1/ This new chart combines statistics previously reported separately in the charts Volumes in the Classified Collections Titles for the classified collection are based on a conversion of the 1981 measurement of the Shelflist (average of 32.78 The total additions to the collections of the Library during the fiscal year do not correspond precisely to the differ- *Corrected figures By purchase: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RECEIPTS BY SOURCE, SEPT. 30, 1983 Funds appropriated to the Library of Congress: Books for the blind and physically handicapped Books for the general collections. Copyright Office-Licensing Division. 1,631,652 61,852 793,425 6,466 211 307,252 33 6,260 Microfilm of deteriorating materials. Microfiche of deteriorating materials. Motion pictures.. NPAC 10,493 13,798 3 1 Hubbard Fund. Huntington Fund. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RECEIPTS BY SOURCE, SEPT. 30, 1983-Continued Total. By transfer from other government agencies.. By gift... By exchange: Domestic. Foreign and international exchange.. 3 1 Duplicates, other materials not needed for the Library collections, and depository sets and exchange copies of U.S. Government publications are included. Question. Last year you told us you received over 8 million pieces in 1982. Of those, apparently only a little over 1 million were added to the collections. How do you dispose of the rest? Response. Materials disposed of during any given fiscal year are not necessarily directly related to the materials received during the same period. Discards include materials newly received, but judged unsuitable for retention (many of these are surplus materials transferred from other Federal agencies), materials weeded from the collections, Copyright duplicates, superseded reference works (often in multiple copies), and materials discarded after preservation filming. Materials received which are not retained for LC's collections are made available for use in exchange (to domestic and international institutions, organizations, book dealers, and collectors in order to receive materials needed by the Library in return), in transfers (to other Federal agencies for their official use), in donations (to educational institutions and to national, state, or local agencies), in exchange programs conducted by the Universal Serials and Book Exchange, Inc. (USBE), and through sales. After every potential use has been exhausted in the time available, the remaining surplus materials are disposed of through the General Services Administration waste paper disposal. Question. How many of these items you receive are not useful? Response. Of the materials found to be surplus to LC's collections in fiscal year 1982, 5,600,996 were not considered useful despite efforts to place them through the various disposal programs. In fiscal year 1983, they numbered 6,493,889. Question. Provide some data for the record on the disposition of your annual receipts. Response. The information follows: |