A. Appendixes Text of the President's Statement and the Executive Order Establishing the President's Committee on Libraries and the National Advisory Commission on Libraries. D. List of Commission Meetings and Witnesses and Guests at Each A. TEXT OF THE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT AND THE EXECU- 1. Statement by the President Our nation is providing better education to more citizens today than ever before. The result of this expanding effort in education is a rising demand for information and a tidal wave of new information touching every aspect of our lives: health, education, jobs, national defense, goods and services, transportation, communications and environmental use. But merely piling up valuable new knowledge is not enough; we must apply that knowledge to bettering our lives. libraries. In our effort to do this, we depend heavily upon the nation's year, more than $600 million in the library field. But money alone cannot do the job. We need intelligent planning and advice to see that our millions are spent well. We need to ask serious questions about the future of our libraries: - What part can libraries play in the development of our communications and information-exchange networks? Are our Federal efforts to assist libraries intelligently administered, or are they too fragmented among separate programs and agencies? Are we getting the most benefit for the taxpayer's dollar spent? To help answer these questions, I have signed today an Executive Order creating the National Advisory Commission on Libraries, composed of distinguished citizens and experts. I have asked the Commission to appraise the role and adequacy of our libraries, now and in the future, as sources for scholarly research, as centers for the distribution of knowledge, and as links in our nation's rapidly evolving communications networks. - I have also asked the Commission to evaluate policies, programs, and practices of public agencies and private organizations and to recommend actions which might be taken by public and private groups to ensure an effective, efficient library system for the nation. I believe that this new Commission, aided by public and private efforts, will bring real advances in our progress toward adequate library service for every citizen. Dr. Douglas Knight, president of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, will serve as the Commission chairman. Carl Overhage, M. I. T., Cambridge, Massachusetts Theodore Waller, President, Teaching Materials Corporation, New Wilbur Schramm, Director, Institute for Communication Research, Launor Carter, Senior Vice President, System Development Corporation, Santa Monica Caryl Haskins, Carnegie Institution, Washington, D. C. *See pages v and vi for the final official list of Commission membership. William N. Hubbard, Jr., Dean, University of Michigan Medical Alvin Eurich, President, Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, Stephen Wright, former President of Fisk University, Nashville, Harry Ransom, Chancellor, University of Texas, Austin Carl Elliott, former Congressman from Alabama Estelle Brodman, Medical Library, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: Section 1. Establishment of Committee. (a) There is hereby established the President's Committee on Libraries (hereinafter referred to as the "Committee"). (b) The membership of the Committee shall consist of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, who shall be the Chairman of the Committee, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology, and the Director of the National Science Foundation, and may include, in addition, the Librarian of Congress who is hereby invited to be a member of the Committee. Each member of the Committee may designate an alternate, who shall serve as a member of the Committee whenever the regular member is unable to attend any meeting of the Committee. Section 2. Duties of the Committee. (a) The Committee shall: (1) Appraise the role of libraries as resources for scholarly pursuits, as centers for the dissemination of knowledge, and as compo nents of the Nation's rapidly evolving communications and informationexchange network; (2) Evaluate policies, programs, and practices of public agencies and private institutions and organizations with reference to maximum effective and efficient use of the Nation's library resources; and (3) Develop recommendations for action by Government or by private institutions and organizations designed to ensure an effective and efficient library system for the Nation. (b) Such recommendations shall take into account the final report of the National Advisory Commission on Libraries established by Section 3 of this order, which report shall be transmitted to the President with the recommendations of the Committee. Section 3. Establishment of Commission. (a) To assist the Committee in carrying out its functions under Section 2 of this order, there is hereby established the National Advisory Commission on Libraries (hereinafter referred to as the "Commission"). (b) The Commission shall be composed of not more than twenty members appointed by the President, none of whom shall be officers or full-time employees of the Federal Government. The President shall designate the Chairman of the Commission from among its members. (c) The Commission shall meet on call of the Chairman. (d) Each member of the Commission may be compensated for each day such member is engaged upon work of the Commission, and shall be reimbursed for travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 55a; 5 U. S. C. 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently. Section 4. Duties of the Commission. (a) The Commission shall transmit to the Committee its independent analysis, evaluation, and recommendations with respect to all matters assigned to the Committee for study and recommendations. |