Secretary of Education,
Lauro F, Cavazos
visiting NCLIS Offices
with Chairman
Newman and Executive
Director, Susan Martin.

The publication of the national and state-by-state
data in 29 analytical tables was scheduled for mid-Novem-
ber 1989. This is the most rapid publication of any national
educational data to occur, and is a result of the fact that for
the first time ever, data could be edited and published
directly from the disks or magnetic tapes submitted by the
states.

The statistical tables report on 41 items relating to
public libraries, including size of collections, number of
staff, amount and source of income, type of expenditure,
hours of opening, circulation transactions, and reference
questions answered. The nineteen tables of data are to be
published by NCES as an “ED tab,” and the data for all par-
ticipating states are available on floppy disks.

In conjunction with the FSCS data collection, a
contract was let to prepare software to be provided to all of
the state library agencies to create a Universe File for all
public libraries in their states. This software is the Public
Library Universe System (PLUS). In collecting data about

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National Information Policy Issues

NCLIS has been con: emed with national informa-
tion policy questions since the 1970s, when the Rockefeller
report was published and distributed by the Commission.
With the publication in 1988 of the Office of Technology
Assessment’s report Informing the Nation: Federal Infor-
mation Dissemination in an Electronic Age and the Office
of Management and Budget’s proposed revision to Circular
A-130, regarding the dissemination of government infor-
mation, the Commission revitalized its activity in this area.

In July, NCLIS held a hearing chaired by Jerald C.
Newman to solicit comments concerning the OTA report.
Fourteen panelists from government, libraries, business,
academe, and public interest groups appeared before the
Commission. The objectives of the hearings were (1) to
solicit response from providers and users of federal infor-
mation regarding the OTA report, (2) to increase awareness
among the providers and uscrs of federal information con-
cerning the report’s existence and substance, and (3) to
gather information in order to develop a response from
NCLIS conceming the report’s statements, recommenda-
tions, and substance, possibly in the form of recommenda-
tions for future desired activities to be provided to the
Executive and Legislative branches, and to the information
community.

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collected regarding the use of information and
libraries.

2. GATT (General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs)
— the group decided that its resolution on GATT
could stand as a message to the three governments,
without further action.

3. Telecommunications and networking — the Brit-
ish Library Research Department will carry out a trilateral
study of networking and communications on behalf of all
three countries. That study was to be completed by early
1990.

4, Intellectual property — action similar to #2.

5. Education policy and awareness — the United
States appears to be furthest ahead in this area, and willkeep
the other countries informed of the results of the Infor-
mation Literacy Symposium.

6. National information policies - - the group deter-
mined that appropriate future action would encompass a set
of principles that can serve as support for the further
development of information policies, nationally and
internationally.

7. Basic service provision — the U.K. has already
identified a minimal level of provision of information
services to the public by public libraries. Canada is also
interested in pursuing this area actively, and the U.S. will be
the beneficiary of their efforts.

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. NCLIS — $12,000 for support of translation of
textbooks into Spanish for use in Latin America

NCLIS Commissioners and staff continue to partici-
pate in other international activities, representing the agency
at the meeting of the International Federation of Library
Associations and Institutions. During the year, the execu-
tive director, Susan K. Martin, was interviewed by librari-
ans in seven countries on Worldnet, an interactive videocon-
ferencing program of the U.S. Information Agency. The
participation of the Commission in the trilateral discussions
which produced the Glenerin Declaration was described
earlier (see Productivity).

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session, whichever occurs earlier. These technical amend-
ments were approved by the Office of Management and
Budget, and staff actively began seeking a legislative ve-
hicle that could incorporate these brief but important ad-
ministrative changes.

Fiscal year 1989 saw NCLIS sponsorship of or par-
ticipation in: an information literacy symposium bringing
together educators with school library media personnel; the
first full year compilation of nationwide statistics about
public libraries, in cooperation with the National Center for
Education Statistics with the Federal/State Cooperative
System for Public Library Data (FSCS); hearings on the
adequacy of information services for the Native American
population; meetings bringing together a broad constitu-
ency for the assessment of the impact of information tech-
nology on society; continuing work with the State Depart-
ment to support intemnationally-oriented inf¢ rmation proj-
ects which had previously been supported by UNESCO;
and preparation for the second White House Conference on
Library and Information Services.

The range of activities of NCLIS, and the impact that
it is able to make, extend far beyond the limitations of its
$750,000 budget and its nine staff members. In NCLIS, the
U.S. government has an agency which has been able to
leverage small amounts of money and a small group of
people into a program which is a catalyst in developing the
information posture of the country and in analyzing the
information and library needs of the population at large.
The agency authorization of $750,900, legislated in 1970,

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102 STAT. 898 PUBLIC LAW 100-382—AUG. 8, 1988

Public Law 100-382
100th Congress
Joint Res ‘lution

Aug. 8, 1988 Te authorize and request the Proside.t tocall and conduct a White House Conference
WB ani OSC Library and Information Services to be held not earlier than September 1, 1989,
{Hd Res. 90] and not later than September 30, 1991, and for other purposes.

20 USC 1601 Whereas access to information and ideas is indispensable to the
note. development of human potential, the advancement of civilization,
and the continuance of enlightened self-government;

Whereas the preservation and the dissemination of information and
ideas are the primary purpose and function of the library and
information services;

Whereas the economic vitality of the United States in a global
economy and the productivity of the work force of the Nation reat
on acceas to information in the postindustrial information age;

Whereas the White House Conference on Library and Information
Services of 1979 began a process in which a broadly representative

up of citizens made recommendations that have improved the

brary and information services of the Nation, and sparked the

Nation's interest in the crucial role of library and information
services at home and abroad;

Whereas library and information service is essential to a learning

ety;

Whereas social, demographic, and economic shifts of the past decade
have intensified the rate of change and require that Americans of
all age froupe develop and sustain literacy and other lifelong
learning ts;

Whereas expanding technological developments offer unprecedented
opportunities for application to teaching and learning and to new
means to provide acceas to library and information services;

Whereas the growth and augmentation of the Nation’s library and
information services are essential if all Americans, without regard
to race, ethnic background, or phic location are to have
reasonable accees to adequate information and lifelong learning;

Whereas the future of our society depends on developing the
learning potential inherent in all children and youth, especially
literary, reading, research, and retrieval skilla;

Whereas rapidly develo ing technology offers a potential for ena-
bling libraries and information services to serve the public more

; ani

Whereas emerging satellite communication networks and other
technologies offer unparalleled opportunity for accesa to education
opportunities to all parts of the world, to individuals who are
homebound, handicapped, or incarcerated: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
20 USC 1501 SECTION 1, PRESIDENT TO CALL CGNPERENCE IN 1989.

note. The President is authorized to call and conduct a White House
Conference on Library and Information Services to be held not



Report to
President end
Congress.

Contract
authority,

Hearings.

