Mr. COULTER. We have not gotten into the question of professional counterfeiting, sir, so I don't have the figure.

Senator SASSER. Do you have an estimate on how many home recorders are in operation in this country?

Mr. COULTER. No, sir. That whole area is one where solid information is very difficult to gather. That was why we thought it might be appropriate to inquire so that those who will be involved with it, principally Congress, will have information. We thought it appropriate to try to get some hard information, because none exists as yet.

RECOVERY OF REVENUES FROM HOME RECORDERS

Senator SASSER. If a regulation were generated which tried to recover the lost revenue through the use of home recorders, is there any way that could be enforced?

Mr. COULTER. As I say, sir, I couldn't answer that right now. I assume it would be difficult, but I couldn't answer you with any concrete proposal right now.

Senator SASSER. Would it not be more cost effective to go after the relatively few professional counterfeiters than to add a tax on the sale of blank tape cartridges which would not affect the professional? That is something that has been advanced as an idea of compensating for lost revenue, that is, putting a tax on the sale of blank cartridges.

Mr. COULTER. We don't have a firm position on this yet. It is ultimately Congress responsibility. I would think the two questions. would be separate, the one concerning the professional pirater and the one concerning the home taper. I think that the industry, as I am sure you are well aware, is very much concerned with both of them. I would have to answer your question that way, sir.

Senator SASSER. All right, thank you, Mr. Coulter. The committee would appreciate it if you would supply the additional information that we requested as promptly as possible.

Mr. COULTER. Yes, sir.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

STATEMENT OF DR. DANIEL J. BOORSTIN, THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS

ACCOMPANIED BY:

WILLIAM J. WELSH, DEPUTY LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS

DONALD C. CURRAN, ASSOCIATE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS

BUDGET REQUEST

Senator SASSER. Next is the budget request for the Library of Congress. First we will hear from Dr. Daniel J. Boorstin, the Librarian of Congress, who will testify in support of a budget of $162,565,000 and 5,358 positions, which is an increase of $5,598,700 and 312 positions over the comparable 1979 level.

These amounts do not include the Congressional Research Service. Thereafter, we will hear from Gilbert Gude, the Director of the Congressional Research Service and a former colleague from the House of Representatives. Mr. Gude will testify in support of a budget request of $30,335,000 and 941 positions, which is an increase of $3,751,000 and 85 positions over the comparable fiscal year 1979 level. Both prepared statements will be placed in the record at the conclusion of the oral testimony, and we will hear your summarizations now.

Before you proceed, Dr. Boorstin, I would like to note for the record that the proposed increase of $5,598,700 for the Library of Congress is much more modest than the $33 million increase you requested last year. You are to be commended for taking a good hard look at your budget and proposing a prudent figure. That is not to say, however, that the subcommittee will agree to the full amount of the request.

You may proceed, Dr. Boorstin.

STATEMENT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS

Dr. BOORSTIN. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to make a brief statement, and then submit a more detailed statement for the record.

I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today, Mr. Chairman, to present the 1979 supplemental requests as well as the 1980 budget requests for the Library of Congress.

As the custodian of the Nation's intellectual and cultural resources, we have a deep responsibility to the Congress and the American people. At no time in our Nation's history have we been so dependent on knowledge. At no time in history has knowledge been expanding at so fast a pace. While the wisdom of the past must be preserved and exploited, we must keep current with today's knowledge and be prepared to use the wisdom of the future.

Otherwise we surely will not solve the problems of our growing, ever changing Nation. It is false economy to pretend that this vast knowledge resource does not exist or is not growing. Today we need more expertise and more ingenuity than ever before-to produce new economies, new and better solutions to old problems. The Library of Congress along with the Nation's other libraries are our resources for this purpose. We are where the past meets the future, where technology serves tradition, patriotism, and humanity.

MADISON MEMORIAL BUILDING

In the next few months, the occupancy of the Madison Building by the Library of Congress is necessary if we are to provide effective and efficient service to the Congress and to the Nation. In this building the Congress and the Nation have made a substantial investment. Enormous benefits, the dividends from that investment, can now come to Congress and to the Nation, both in the Madison Building and in the other decongested areas of the Library of Congress. Now we can provide a prompter, more efficient service of information, improved programs, better protection and wider access to the Nation's unexcelled collections in a more widespread and a more vivid discovery of our national heritage. Of course, if only for reasons of economy, it is urgent that the building be occupied as soon as possible.

The new Madison Building offers more than 1,500,000 square feet of net usable space. The general-purpose space will help us relieve overcrowding in the Congressional Research Service and in Processing Services. For the first time we will have suitable facilities for the preservation and service of the Nation's vast special collections-including manuscripts, music, prints and photographs, motion pictures, and maps and atlases. We will be able to achieve economies and increase efficiency by moving the Copyright Office back into a Library of Congress building.

MOVE TO MADISON IN FISCAL YEAR 1979

It will be necessary, then, in fiscal 1979: to hire and train security personnel and others to provide information to the public; to hire custodial staff; to provide staff and operate facilities for Library programs in the new building; to contract for movers in 1979 and also in early 1980; to accelerate preparation of collection to be moved in 1980; and to buy furniture and special equipment for use in the new building.

In order to do these things, we are asking 1979 supplemental funding of $3,360,000 in the salaries and expenses account. This includes money for 257 permanent positions and 30 limited term appointments. In addition, we are asking that $2,500,000 which was appropriated in 1979 under the furniture and furnishings appropriation, but withheld from obligation under section 311 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act for 1979, be made available. We have also requested an additional appropriation of $500,000 under furniture and furnishings to purchase special purpose equipment for activities going into the Madison Building in 1980.

Finally, Mr. Chairman, we are requesting an increased pay cost appropriation totaling $5,044,000, the largest single element of which is for the new pay schedule approved in October for classified employees.

BUDGET REQUEST

Our 1980 request includes those increased costs due to inflation and mandatory increases. It includes sums requested to continue relocating some Library activities to make the fullest use of the Madison Building. This request provides only for a few items of increased workload in the Library itself. These are increases in the Congressional Research Service budget in order to serve the Congress more efficiently and more adequately. Our request will also allow the Copyright Office to continue to meet the growing workload resulting from the new copyright law.

The 1980 appropriations, then, Mr. Chairman, which we are requesting today total $192,900,000, representing a net increase of $9,349,700 or 5.1 percent over the 1979 request, including the supplemental we discussed earlier. The request represents the minimum levels which, in our judgment, are needed. It is important, however, Mr. Chairman, that the present minimum levels not be viewed as permanent. I hope to present to Congress in 1981 some proposals for needed improvements in the Library's research services and to provide better use and additional access to the Nation's collections for the Congress, the public and the research community.

The details of these requests are outlined below, and I would appreciate it if they could be made part of the record. My colleagues and I will be happy to explain our requests.

Senator SASSER. Thank you, Dr. Boorstin. [The statement follows:]