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CIRCULATION COUNTED BY VOLUMES (EMBOSSED BOOKS), AND CONTAINERS (TALKING BOOKS), CALENDAR YEAR 1942 (RENEWALS NOT COUNTED) Braille Moon Talking books Foreign Music Maga Total Fiction Non Non types bossed Fiction fiction Total circu guages books lation 1..... 2,628 692 13,601 2,588 24 77 2, 633 22, 243 2,082 605 395 3,082 37 25, 362 12,876 5,851 18,727 44, 089 2. 284 222 2,894 1, 412 795 5,607 79 79 5, 686 13, 558 6,514 20,072 25,753 150 36 186 3, 211 5, 664 1,991 7,655 10,866 4. 5,020 2,797 8,919 3,993 94 59 6,302 27, 184 1,755 591 136 2,482 29, 666 23, 134 9,720 32,854 62, 520 5 6,518 2, 438 15, 564 6, 223 111 161 3,653 34, 668 752 114 21 887 35, 555 9,718 6,311 16,029 51, 584 6_ 2, 255 1, 273 5, 170 2,765 11 9 8,370 19,853 870 463 452 1,785 17 21, 655 14, 476 10, 306 24,782 46, 437 7. 653 138 2,667 797 512 4,767 348 30 45 423 2 5, 192 8,599 4,626 13, 225 18, 417 8 721 69 5,323 2,758 3,208 12,079 71 71 12, 150 3,545 2,349 5,894 18,044 9 1, 435 765 2,333 1, 199 226 1,886 7,844 27 12 39 7,883 9,580 5,711 15, 291 23, 174 10_ (2) (2) (2) (2) 246 934 6,107 2,042 5, 112 1,518 7 3, 273 18,059 150 26 176 18, 235 24,060 19,012 43,072 61, 307 12. 8, 197 1,363 5,789 1,467 170 863 17,849 17,849 6,036 2, 363 8,399 26, 248 13_ 52 37 1,892 803 2 444 3,230 294 61 9 364 3,594 6,593 4,278 10,871 14, 465 115 1,296 434 580 2,425 553 113 28 694 3, 119 5,612 2,526 8,138 11, 257 15 2,856 2, 182 9, 116 4,514 141 3,149 6, 254 28, 212 832 178 373 1,383 29, 595 17,366 13, 113 30,479 60,074 16. 3 260 3 2,454 805 3,519 3,519 (2) (2) 8,675 12, 194 951 12,931 3,218 2 4 5,828 25,733 4,849 1,512 2,905 9,266 5 35,004 31,965 17,626 49, 591 84, 595 421 3,450 1,072 2 15 1,051 7,742 1,385 193 152 1,730 9,472 11,866 6,375 18, 241 27.713 19. 59 27 487 266 1 103 943 91 40 131 1.074 3,445 2,463 5,908 6,982 20. 4,882 1, 437 5,941 2,472 45 19 1,818 16,614 6,714 2,099 728 9,541 56 26, 211 10, 991 5, 197 16, 188 42, 399 21. 1,639 820 4,919 2,459 1 2,000 11,837 626 209 1 150 985 12,822 10, 242 6,828 17,070 29,892 12 22 1,014 29,910 299 76 375 30, 285 20,503 5,182 25,685 55,970 23. 84 46 576 314 1 374 1,395 1,395 3,304 2,492 5, 796 7, 191 24. 610 561 3,207 1,941 1,644 7,963 287 115 51 453 8,416 11,048 7,426 18,474 26,890 25 11,988 4, 225 5.245 2,005 105 115 391 24, 074 1,754 200 1,954 664 26, 692 8,380 2, 232 10,612 37, 304 26 2,865 811 2,524 1,265 99 6 529 8,099 48 2 9 59 8,158 4,272 3, 221 7,493 15. 651 266 47 1,715 25 24,966 10,895 5,930 16,825 41, 791 824 3,865 61,903 368,345 25,418 6,915 5,527 37,860 806 407,012 288,146 159,913 456, 734 863,746 Library Grades 1 and 1/4 Grade 2 lan zines Fiction Fiction fiction fiction 11. 14. 17. 2,799 18. 1, 731 22. 12, 933 8,979 5, 694 1, 256 27. 5,553 3,873 4, 137 2, 123 7,540 23, 226 1,402 Total... 1 Estimate. 82, 190 36, 255 130, 293 50,056 2 No separate count kept. 3 Items not included at foot of columns. AGENCIES LENDING THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TALKING BOOK MACHINES Alabama, Talladega: Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. Department for Adult Blind. Alaska: Seattle Public Library, Seattle, Wash. (acting for Alaska). Arizona, Tucson: Arizona State School for Deaf and Blind. Department of Public Welfare. Rehabilitation of the Blind. California, Sacramento: California State Library. Colorado, Denver: Colorado State Department of Public Welfare, Services for the Blind. Connecticut, Hartford: State Board of Education of the Blind. Delaware, Wilmington: Delaware Commission for the Blind. District of Columbia, Washington: Dictrict of Columbia Association of Workers for the Blind. Florida, Tampa: Florida Council for the Blind. Georgia, Atlanta : Kriegshaber Library for the Blind. Hawaii, Honolulu: Bureau of Sight Conservation and Work with the Blind. Idaho, Boise : Department of Education. Illinois, Chicago: Division of Visitation of Adult Blind. Indiana, Indianapolis: Board of Industrial Aid for the Blind. Department of Social