Pub. Law 91-345 -2- July 20, 1970

means by which these needs may be met through information
centers, through the libraries of lementary and sscondary schools
and institutions of higher education, and throug’, public, research,
special, and other types of libraries;

(3) appraise the adequacies and doficiencies of current library
and information resources and services and evaluate the effective-
ness of current Ubrary and information acience programs;

_ (4) develop overall plans for meeting nations! library and

informational needs and -for the coordination of activities at the

Federal, State, and local levels, taking into consideration all of

the library and informational resources of the Nation to meet
cee needs ;

(5) be authorized to advise Federal, State, local, and private
agencies regarding library and information sciences;

(6) promote research ‘and development activities which will
extend and improve the Nation's library and information-
handling capability as essential links in the national communica-

ions Netw 3

(7) submit to the President and the Congreas (not later than
January 31 of each year) a report on its activities during the pre-
ceding hecal year; and .

(8) make and publish such additional reports as it deems to be
neceasary, including, but not limited to, reports of consultants,
transcripts of testimony, summary reports, and reports of other
Commission findings, studies, and recommendations.

i) The Commission is nuthorized to contract with Federal agencies
and other public and private agencies to carry out any of its functions
under subsection (x) and to publish and disseminate such reports,
findings, studies, and records as it deems appropriate,

(c) ‘The Commission is further authorized to conduct such hearin,
at such times and places as it deems appropriate for carrying out the
purposes of this Act, .

(d) The-heads of all Federal agencies are, to the extent not pro-
hibited by law, directed to cooperate with the Commission in carrying
out the purposes of this Act.

84 STAT, 441
84 STAT, 442
Appointments
ty President.

Terms of
office,

MEMBERSHIP

Src. 6. (8) The Commission shall be com of the Librarian of
Congress and fourteen members appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the te. Five members of the Com-
mission shall be professional librarians or information specialists,
and the remainder shall be persons having special competence or
interest in the needs of our society for library and information services,
at least one of whom shall be knowledgeable with respect to the tech-
nological sapects of library and information services and sciences,
and at least one other of whom shall be knowledgeable with respect to
the library and information service and science needs of the elderly.
One of the members of the Commission shall be designated by the
President as Chairman of the Commission. The terms of office of the
appointive members of the Commision shall be five years except that
(i the terms of office of the members first appoint shall commence
on the date of enactment of this Act and shall expire two at the end
of one year, three at the end of two years, three at the end of three
years, three at the end of four years, and three at the end of five years,
as designated by the President at the time of appointment, end (2) ry
member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration
of the term for which his predecessor was sppointed shall be appointed
only for the remainder of such term.

nq

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102 STAT. 902 PUBLIC LAW 100-382—AUG. 8, 1988
Virgin Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and

American Indian Tribes.
20 USC 1601 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
note. There are authorized to be appropriated without fiscal year

limitations $6,000,000 to carry out this joint resolution. Such sums
shall remain available for obligation until expended.

Approved August 8, 1988.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—HJ Res. 90 (SJ Res 26)

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-121 (Comm. on Education und Labor) und 100-765
(Comm. of Conference).
SENATE REPORTS: he. 100-156 sccompanying S.J. Rev, 26 (Comm. on Labor and

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
‘Vol. 193 (1987: June 8 considered and passed H
Dec, 18, 8d. Ree. 26 considered in Senate, H.J. Hes. 90, amend:

ed, } passed i in lieu.
Vol. 134 (1988): July 13, Senate agreed to conference report
duly 26, House agreed to conference report.

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L. Quincy Mumford = --_ Former Librarian ot Con-
gress, Washington, D.C. (1970-1975) (Deceased
1982)

Frances H. Naftalin -- Former President, Minnea-
polis Public Library Board, Minneapolis, Minnesota
(1978-1982)

Margaret Phelan -- President, Phelan Business
Research, Sawnee Mission, Kansas (1989)

Ralph A. Renick  -- Former Vice President News
Director, WTVJ News, Miami, Florida (1975-1977)
(Completed Harold Crotty’s term)

Catherine D. Scott -- Chief Librarian, Museum
Reference Center, former Librarian, Air and Space
Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
(1970-1976)

Philip A. Sprague -- Businessman, Chicago, Illi-
nois (1978-1983)

Horace E.Tate -- State Senator (Georgia) and
former Executive Director, Georgia Association of
Educators, Atlanta, Georgia (1977-1981)

Kenneth Y. Tomlinson — (NCLIS Chairman
(1988-April 1987) Executive Editor, Feader’s Di-
gest, Pleasantville, New York

Sally Jo Vasicko -- Chairperson and Professor,
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana (1991)

John E. Velde, Jr. -- Businessman, Hollywood,
California (1970-1979)

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APPENDICES

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DEMOCRACY

Information for Governance

in FY 1988, the Commission authoriz.:d the devel-
opment of a videotape program on seeking and providing
information to local governments by public libraries. The
videotape would consist of two parts: an introduction for
government officials and citizen groups to the significant
role the public library could have in meeting their informa-
tion needs; and a segment for the library community featur-
ing exemplary information programs in Orange County,
Florida; Pasadena, California; and Madison/Dane County,
Wisconsin,

Estimates were provided from several sources for
the production of the videotape. Since the NCLIS budget
could not support the cost of production, it was necessary
to seek external funding for the project. Throughout the
year, numerous contacts were made and conversations
held, all without ultimate success in obtaining support for
the videotape. While these discussions were ongoing,
Commissioner Sally Jo Vasicko and staff continued to
work with the representatives of the model programs,
keeping them informed about progress and assisting in the
development of scripts from each library. At year’s end,
one funding source appeared to be a viable and interested
partner in this effort.

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Dr..Charles R. McClure,
Professor, School of
Information Studics,
Syracuse University.

The strongest recommendations from the hearings
pertained to the role that the Commission itself could and
should play in the development and promulgation of infor-
mation policies. After considering the important studies
conducted by several organizations, as well as recommen-
dations regarding information policy directions emanating
from the hearings, the Commission determined that it should
assume a role which would stimulate further action in this
area. Specifically, the Commission embarked upon a pro-
gram of examination of issues of information policies by
bringing together the stakeholders and interested public to
present existing viewpoints, and by attempting to coordi-
nate mutually acceptable approaches to these issues.

To initiate this program, NCLIS decided to convene
a meeting intcrested parties to consider basic guidelines and
assumptions for informaticn policies. Many organizations

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United States National Commission on Libraries and information Science.
Annual Report—National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
1971/1972-
Washington

v. 24cm.

1. United States National Commission on Libraries and Information Science.

2687.2U55a wan 73-643728
ISSN 1045-4837 021.6'2'09763 MARC-S

€@ The paper used in this publication neets the minimum requirements of Amencan
National Standard for Information Sc ences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library
Materials, ANS! 239.48- 1984.

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PRODUCTIVITY

Impact of Information Technology

Concemed with the impact of information technolo-
gies on all sectors of life, the Commission created an
Information Age Committee chaired by Daniel H. Carter to
develop a program which would bring together representa-
tives of various interests to assess the impact of technology
on society and make appropriate recommendations for
action, The committee reco.namended a blue-ribbon panel
to discuss the issues and problems, but suggested that prior
attempts be made to develop data which could be used by
this panel. A working group was created to discuss the
issues and gather information which could be used further
by that group, a blue-ribbon panel, and by the Commission
itself.

