COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky, Chairman FRANK THOMPSON, JR., New Jersey IKE ANDREWS, North Carolina MICHAEL T. BLOUIN, Iowa ROBERT J. CORNELL, Wisconsin THEODORE M. (TED) RISENHOOVER, Oklahoma PAUL SIMON, Illinois EDWARD BEARD, Rhode Island LEO C. ZEFERETTI, New York TIM L. HALL, Illinois ALBERT H. QUIE, Minnesota EDWIN D. ESHLEMAN, Pennsylvania JAMES M. JEFFORDS, Vermont WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylvania 941-4 CONTENTS Page Hamilton, Beth, executive director, Illinois Regional Library of Coun- 21 Humphrey, John A., assistant commissioner for libraries, New York 16 Krents, Harold, lawyer, Surrey, Karasik and Morse, Washington, D.C., and member of the board of directors of the Recording for the 30 Markuson, Barbara Evans, project director, Cooperative Bibliogra- Martin, Allie Beth, president, American Library Association, Tulsa, Okla.; John A Humphrey, assistant commissioner for libraries, New York State Library, Albany, N.Y.; Edward Ekman, trustee, North Kingstown Public Library, North Kingstown, R.I.; Beth A. Hamil- ton, executive director, Illinois Regional Library Council, Chicago, Ill.; Barbara E. Markuson, project director, Cooperative Biblogra- phic Center for Indiana Libraries, Indianapolis, Ind., a panel of the American Library Association__ Mattheis, Duane J., executive commissioner of education; Dick W. 58 Prepared statements, letters, supplemental material, etc.: Gaines, Ervin J., executive director, Urban Library Council, director, Nation's Libraries Face Economic Pinch, a newspaper article. 37 39 40 42 Gashel, James, chief, Washington Office of the National Federation of 78 Hamilton, Beth, executive director, Illinois Regional Library Council 23 Krents, Harold, member of the board of directors of Recording for the Page 74 Markuson, Barbara Evans, project director, Cooperative Bibliographic Center for Indiana Libraries, Indianapolis, Ind., prepared statement of ---. 31 Martin, Allie Beth, prepared statement of. 5 Trezza, Alphonse F., executive director, National Commission on Libraries and Information Science: Prepared statement of______ 49 Letter with enclosures to Chairman Brademas, dated December 55 APPENDIX Alternatives for Financing the Public Library Foote, Marcelle K., director, Indiana State Library, State of Indiana, In- 85 350 171 349 349 350 Toward a National Program for Library and Information Services: goals for action 237 |