Welfare. Division for the Blind. Kentucky, Louisville: Kentucky Workshop for Adult Blind. State Department of Public Welfare. Division of Services for the Blind. Maine, Augusta : Bureau of Health and Welfare. Department of Education. Division of the Blind. Michigan (Wayne County), Detroit: Wayne County Library. Michigan (outside Wayne County), Saginaw: Michigan Employment Institu tion for the Blind. Minnesota, St. Paul: Department of Social Security. Division of Social Welfare. Bureau of Aid to the Blind. Mississippi, Jackson : Mississippi State Department of Public Welfare. Missouri, St. Louis: Service Club for the Blind, Inc. State Department of Public Welfare. Nebraska. Nebraska City: Nebraska School for the Blind. Nevada: California State Library (acting for Nevada), Sacramento, Calif. New Hampshire, Concord: Department of Public Welfare. Division of Blind Services. New Jersey, Newark: New Jersey Commission for the Blind. New Mexico, Santa Fe: Department of Public Welfare. Division of Services to the Blind. New York, New York City: New York State Commission for the Blind. North Carolina, Raleigh: North Carolina State Commission for the Blind. North Dakota, Bathgate: State School for the Blind. Ohio, Columbus: Ohio Commission for the Blind. Oklahoma, Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Commission for the Adult Blind. Oregon, Portland: Oregon Blind Trade School and Commission for the Blind. Pennsylvania, Harrisburg: State Council for the Blind. Puerto Rico, San Juan: Blind Institute, Department of Health. Rhode Island, Providence: State Department of Social Welfare. Bureau for the Blind. South Carolina, Columbia: Association of the Blind of South Carolina. South Dakota, Pierre: Department of Social Security. Division of Public Assistance. Tennessee, Nashville: Department of Public Welfare. Division of Public Assistance. Texas, Austin: Texas State Commission for the Blind. State Department of Public Welfare. Home Teacher for the Blind. Virginia, Richmond: Virginia Commission for the Blind. Virgin Islands, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas: Superintendent of Public Welfare. Virgin Islands, Christiansted, St. Croix: Superintendent of Public Welfare. Washington, Olympia: Department of Social Security. Division for the Blind. West Virginia, Charleston: State Department of Public Assistance. State Department of Public Welfare. Division for Adult Blind. Wyoming, Cheyenne: Department of Education. Division for Deaf and Blind. Distribution of talking-book machines | Nebraska. to the States, Feb. 23, 1944 156 Nevada__ 17 New Hampshire_. 100 Alabama Alaska Arizona 451 New Jersey. 758 14 New Mexico__ 74 Arkansas California 257 North Carolina 852 969 North Dakota 97 REPAIR OF TALKING BOOK MACHINES The obligations under the appropriation of $20,000 for the current fiscal year for the maintenance and replacement of talking book machines, as of January 7,859.29 Balance Feb. 1, 1944. Estimated obligations through June 30, 1944. (At the average cost for repairs of $5.09 during the first 7 months of the current fiscal year, this will permit the repair of about 1,545 machines for the period February through June 1944.) It is estimated by our 55-State lending agencies that there will be at least 1,608 additional machines requiring repairs during the balance of the current fiscal year. The estimated cost would be : 1,608 machines, at $5.09 each, $8,184.72. Moreover, the 9-year-old machines from the first and second lots (distributed in 1935-36) are now beginning to wear out rapidly. Many of them must be withdrawn from circulation. We may be obliged, therefore, in the near future, to request additional funds for this purpose. Complementing and supplementing the selection, procurement and distribution of press-brailled books is the work of the Volunteer Braille Transcribing Service which enables the Library to provide hand-copied books in single copies, produced by volunteer groups instructed and directed by the Library