Twenty-five participants, representing 23 organiza-
tions, attended the first meeting of the working group on
April 20, 1989. A four-member coordinating committee,
representing libraries, government, the information indus-
try, and consumers, was created to assist in redefining the
objectives and clarifying the methodology for gathering
data. At the second meeting in June, members discussed and
revised the objective statement, determined a methodology
for identifying issues, and listed several issues wich
would require further definition and clarification.



public library service, it is necessary to identify the types of
agencies providing this service. Among the agencies (or
entities) are all the organizational units that provide or
support putlic library service. These include but are not
limited to single building community libraries, county and
regional libraries with multiple outlets, library systems, and
bookmobiles.

A workshop for data coordinators from each of the
states and the District of Columbia was held in December
1988, in Annapolis, to train the coordinators in the callec-
tion of the data, the transfer of the data to machine-readable
form, and to respond to questions and problems. It is
anticipated that these workshops will take place annually,
in part because of staff turnover at the state level and in part
because of the evolution of the FSCS system, with the con-
comitant need to keep the participants fully informed.

During the year, the NCLIS/NCES Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) was amended to include develop-
ment of a survey instrument regarding school libraries and
school library media specialists, to be incorporated in the
1991 NCES School and Staffing Survey (SASS). NCLIS
staff, Commissioners, and experts from the field have been
brought together to form a basic team which will continue
to work on school library statistics as NCES’ activities
move forward. In FY 1989. tasks included the planning,
convening, and reporting of two meetings of key school
library media specialists and school administrators, as well
as other representatives concerned with the improvement
and development of school library media services.

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Congressman William D. Ford
Michigan

Congressman Major R. Owens
New York

Congressman Pat Williams
Montana

Dr, Virginia G. Young
Columbia, MO

NCLIS (8 appointments):

Daniel H. Carter
Houston, TX, Consultant, NCLIS Member

Daniel W. Casey
Syracuse, NY, NCLIS Member

Dr. Margaret Chisholm, Seattle, WA
Dean, University of Washington Graduate School
of Library and Information Science

Joseph J. Fitzsimmons
Pinckney, MI, Vice-President, Bell & Howell

Carmencita Leon
Guaynabo, PR

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DEMOCRACY

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Ata later meeting, it was decided that this program
should be combined with the Information Policies program
(see below).

Information in the Economy

“Che Glenerin Declaration, accepted by the Commis-
sion at in December 1987 meeting, was the culmination of
several meetings among representatives from the United
States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The goal of the
activity was to enhance understanding of the role of infor-
mation in the national economy, and to produce an agenda
of public policy initiatives that would increase the societal
benefits of modem information technologies.

During "Y 1989, an analysis was made of these rec-
ommendations, and suggestions for ways of proceeding
with imple:nentation of the recommendations were pre-
sen'ed to the Commissicn and discussed with the U.K. and
Canadian representatives. A meeting with representatives
of the three countries was held in August 1989 in Great
Britain. Representi:sg NCLIS were Vice-Chairman Lee
Edwards, Executive Director Susan K. Martin, and former
Executive Director Toni Carbo Bearman.

The group worked with seven of the recommenda-
tions of the Glenerin Declaration, as follows:

1. Statistics — each country is to develop a one-
page description of library-oriented statistics in that
country, for sharing information about the data being

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LITERACY

Acquiring and Using Information

The Commission under the guidance of the School
Media Committee, chaired by Wanda Forbes, together with
the American Association of School Librarians (AASL),
initiated and convened a Symposium on Information Liter-
acy and Education for the 21st Century, in April 1989. The
leading organizations of America’s teachers, educators,
and librarians were invited to send representatives to a 2
day meeting to address the restructuring of the learning
process and aimed at emphasizing information resources
and critical thinking skills. The sixty-two individuals
selected for attendance at the symposium worked to dis-
cuss this challenge and to prepare a set of recommendations
for action.

The symposium focused on five topics as key to the
capacity of Americans to master the information complexi-
ties of the 21st century. These five were:

— the way teachers are educated

— _ the way teachers teach

—__ the way schools are administered

— the way schools are funded

— the way school library media programs are

organized and implemented

The participants discussed these issues both in small
groups and in plenary sessions. More than one hundred and

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Frederick Burkhardt -- (Chairman-Emeritus)
NCLIS Chairman (1970-1978) and former Vice
Chairman, National Advisory Commission on Librar-
ies (1966-1968), Bennington, Vermont

Robert W. Burns, Jr. -- Former Assistant Direc-
tor of Libraries for Research Services, Colorado
State University, Fort Collins, Colorado (1977-
1981)

Daniel W. Casey _-- Businessman, Syracuse, New
York (1973-1978) (renominated 1985)

Harold Crotty -- Former President, Brotherhood
of Maintenance of Way Employees, Detroit, Michigan
(1970-1977) (Resigned 1975) (Deceased 1986)

Carlos A. Cuadra -- President, Cuadra Associ-
ates, Inc., Santa Monica, California (1970-1984)

LesiieW. Dunlap = -- Former Dean, Library Admini-
stration, The University of lowa Libraries, lowa
City, lowa (1970-1975)

Martin Goland = -- President, Southwest Research
Institute, San Antonio, Texas (1970-1977)

JoanH.Gross  -- Former Assistant for Public Af-
fairs, New York City Department of Housing, Pres-
ervation and Development, New York City (1978-
1982)

Elinor M. Hashim — (Chairman-Emeritus) NCLIS
Chairman (1982-1986) Program Director, OCLC,
Inc., Dublin, Ohio

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Daniel H. Carter, President, Daniel
Carter Consulting, Houston, Texas
(1994)

Wanda L. Forbes, Former School
Librarian and Former Member,

South Carolina Commission on Higher
Education, Columbia, South Carolina
(1993)

George H. Nash, Author, eugaged in
the full-time writing of Herbert
Hoover's biography, at the Hoover
Presidential Library, West Branch,
Towa (1986-1990)

\

Danicl W. Casey, Serve, on the Board of
New York State Association of Library
Boards and the Amerivan Library Asso-
ciation Council. Former Commissioner,
1973-1978, Syracuse, New York (1994)

Frank Gannen, President, Frank
Gannon Productions, and Former
Editor of Saturday Review,

New York, New York (1990)

’

Ramond J. Petersen, Executive Vice
President, Hearst Magazines, New
York, New York (1991)

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At the same ceremony, Dr. Bessie Boehm Moore and
Mr. William Welsh were honored for their many years of
service on behalf of the Commission. Dr. Moore, currently
NCLIS Vice-chair Emeritus, served on the Commission
from its inception in 1970 until 1988, and was Vice-chair-
man throughout her membership on the Commission. Her
enthusiasm, wisdom and vision have been invaluable assets
to the Commission, and she continues to be active in her
emeritus role. Mr. Welsh served on the Commission as
Deputy Librarian of Congress until his retirement in 1988,
providing the Commission with sound and thoughtful advice
and leadership.

