to the President and the Congress (not later than January 31 of each year) a report on its activities during the preceding fiscal year; and (8) make and publish such additional reports as it deems to be necessary, including, but not limited to, reports of consultants, transcripts of testimony, summary reports, and reports of other Commission findings, studies, and recommendations. (b) The Commission is authorized to contract with Federal agencies and other public and private agencies to carry out any of its functions under subsection (a) and to publish and disseminate such reports, findings, studies, and records as it deems appropriate. (c) The Commission is further authorized to conduct such hearings at such times and places as it deems appropriate for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (a) The heads of all Federal agencies are, to the extent not prohibited by law, directed to cooperate with the Commission in carrying out the purposes of this Act. MEMBERSHIP SEC. 6. (a) The Commission shall be composed of the Librarian of Congress and fourteen members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Five members of the Commission shall be professional librarians or information specialists, and the remainder shall be persons having special competence or interest in the needs of our society for library and information services, at least one of whom shall be knowledgeable with respect to the technological aspects of library and information services and sciences, and at least one other of whom shall be knowledgeable with respect to the library and information service and science needs of the elderly. One of the members of the Commission shall be designated by the President as Chairman of the Commission. The terms of office of the appointive members of the Commission shall be five years, except that (1) the terms of office of the members first appointed shall commence on the date of enactment of this Act and shall expire two at the end of one year, three at the end of two years, three at the end of three years, three at the end of four years, and three at the end of five years, as designated by the President at the time of appointment, and (2) a member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of such term. (b) Members of the Commission who are not in the regular full-time employ of the United States shall, while attending meetings or conferences of the Commission or otherwise engaged in the business of the Commission, be entitled to receive compensation at a rate fixed by the Chairman, but not exceeding the rate specified at the time of such July 20, 1970 40 Pub. Law 91-345 94 STAT. 442 service for grade GS-18 in section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, 35 F.R. 6247. including traveltime, and while so serving on the business of the Commission away from their homes or regular places of business, they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons employed intermittently in the Government service. (c) (1) The Commission is authorized to appoint, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, covering appointments in the competitive service, such professional and technical personnel as may be necessary to enable it to carry out its function under this Act. (2) The Commission may procure, without regard to the civil service or classification laws, temporary and intermittent services of such personnel as is necessary to the extent authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates not to exceed the rate specified at the time of such service for grade GS-18 in section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, including traveltime, and while so serving on the business of the Commission away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons employed intermittently in the Government service. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS SEC. 7. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and $750,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, and for each succeeding year, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act. Approved July 20, 1970. 83 Stat. 190. Professional and technical personnel, appointment. 80 Stat. 378. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORTS: No, 91-240 accompanying H.R. 10666 (Comm. on Education Vol. 115 (1969): May 23, considered and passed Senate. Vol. 116 (1970): April 20, considered and passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 10666. June 29, House agreed to conference report. APPENDIX II List of Commission Members Andrew A. Aines, Senior Staff Associate, Office of Science Information Service, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. (1976) 1 William O. Baker, President, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey (1975) Joseph Becker, President, Becker and Hayes, Inc., Los Angeles, California (1979) Frederick Burkhardt, President-Emeritus, American Council of Learned Societies, New York, New York (1975) Daniel W. Casey, Past President, American Library Trustee Association, Syracuse, New York (1978) Harold C. Crotty, President, Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes, Detroit, Michigan (1977) Carlos A. Cuadra, General Manager, SDC Search Service, System Development Corporation, Santa Monica, California (1979) Leslie W. Dunlap, Dean, Library Administration, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa (1975) Martin Goland, President, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas (1977) Louis A. Lerner, Publisher, Lerner Home Newspapers, Chicago, Illinois (1977) John G. Lorenz (Ex Officio), The Acting Librarian of Congress, U.S. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Bessie Boehm Moore, Coordinator, Economic and Environmental Education, State Department of Education, Little Rock, Arkansas (1978) Catherine D. Scott, Librarian, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. (1976) John E. Velde, Jr., Hollywood, California (1979) Julia Li Wu, Head Librarian, Virgil Junior High School, Los Angeles, California (1978) 1 Expiration date of current appointment in parenthesis. APPENDIX III List of Commission Staff Alphonse F. Trezza, Executive Director (1974–)1 Douglas S. Price, Deputy Director (1975–) Roderick G. Swartz, Acting Executive Director and Deputy Direc tor (resigned December 1974) Mary Alice Hedge Reszetar, Associate Director (1971–) Barbara K. Cranwell (1972–) Martha D. Quigley, Part-Time (1974–) Carl C. Thompson (1974) 1 Year the person became a member of the NCLIS staff in parenthesis. (42) APPENDIX IV Committees American Indians Bessie Moore, Chairman Julia Wu Copyright Information— Martin Goland, Chairman John Lorenz* Catherine Scott National Program for Library and Information Services Joseph Becker, Chairman William Baker Frederick Burkhardt Carlos Cuadra Leslie Dunlap John Lorenz Bessie Moore Public Information Louis Lerner, Chairman Daniel Casey Harold Crotty Catherine Scott John E. Velde, Jr. White House Conference Committee John E. Velde, Jr., Chairman Louis Lerner Bessie Moore *The Acting Librarian of Congress |