of Congress. This service, formerly under the joint sponsorship of the Library and the American Red Cross, has been administered solely by the Library since January 1, 1943. During the fiscal year 1943, the Braille Transcribing Service produced 827 single-copy books and gave approximately 2,016 lessons in braille transcription. FEBRUARY 24, 1944. EQUIPMENT Mr. O'NEAL. I notice the item of "Equipment" is $326,270. That represents the material that you send out, does it? Mr. ROGERS. Yes, sir; those are the books. Mr. O'NEAL. There is nothing else included but the books and the records? Mr. ROGERS. That is correct. PRINTING AND BINDING, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Mr. O'NEAL. We will take up the item, "Printing and binding," for which in the fiscal year 1944 there was appropriated $270,000. Your revised estimate for 1945 is in the amount of $350,300. Prior to your revised estimate you had submitted an estimate of $395,875. We would be glad to have you explain that. Mr. MACLEISH. This is the largest single item we have, and I think I can summarize it very quickly. URGENT NEED FOR REBINDING OF BOOKS This is an old story to the committee, it is an old story to us, and it is a sad story to us. Briefly, the situation as regards binding is this: As a general rule, we take in about 60,000 volumes of new material which we have to bind. That material cannot be used unless it is bound. Over and above that, however, there is a continuing binding of material, such as Dr. James has described, material which must be rebound because otherwise it cannot be used. It has deteriorated to such an extent that, if it is not rebound, it cannot be used. We brought over some examples of these books, that I can show you, but I will not stop now unless the chairman would like me to do so. EXTENT OF BINDING NECESSARY AND COST OF BINDING The picture, under the appropriation act, is briefly that we had formerly an appropriation which enabled us to handle our new binding and also to rebind about 10,000 volumes, which is the rate of mortality, as we figure it, of old volumes which need rebinding. That appropriation was cut last year. At the same time, binding costs went up, with the result that, last year, when we got through with our new binding, we were only able to rebind something over 3,000 volumes of old material. When we first made our estimates for this fiscal year that is, for the bill which is now under consideration-we did not have before us unit costs. The Government Printing Office did not give us unit costs. It gave us general bills for the work. We figured out as well as we could what we thought the unit costs were and used those in the figures which we originally put in. We have now gotten unit costs from the Government Printing Office. They have told us that $4 will cover a full binding; $1.50 will cover a quarter binding, and for newspapers the cost is $3.50. On the basis of those costs we are able to cut the figure from the original one of $395,000 to the one that is now submitted of $350,300. For the $350,300, we could do the following things next year. We could give full binding to about 54,000 volumes. We could give quarter binding to about 13,500. I will not go into the technical differences between these two, except to say that the quarter binding is binding in which the stitching is by machine and the cover is pasted on. The life of the volume is not long. Full binding is necessary for valuable books and it is certainly necessary for old books which require rebinding. Mr. O'NEAL. What is the cost per book? Mr. MACLEISH. On page 47 of our estimates as they are now redrafted, the full binding is submitted at $4 per unit; the quarter binding at $1.50 per unit, and the newspapers at $3.50. Mr. O'NEAL. And who does that work? Mr. MACLEISH. The branch-binding office of the Government Printing Office. Mr. O'NEAL. What was the unit cost before? Mr. MACLEISH. This is the first time we have ever gotten any unit costs. |