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during FY 1989 were accomplished by a transition team led
by the Associate Director of NCLIS with the support of the
Executive Director. Two full-time staff members were
detailed from other agencies: one from the Department of
Agriculture and the other from the Department of Educa-
tion. The Department of Education gave much assistance
and advice, particularly regarding the federal requirements
involved in the distribution of funds to the states; the Office
of Management and Budget was also extremely helpful. In
addition, three expert consultants were hired to cover the
areas of outreach and public relations. Support came from
a competent transition staff, who provided the staffing
necessary to successfully establish the basic White House
Conference organization.

At the end of the fiscal year, most of the Advisory
Committee had been appointed, and it had been determined
that the White House Conference on Library and Informa-
tion Services would take place in Washington, July 9-13,
1991. Arrangements were being made with the Convention
Center, and nearby hotels were asked to block space for ac-
commodations.

“WHCLIS Connection”

Inearly 1989, the Commission learned that it was one
of twelve recipients out of 300 applicants of an award of
hardware and software from the Apple Corporation, as part
of its Apple Library of Tomorrow (ALOT) program. The
NCLIS proposal to Apple would allow delegates and poten-
tial delegates to state and territorial pre-White House Con-

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LITERACY.

Acquiring and Using Information.
Statistics

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Information for Governance.......esesseserersesseesesees
White House Conference on Library and
Information Services...
"WHCLIS Connection".
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NCLIS Recognition Award...

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Impact of Information Technoloyy......
Information in the Economy.........
User Needs -- Special Populations.
Library and Information Services
to Native Americans.
National Information Policy Issues..
Dissemination of Government Information.........
Legislative Branch Activities
International Programs...



%

United States:
National Commission on
Ubrarles and Informanen Science

26 April 1990

jouse
ington, D.C. 20540

Dear Mr. President:

We havo the honor of tranamitting to you the eighteenth Annual
Report of the United States National Commission on Libraries and
Information Science. This report covers the twelve-month period
from October 1, 1988 through Septerber 30, 19897 it is submitted
to you in accordance with the provisions of Section 5(a)7 of the
National Commission on Libraries and Information science Act
(Public Law 91-345, as amended by Public Lay 93-29, Section 802).

The Commission's activities and programs for this year wore
marked by:

--Continuance of its leadership role in the
improvement of public library statistica:

elopment and

~-Building a supporting organizational structure for the White
House Conference on Library and Information Services to be
hald in July 1991)

~-A major new initiative by the Corsission to identity the neads
for improved library and inforsation services to Native
Awericans)

s-Embarkation upon a progr:
information polioy i.

of examination of national
ues: and

-~Action on the previously adopted tri-national statement on
information policy, *Tha Glenerin Declaration: Toward a
Coordinated Policy Agenda in Response to the Changing Role
of Inforeation in tha Economy,* in conjunction with the
British Library and the National Library of canada.

The Comission will celebrate its 20th anniversary on July 20,
1990, as a permanent, indepe. tent agency both the
Execitive and Leg: ive inches 2f government. In ti
year, ve expect to focus national attention on the importanc
value of library and information services to all citizens of
our nation.

In particular, as ve prepare for the White House Conference on
Library and Information Services, ve hope that both you and urs.
Hugh will be able to play a significant and vital role, as
delegates congregate fron all the states and territoricu to
Identify the information and library needs of tho country for the
coming decade.

Sincerely,

Clear

jerald C. Newman
Chairman, 1987-1996

Charles FE, Reid
Chairman, effective 2/28/90

[op]

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ten recommendations were generated by the small groups;
these were narrowed to a list of forty priority recommenda-
tions in the five different discussion areas, adopted by the
group unanimously.

Following the conference, NCLIS staff contacted the
represented organizations to request that they place the
recommendations on their agendas for action, adoption, and
inclusion into their program priorities. The adogtion proc-
ess is a slow one, because of the different schedules and
characteristics of the participating organizations. NCLIS
and AASL continue to work with these organizations, in the
anticipation that the recommendations will be adopted and
used as mechanisms for triggering major and substantive
change in the way children are taught to locate and use
information and critical thinking skills.

Statistics

FY 1989 was the second year of the Federal/State
Cooperative System for Public Library Statistics (FSCS), a
cooperative program of NCLIS and the National Center for
Education Statistics working with the fifty states and the
District of Columbia. The major achievement in this year
was that 44 states and the District of Columbia were able to
submit 1988 standard public library data in computer-
readable forn: to NCES for the first annual report. These
states have almost 89 percent of the public libraries in the
nation. In addition, indications are that all of the states will
submit uniform machine-readable data to the program in
1990.

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Members of the
Commission

The Commission is composed of
the Librarian of Congress and
fourteen Members appointed by
the President, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate.
Commissioners’ terms expire on
July 19 of the year indicated in
parentheses.

al
Jerald C. Newman, (Chairman
Emeritus, 1987-1990), Thompson
Medical Co., Inc., New York,
New York (1992)

Pa Barbour, Former member,
National Advisory Council on
Community Education, (1985-1988)

‘Designated by the President
Elected by the Commissioners

Lee Edwards, (Vice Chairman);
Senior Editor, The World & I,
Washington, DC (1990)

James H, Bilington,The Librarian of
Congress, Library of Congress,
Washington, DC (permanent member)

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White House Conference on Library and Information
Services

FY 1989 was a year of building a supporting organ-
izational structure for the White House Conference. The
first part of the year was devoted to the establishment of the
thirty-member advisory committee as prescribed by law.
By the end of the fiscal year, persons appointed to the
Advisory Committee were (by appointing agency):

The President (10 appointments):

. Louis William Bamett
Glendale, CA, Business Consultant

. Dr. William C. Cassell
Tiffin, OH, President, Heidelberg College

. Dr. Stuart Forth
University Park, PA, Dean-Emeritus
Pennsylvania State University Libraries

. Gloria 8. Hom
Palo Alto, CA, Professor

. Mary Jane Martinez
Tallahassee, FL, First Lady of Florida

. Jerry Parr
Washington, D.C., Security Consultant

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DOCUMENT RESUME

ED 333 882 IR 053 626

TITLE United States National Commission on Libraries and
Information Science. Annual Report, 1988-1989.

INSTITUTION National Commission on Libraries and Informaticn
Science, Washington, D. C.

REPORT NO ISSN-1045-4837

PUB DATE 26 Apr 90

NOTE 66p.

PUB TYPE Reports - Descriptive (141)

EDRS PRICE MFO1/PCO3 Plus Postage.

