COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky, Chairman

CONTENTS

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Hearing held in Washington, D.C. on December 15, 1975.

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Text of H.R. 11233.

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Text of H.R. 10999.

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Statement of:

Carothers, Stuart, executive director, Recording for the Blind, New

York, N.Y____

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Ekman, Edward O., Jr., trustee, North Kingstown Free Library,

Rhode Island

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Gaines, Ervin J., executive director, Urban Library Council, director,

Cleveland Public Libraries, Cleveland, Ohio..

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Gashel, James, chief, Washington Office of the National Federation of

the Blind --

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Hamilton, Beth, executive director, Illinois Regional Library of Coun-

cil of Chicago__.

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Humphrey, John A., assistant commissioner for libraries, New York

State Libraries, Albany, N.Y..

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Krents, Harold, lawyer, Surrey, Karasik and Morse, Washington,

D.C., and member of the board of directors of the Recording for the

Blind

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Markuson, Barbara Evans, project director, Cooperative Bibliogra-

phic Center for Indiana Libraries, Indianapolis, Ind__.

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.

Hays, acting director, Office of Libraries and Learning Resources;

Robert Klassen, chief, Program Development and Assistance Staff,

Office of Libraries and Learning Resources; Richard A. Hastings,

deputy assistant secretary for legislation, Education; Robert

Wheeler, deputy comissioner for Bureau of School System, panel

from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washing-

ton, D.C_____.

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Trezza, Alphonse F., executive director, National Commission on Li-

braries and Information Science...

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Prepared statements, letters, supplemental material, etc. :

Gaines, Ervin J., executive director, Urban Library Council, director,
Cleveland Public Libraries, Cleveland, Ohio:

Nation's Libraries Face Economic Pinch, a newspaper article...
Urban, Academic Library Administrators Draft Position Paper
for Federal Funding in Landmark Meeting, an article_

Conference on Library Funding, a declaration..

Books in the Red, a newspaper article..

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Gashel, James, chief, Washington Office of the National Federation of

the Blind, prepared statement of.

Hamilton, Beth, executive director, Illinois Regional Library Council

of Chicago, prepared statement of..

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Krents, Harold, member of the board of directors of Recording for the
Blind, Inc., prepared statement of__

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Markuson, Barbara Evans, project director, Cooperative Bibliographic Center for Indiana Libraries, Indianapolis, Ind., prepared statement of

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Martin, Allie Beth, prepared statement of..

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Trezza, Alphonse F., executive director, National Commission on Libraries and Information Science:

Prepared statement of__.

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Letter with enclosures to Chairman Brademas, dated December
11, 1975

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APPENDIX

Alternatives for Financing the Public Library

Foote, Marcelle K., director, Indiana State Library, State of Indiana, In-
dianapolis, letter to Chairman Brademas, dated December 24, 1975__
Indiana Cooperative Library Service Authority, A Plan for the Future_.
Johnson, Hon. Harold T., prepared statement of..

Kranowitz, Alan M., assistant to the director for congressional relations,
Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, let-
ter to Chairman Brademas, dated January 26, 1976---
Schloss, Irvin P., director, Governmental Relations Office, American Foun-
dation for the Blind, Washington, D.C., letter to Chairman Perkins,
dated December 15, 1975-

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Toward a National Program for Library and Information Services: goals for action

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