Recently the Library conducted a preliminary review of the 230,000 volumes in the cataloging arrearage. From that review, it has been estimated that approximately 140,000 items in the arrearage are of substantial research value and should be made accessible to congressional and other users. The Library proposes a five-year plan to bring these materials under minimal level control. The plan involves contracted services throughout the five years; the bibliographic records produced by these contractors must be reviewed for quality control by two in-house revisers (GS-9), at a cost of $49,315 per year for each of the five years of the project. In addition, materials in languages for which contracted services are unlikely to be available will be handled in-house on overtime, so as not to interfere with the normal workload. An increase of $120,000 per year in overtime expenditures through fiscal 1989 is therefore anticipated. Library of Congress travel costs increased by 7 percent in fiscal 1983. This is a net increase resulting from airline fare increases and increased subsistence rates for GSA-designated High Rate Geographical Areas. Therefore, based on actual 1983 costs, we are requesting current level increases in 1985 of $3,300 for regular travel, $1,300 for attendance at meetings travel, and $350 for foreign travel. Rental of equipment + $ 2,800 B. Non-personal services Current level U.S. (continued) Printing + $ 39,090, The Government Printing Office advised government agencies on April 20, 1983, in its Circular Letter No. 222, that it is forecasting an increase in its printing costs of 5 percent in fiscal 1985 over the costs for fiscal 1984. An increase of $39,090 is therefore requested and is based on that GPO forecast. Photoduplication + $ 10,300 An increase of 8 percent in the rates for photoduplication services has been forecast based on increases experienced in the costs of labor and materials in fiscal 1983. An increase of $10,300 is therefore requested to compensate for these inflationary increases. Other services miscellaneous + $ 23,433 The Library has experienced a 4 percent over-all increase for contracting services outside the Library. The Library uses such services to input additional bibliographic records into the Library's data base, at costs lower than in-house processing, and to support automation planning for technical services. An increase of $23,433 is therefore requested to offset these inflationary costs. Tuition and training .... + $ 3,200 A survey of tuition fees charged by local colleges and universities attended by Library of Congress employees indicates that the fees have increased approximately 10 percent from the 1982/1983 school year to the 1983/1984 school year. Based on that analysis, an increase of $3,200 is requested. The Library experienced a 6 percent increase in the costs of data base subscription services in fiscal 1983. A current level increase of $315 is therefore requested to recover these inflationary costs. A total of $24,070 is requested to offset inflationary increases in the cost of maintaining the Library's overseas regional acquisitions centers. On the basis of local rates of inflation reported by the American embassies abroad, the Library anticipates a 7 percent increase in Kenya, a 10 percent increase in Egypt, and a 15 percent increase in Indonesia. + $ 24,070 This increase for the cost of data communications and CPU charges will accommodate Other services (contract cataloging) +$144,000 An increase of $144,000 is requested to hire contractors to prepare minimal bibliographic records at an annual rate of 22,000 monographs and 600 serials in the cataloging arrearages. It is anticipated that it will be more economical to do this limited cataloging for materials in the more common languages on contract rather than in-house. In addition, contracting can be done overseas for some of the languages handled by our field offices. To complete the cataloging for the materials in these languages, it will take an estimated five years of contract funding at this level. Computer software ...... + $ 50,000 Computer-assisted instruction packages will promote quicker orientation to and more effective use of the automated systems, now essential to the work of most staff members in this area of the Library. $50,000 is requested for this purpose. + $ 289,000 |