DESCRIPTORS sAccess to Information; Annual Reports; Conferences;

Cooperative Programs; Democracy; Elementary Secondary
Education; *Information Services; Information
Technology; *International Cvsperation; Library
Statistics; Minority Groups; Preservation;
Productivity; Public Agencies; Public Libraries;
*Public Policy; School Libraries

IDENTIFIERS Information Literacy; *National Commission Libraries
Information Science; *Wnite House Conference Library
Info Services

ABSTRACT

Activities of the National Commission on Libraries
and Information Services (NCLIS) during fiscal year 1988-1989 are
reported under three broad headings--Literacy, Democracy, and
Productivity. The report under Literacy features two major projects:
working with the American Association of School Librarians to
initiate and convere a Symposium on Information Literacy and
Education for the 21st Century in April 1989, and the second year of
the Federal/State Cooperative System for Public Library Statistics
(FSCS), a cooperative program with NCLIS and the National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES). The primary activities reported under
Democracy are concerned with the building of a supporting
organizational structure for the White House Conference on Library
and Information Services (WHCLIS II) to be held July 9-13, 1991.
Activities in the area of preservation are also noted. Activities
reported under Productivity include the appointment of an Information
Age Committee to study the impact of technology on society;
continuing study, together with Canada and the United Kingdom, of the
role of information in the national economy and public policy
initiatives that would increase the societal benefits of modern
information technologies; continuing promotion of the awareness of
the information needs of minority populations; the beginning of a
major new initiative for library and information services to Native
Americans; national information policy issues; and international
programs. A brief report on personnel and administration concludes
the report, and the laws authorizing NCLIS and the White House
Conference are appended. Information about current and former
Commission members and a fiscal statement are also included. (BBM)

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Personnel and Adninistration

Fiscal year 1989 continued to see change in the com-
position of both the Commission and the NCLIS staff, and
saw an added dimension with the hiring of a temporary
transition staff for the support of the White House Confer-
ence on Library and Information Services.

In October 1988, Cummissioner Lee Edwards was
elected vice-chairman of NCLIS, replacing Bessie Boehm
Moore, who had served as vice-chairman since the incep-
tion of the Commission in 1970 and whose appointment
had expired.

Commissioners are appointed for five-year terms,
and each summer three Commissioners’ terms expire.
During the Christmas recess in 1988, the President reap-
pointed Margaret Phelan and Wanda Forbes to one-year
recess appointments; appointed Charles E. Reid to fill
Bessie B. Moore’s position; and appointed Elinor Swaim to
fill out the vacancy left by Patricia Barbour’s resignation.

These appointments provided the Commission with
a full complement of Commissioners (fourteen plus the
Librarian of Congress, ex officio) for the first six months of
1989. However, three terms expired in July 1989, and the
recess appcintments would expire at the end of the Con-
gressional session in 1989, leaving the Commission with
potentially only eight members. In addition, Commis-
sioner Margaret Phelan resigned in May 1989 for personal
reasons.

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bs :
Bessie Boehm Moore, (NCLIS Vice
Chairman Emeritus (1983-1988)
Former Executive Director,
State Council on Economic Education,
Little Rock, Arkansas

Elinor M. Hashim, Chairman Emeritus,
NCLIS Chairman (1982-1986),
Program Director OCLC, Inc.,

Dublin, Ohio

COMMISSION STAFF...

(With dates of service to the Commission)

Susan K. Martin Jane D. McDuffie Vivian D, Terrell
Executive Director Research Associate Administration Officer
(1988 - (1982- ) (1985 -)

James Benn Sandra N. Milevski Christina Carr Youag
Research Associate —_- Research Associate Research Associate
(1988- ) (1987- ) (1982 -)

Robert E. Dugan Mary Alice Hedge Reszetar
Research Associate Associate Executive Director

(1988-89) (1970 - )

Linda Hatfield Cherylene W, Rollerson
Executive Secretary —_ Staff Secretary

(1988- ) (1986 - )

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12


Charles R, Reld, Senior Vice President © Winston Tabb, Director, Public
of the Prodevco Group, Ft. Lee, Service & Collection Management I
New Jersey (1993) (serves for Dr. Billington)

Barbara H. Taylor, Librarian General, Julia Li Wu, Head, Vice President,
Daughters of the American Board of Trustees, Los Angeles
Revolution, Bethesda, Maryland Community Colleges and Former
(1990) Commissioner, 1973-1978 (1992)

Frederick Burkhardt, Chairman Charles Benton, Cl.airman Emeritus,
Emeritus, NCLIS Chairman (1970- NCLIS Chairman (1978-1982) and
1978) and former Vice Chairman, Commissioner (1982-1985), Chairman,
National Advisory Commission on Public Media, Inc., Chicago, Illinois.
Libraries (1966-1968), Bennington,

Vermont

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11


Appendix Ill
Former Commission Members

Andrew A. Aines -- Former Director, Office of
Scientific and Technical information, U.S. Depart-
ment of Energy, Washington, D.C. (1970-1976).
Acting NCLIS Executive Director, July 1980-No-
vember 15, 1980 (serves as official Senior Advisor
to the Cornmission)

Helmut Alpers -- Former Executive Vice Presi-
dent, Gartner Group, Stamford, Connecticut (1979-
1984)

Gordon M. Ambach_~ -- Executive Director, Chief
State School Officers, Washington, D.C. (1980-
1985)

Wiilllam O. Baker -- Former Chairman, Bell Tele-
phone Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey (1970-
1975)

Joseph Becker -- President, Becker and Hayes,
Inc., Santa Monica, California (1970-1979)

Charles Benton — -- (Chairman-Emeritus) NCLIS
Chairman (1978-1982) and Commissioner (1582-
1985), Chairman, Public Media, Inc., Chicago. Illi-
nois

Daniel J. Boorstin -- Former Librarian of Con-
gress (1975-September 2987), Washington, D.C.

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explicit staff assignment to track legislation, work with
Congressional staff, and communicate with Executive branch
agencies. During summer 1989, a research associate was
hired with this responsibility.

Paperwork Reduction Act

Staff monitored the reauthorization process of the
Paperwork Reduction Act, a major statute conceming gov-
emment information policies. The Commission’s Legisla-
tive Committee worked with Commission and Congres-
sional staff to indicate to the major committees NCLIS’
interest in the PRA, and its concerns and suggestions for
modification.

Library Services and Construction Act

The Commission communicated with the appropriate
committees of Congress regarding the Library Services
and Construction Act to indicate that it supports the con-
tinuation of library funding through LSCA, and looks
forward to the evaluation and recommendations that will
come through deliberations at the White House Conference
on Library and Information Services in 1991.

International Programs

International Conventions and Scientific Organizations
Contributions -- NCLIS continues to monitor and coordi-
nate proposals submitted to the State Department for Inter-
national Conventions and Scientific Organizations Contri-

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Staff provided a line-by-line comparison of two
versions of the bill on permanent paper (S.J. Res. 57) forthe
NCLIS Legislative Committee. The Commission for-
warded letters of support to Senator Claiborne Pell and
Representative Pat Williams for their respective permanent
paper resolutions.

NCLIS Recognition Award

The second annual NCLIS Recognition Award, es-
tablished to honor initiative in improving and promoting the
nation’s library and information services, was presented to
Reader’s Digest. In 1988 the Reader’s Digest Foundation
renewed and increased its funding for the second phase of
the National Library Card Campaign—the effort to have
every child acquire and use a library card. A generous grant
enabled the production of radio and television public serv-
ice announcements, the mailing of advertisements to print
magazines, and the production and mailing of promotional
materials to every public and school library.

In addition, during 1988 Reader’s Digest employee
contributions were doubly matched by the Foundation to
benefit 34 libraries; six Westchester County public librar-
ies received nearly $300,000 for collection development,
and Library Power, a new program for establishing ard en-
hancing public elementary school libraries in New York
City, received grants totalling over $881,000. George
Grune, Chairman of Reader’s Digest, accepted the award
on behalf of the Reader’s Digest Foundation from NCLIS
Chairman ‘e ald C. Newman.

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Research Associate Robert E. Dugan joined the Com-
mission in November 1988, coming from the Massachusetts
State Board of Library Commissioners. In July 1989, James
R. Benn left the Connecticut State Library to take a research
asscciate position at NCLIS. John Lorenz, former Deputy
Librarian of Congress, agreed to serve as a consultant in
coordinating the Federal/State Cooperative System for Public
Library Data. beginning October 1988.

For the White House Conference, the Department of
Agriculture detailed John Parsons in April 1989 to proceed
with early work in setting up the organization and mecha-
nisms to bring about the conference. In July 1989, space
became available for the WHCLI% transition staff; Mary
Alice Hedge Reszetar, Associate Director of the Commis-
sion, eevoted full time to coordinating the work of the tran-
sition staff, which by the end of the fiscal year comprised
Frank Stevens, detailed from the Department of Education,
Shelda Weinstein, Susanne Roschwalb and Roy Millenson
as expert consultants, and several support staff. Jane Wil-
liams and Nettie Taylor also served as special consultants.

The Commission exhibited at the annual meeting of
the American Library Association in Dallas. Publications of
the Commission were made available, as well as a demon-
stration of the Hypertext software that is being developed in
support of tne White House Conference on Library and
Information Services. Also, a videotape from the 1979
White House Conference on Library and Information Serv-
ices was shown continually. Approximately one thousand

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ferences and to the national conference to orient them-
selves, using a Macintosh computer and Hypertext soft-
ware, to the issues and supporting data which would be
discussed throughout the conference.

A pilot version of the software was developed and
demonstrated in the NCLIS exhibit at the anrual meeting of
the American Library Association in July 1989 in Dallas,
and later at the annual meeting of the White House Confer-
ence on Library and Information Services Task Force
(WHCLIST) in Portland, Oregon. The concept and its pilot
software received very positive responses, and NCLIS staff
and contractors began working on a full-fledged version of
the software, to be made available to the states and territo-
ries beginning with the first pre- White House Conference
meeting, in Illinois in April 1990. This software is called
“WHCLIS Connection.”

Preservation

Preservation of and access to the records of our
civilization are central to the maintenance of an informed
citizenry. This philosophy continues to be upheld by the
Commission. NCLIS continued to monitor developments
in the field. A letter supporting development of U.S.
Congress Joint Committee on Printing specifications for
alkaline coated cover stock was sent to the JCP by the
Chairman of the Commission. A press release supporting
the use of permanent paper and the Joint Resolution (S.J.
Res. 394) sponsored by Senator Pell was written.

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PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATION..............006 42

APPENDICES. 48
Public Law 91-345... 49
Public Law 100-382 ..... 52
Former Commission Members 57
Fiscal Statement 62

vi


The relationship between NCLIS and NCES is a
close and productive one. Much has been accomplished
during the short time that the two agencies have cooperated
on library statistics, and it is anticipated that significant
progress will continue in the future. The Chairman of the
Commission sits on the NCES Advisory Committee ex
officio, by statute; the Executive Director was designated to
attend these meetings on his behalf.

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PUBLIC LAW 100-382—AUG. 8, 1988 102 STAT. 901

(5) the Secretary of Education; and
(6) the Librarian of Congress.
The President, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker
of the House of Representatives, and the Chairman of the Commis-
sion shall, after consultation, assure that members of the Advisory
Gommittes are broadly representative of all areas of the United
tates.

(b) Funcrion.—The advisory committee shall assist and advise the
Commission in planning and conducting the Conference.

(c) ADMINI8TRATION.—(1) The Chairman of the Commission shall
serve as Vice Chairman of the Advisory Committee. The Advisory
Committee shall elect the Chair of the Advisory Committee from
among its members, who are not full-time Federal employees. The
Advisory Committee shall select the Chair of the Conference.

(2) The Chairman of the Advisory Committee is authorized to
establish, prescribe functions for, and appoint members to, such
advisory and technical committees and staff as may be necessary to
asaist and advise the Conference in carrying out its functions.

(d) ComPENSATION.—Members of any committee established under
this section who are not regular full-time officers or employees of
the United States shall, while attending to the business of the
Conference, be entitled to receive compensation therefor at a rate
fixed by the President but not exceeding the rate of pay specified at
the time of such service for grade GS-18 in section 5382 of title 5,
United States Code, including traveltime. Such members, may,
while away from their homes or regular places of business, be
allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as
may be authorized under section 5703 of title 5, United States Code,
for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.

SEC 6. GIFTS AND TITLE TO CERTAIN PROPERTY.

(a) Girta.—The Commission shall have authority to accept, on
behalf of the Conference, in the name of the United States, grants,
gifta, or bequests of money for immediate disbursement by the
Commission in furtherance of the Conference. Such grants, gifts, or
bequests offered the Commission, shall be paid by the donor or his
representative into the Treasury of the United States, whose re-
ceipts shall enter such grants, gifts, and bequests in a special
account to the credit of the Commission for the purposes of this
joint resolution.

(b) REVERSION OF CeRTAIN EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL.—Materials
and equipment acquired by the White House Conference shall revert
to the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
after the close of the White House Conference.

SEC. 7, DEFINITIONS.

For the purpose of this joint resolution—

(1) the term “Coinmission” means the National Commission
on Libraries and Information Science;

(2) The term “Conference” means White House Conference on
Library and Information Services; and

(3) the term “State” includes the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the

9

20 USC 1501
note
Grants.

20 USC Loh
note

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APPENDIX IV

Fiscal Statement - Fiscal Year 1989

Appropriation

Reduction Pursuant to P.L. 100-436

Appropriation Available for Obligation

Funds from Other Federal Agencies

Total...
Expenditures

Personnel Compensation
Full-time Permanent

Other Than Full-Time Permanent

Benefits

Total Personnel Compensation

Travel and Transportation of Persons

Transportation of Things
Rent

Communications Utilities, Miscellaneous

Printing and Reproduction
Other Services
Supplies and Materials

ATU 0) (0) (| Se

Funds From Other Agencies

Total Expenditures...

f6

$750,000
9,000
741,000
438,000

$1,178,000

348,000
77,000

67,000
492,000

47,000

6,000
53,000
36,000

3,000
84,000
19,000

$740,000
438,000

$1,178,000

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task force was comprised of representatives from: the
American {ndian Library Association; the American Li-
brary Association’s Office of Library Outreach Services’
Committee on Library Services to American Indians; the
National Congress of American Indians; the U.S. Depart-
ment of Commerce, Census Bureau, Population Division;
the U. S. Department of Education, OERI Library Pro-
grams and the National Advisory Council on Indian Edu-
cation; the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs; and NCLIS.

Commissioners Barbara Taylor, Charles Reid, and Daniel Casey, during
hearings for Library and Information Services for Native Americans.

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The purpose of this tusk force is to develop a long-
range cohesive pian of action for the 1990s resulting in an
omnibus program. Data gathering activities will be dis-
cussed at the Indian pre-White House Conference, and
ultimately io draft and recommend legislation and/or poli-
cies which will address the problems identified. A list was
begun to identify agencies, associations, and groups in the
public and private sectors which have an interest in Native
Americans.

This task force continues to meet and work on its
charge as outlined by the Commission. In addition, NCLIS
has been asked to participate in the White House Inter-
agency Task Force on American Indians.

The funding for the White House Conference will
contain support for a pre-White House conference for
Indian tribes, and members of the Commission and its staff
are actively involved in this conference in an advisory
capacity.

The hearing in New Mexico was originally intended
to be the only hearing on this topic; however, the response
to this initiative of the Commission has been so positive that
the decision was made to hold hearings over the coming
year in several regions of the country, to allow representa-
tives from tribes throughout the nation to express their
assessment of the need for library and inform. ‘on services
for their populations.

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July 20, 1970 -3- Pub, Law 91-345

(b) Mermbera of tho Commission who are not in the regular full-time compensation,
employ of the United States shall, while attending meetings or con- travel ox
ferences of the Commission or otherwise engaged in the business of the penses,
Commission, be entitled to receive compensation at a rate fixed by the
Chairman, but not exceeding the rate epecified at the time of such g4 stat, 44
service for grade (iS-18 in section 5382 of title 5, United States Code, 35 .R, 6247,
including travaltime, and while so serving on the business of the Com-
ininsion away from their homes or regular places of business, they nay
he allowed travel ex; including pet diem in lieu of subsistence,
as authorised by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons 83 Stat. 190.
employed interinittently in the Government service.

(ce) (1) The Commission is authorized to appoint, without regard to ‘eastonal
the provisions of title 5, United States Code, covering appointments in
the competitive service) puch profeasional and technical personnel as
may be to enable it to carry out its function under this Act.

a) ‘The Comission may procure, without regard to the civil serv-
ice or classitication laws, temporary and intermittent services of such

Tite

po
80 Stat. 378.

personnel as is necessary to the extent euthorized by section 3109 of
title 5, United States Code, but at rates not to exceed the rate wpecitied
at the time of such service for grade GS-18 in wection 5442 of title 5,
United States Code, including traveltime, and while so serving on the
Lusiness of the Commission away from their homes or regular places
of business they may be sllowed travel expenses, including per diem
in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5708 of title 5, United
States Code, for persons employed intermittently in the Government
service.
AUTHORIZATION OF AFPROPRIATIONS

Su, 7, There are hereby authorized to be appropriated $5(X),(4)0 for
the slwal year ending June 8), 1970, and $750,000 for the fiscal year
ending June 40, 1071, and for each succeeding year, for the purpose
of carrying out the provisions of this Act.

Approved July 20, 1970,

LEOISLATIVE HISTORY

HOUSE REPORTS1 No, 91-240 accompanying H»R, 10666 (Comm, on Education
and Labor) and No, 91-1226 (Com, of Confarence),
SENATE REPOPT No, 91=196 (Comm, on Labor and Publio Welfare).
CONGRESS LVNAL RECORD:
Vol, 115 ena} May 23, considered and passed Senate,
Vol, 116 (1970) April 20, considered and passed House, amended,
in Meu of HR, 10666,
June 29, Hous agreed to conference report,
July 6, Senate agreed to confererce report,

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Hugh Mahoney
Syosset, NY, Executive Assistant, Office of
the County Executive, Nassau County

Jerald C. Newman
North Woodmere, NY, President, Transnational
Commerce Co., NCLIS member

Charles E. Reid
Ft. Lee, NJ, Vice-President, Prodevco
NCLIS member

By law:

Dr. James H. Billington
Librarian of Congress

Dr. Lauro F, Cavazos
Secretary of Education

The Advisory Committee met for the first time on
April 12, 1989. Commissioner Daniel H. Carter was
elected chairman of the committee, aad five subcommit-
tees were established. Two additional meetings were held
during FY 1989: on August 3 and September 20-21. A
position announcement for Executive Director was printed
in three publications, and more tl.an 200 applications were
received for the post. It was anticipated that the position

would be filled by the end of calendar year 1989.

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102 STAT. 900 PUBLIC LAW 100-382—AUG. 8, 1988

20 USC 1501
note

Public
information
20 USC L501

note

ference and associated State conferences as may be appropriate;
an

(4) conduct fiscal oversight activities with respect to the
preparation for and the convening of the Conference including
contracting for the services of an audit firm.

(c) Feperat Aagncy CoopgRATION AND AssisTaNce.—(1) Each Fed-
eral department and agency, including the national libraries, shall
cooperate with, and provide assistance to the Commission upon its
request under clause (1) of subsection (b). For that purpose, each
Federal department and agency is authorized and encouraged to
provide personnel to the Commission.

(2) The Librarian of Congress, the Director of the National Library
of Medicine, and the Director of the National Agricultural Library
are authorized to detail personnel to the Commission, upon request,
to enable the Commission to carry out its functions under this joint
resolution.

_(d) Personne.—In carrying out the provisions of this joint resolu-
tion, the Commission is authorized to engage such personnel as may
be necessary to assist the Commission and the Advigory Committee,
without regard for the provisions of title 5, United States Code,
governing appointments in the competitive service, and without

ard to chapter 51, and subchapter III of chapter 58 of such title
relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates.

(e) Expenses.—Members of the Conference may, while away from
their homes or lar places of business and attending the Con-
ference, be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of
subsistence, as may be allowed under section 5703 of title 5, United
States Code, for persons serving without pay. Such expenses may be

id by way of advances, reimbursement, or in installments as the

mmission may determine.

SEC. 4, REPORTS.

(a) SUBMISSION TO PRESIDENT; TRANSMITTAL TO ConaRess.—A final
report of the Conference, containing such findings and recommenda-
tions as may be made by the Conference, shall be submitted to the
President not later than 120 days following the close of the Con-
ference. The final report shall be made public and, within 90 days
after its receipt by the President, tranamitted to the Congress
together with a statement of the President containing the rec-
ommendations of the President with respect to such report.

(b) Pusiication AND Disrripution.—“he Commiasion is au-
thorized to publish and distribute for the Conference the reports
authorized under this joint resolution. Copies of all such reports
shall be provided to the depository libraries.

SEC. 5, ADVISORY COMMITTEE,

(a) Composition.—There is established an advisory committee of
the Conference con of—

(1) eight individuals designated by the Chairman of the
Commission;

(2) five individuals designated by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives with not more than three being Members of the
House of Representatives;

(3) five individuals designated by the President pro tempore of
the Senate with not more than three being Members of the

nate;
(4) ten individuals appointed by the President;

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butions grants. Eight proposals, representing $170,000,
were funded by ICSOC in FY 1989. The recipients were:

International Federation for Documentation Clear
inghouse on Education and Training (Syracuse
University) — $20,000 for its continued operation

International Federation of Library Associations
and Institutions — $35,000 to support its intema
tional preservation training activity

National Information Standards Organization —-
$26,000 to support its hosting of ISO TC 46

International Council for Scientific and Technical
Information — $20,000 for continued development
of a database of programs relating to scientific and
technical information exchange

U.S. National Committee for the International
Federation of Documentation — $27,000 for the
support of U.S. participation in FID

Chen & Chen Consultants — $20,000 for
organizing a conference on new information
technologies for third world countries

National Archives and Records Administration —
$10,000 for sending a U.S. delegation to
international archives meetings

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would now amount to $2.5 million or more, had NCLIS
been granted minimum inflationary and cost-of-living in-
creases. It is hoped that Congress will recognize the
potential for even further contributions to American society,
and pass the technical amendments that will allow the
agency to grow. It is clear that without these amendments,
NCLIS ¥ ‘ill have diminishing ability to meet its mandate. A
glance at its accomplishments this year and in past years
shows that its existence provides the country with a vital
source of policy suppoit, and with an agency that is able to
step in and do what no other agency or private organization
is doing in our increasingly information-oriented society.

Public meetings and hearings The Commission met four
times during FY 1989. These meetings were in October
1988, in Atlanta, Georgia, in conjunction with the annual
meeting of the American Society for Information Science;
in January 1989 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with hearings on
library and information services to the Native American
population; and in April and July 1989 in Washington, DC.

Two hearings were held, and in both cases served as
the catalyst for major initiatives for the Commission, In
New Mexico, the Commission visited four Indian pueolos,
and then helda hearing to assess the adequacy of library and
information services to the Native American population.
(This hearing is to be followed in FY 1990 with similar
hearings addressing the library and information needs of
Indian tribes in other regions of the country.) In July, the
Commission held a hearing on OTA’s report Informing the
Nation, referred to earlier.

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PUBLIC LAW 100-382—AUG. 8, 1988 102 STAT. 899
catlier than September 1, 1989, and not later than September 30,

SEC. 2, ESTABLISHMENT OF CONFERENCE. 20 USC 1601

(a) Purpost.—The of the White House Conference on
Libra and Informat rvices shall be to develop § recommenda-
for the f further insprovement of the library and information
services of the Nation and their use by the public, in accordance
with the findings set forth in the preamble to this joint resolution.
(b) ComPosrrion.—The Conference shal) be composed of—

q) representatives. of ofeesional library and information
Personnel and B who support or furnish inh volunteer
to libraries and information services centers,

seggrom and walks meee and members of of the nef pa publ
resentatives of local, statew and national
instiea ions, agencies, 01 izations, oramide, iene ae which pro-
vide library and informati ion services to the public;

(3) a) representatives of educational institutions, agencies,
orga anizations, associations (including professional and
larly associations for the advancement of education and

research);
(4) individuals with special knowl of, and ial com-
fe 7 in, technology as it may | be Heer the improvement of
brary ‘and information se: and
(5) representatives of Federal, State, and local governments.
(c) Digrrisution oy Participanrs.—In carrying out subsection

(a)—

(1) one-fourth of the participants shall be selected from the
library and information profession,

(2) one-fourth of the partici ta shall be selected from among
individuals who are currently active library and information
aup riers, including trustees and friends gro

one-fourth shall be selected from a! ip individuals who
are Federal, State, or focal government officials, and

(4) one-fourth shall be selected from the geneve! public.

(d) Stare Participation OprionaL.—{1) State and territorial dele-
gatea and alternates to the national conference may participate in a
tive State or territorial conference.
"oD Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require any State to
participate in a State or territorial conference.

SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 20 USC 1601
note.

(a) Dingcrion sy Commission.—The Conference shall be planned
and conducted under the direction of the National Commisaion on
Libraries and Information Science.

(b) Commarssion Funcrions.—In carrying out this joint resolution,
the Commission shall—

(D) when appro) pra », request the cooperation and assistance
of other Federal rtments and agencies in order to carry out
ita responsibilities,

(2) make technical and financial assistance (by nt, con- Grants.
tract, or otherwise) available to the States to enable them to Gontracta
organize and conduct conferences and other meetings in order Seate and local

to prepare for the Conference;

) prepare and make available background materials for the
use of delegates to the Conference and associated State con-
ferences, and prepare and distribute such reports of the Con-



Paulette H. Holahan -- Deputy Judicial Ariminis-
trator for Public Information, Louisiana Supreme
Court, New Orleans, Louisiana (1980-1985)

ClaraS. Jones = -- Former Director, Detroit Public
Library and former President, American Library
Association, Oakland, California 1978-1982)

John Kemeny -- Former President, Dartmouth Col-
lege, Hanover, New Hampshire (1970-1973)

Francis Keppel -- Former Director, Aspen Insti-
tute for Humanistic Studies and former U.S. Com-
missioner of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts
(1978-1983 (Deceased 1990)

Byron Leeds -- Former Vice President, Post
Graphics, Inc., Carlstadt, New Jersey (1982-1986)

Marian P. Leiin -- Former Ass'<tant Director,
North Carolina State Library, Raleigh, North Caro-
lina (1975-1980)

Louls A. Lerner -- Former Ambassador to Norway
and Publisher, Lerner Home Newspapers, Chicago,
Ulinois (1970-1977) (Deceased 1985)

John G. Lorenz -- Former Deputy Librarian of
Congress (Served for Dr. Mumford), Washington, D.C.
(1970-1975)

Bessie Boehm Moore -- (Vice Chairman-Emeri-
tus), Former Executive Director, State Council on
Economic Education, Little Rock, Arkansas (1971-
1988)

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LITERACY

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UNITED STATES
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES
AND iNFORMATION SCIENCE

COMMISSION MEMBERS

Jerald C. Newman, Chairman, 1987-90
Charles E. Reid, Chairman Effective 2/28/90
Lee Edwards, Vice Chairman

James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress
Patricia Barbour

Daniel H. Carter

Daniel W. Casey

Wanda L. Forbes

Frank Gannon

Raymond J. Petersen

Margaret Phelan

Barbara H. Taylor

Sally Jo Vasicko

Julia Li Wu

COMMISSION STAFF

Susan K. Martin, Executive Director

James Benn, Research Associate

David Hoyt, Deputy Director (to 1988)

Mary Alice Hedge Reszetar, Associate Executive Director
Dorothy Pollet Gray, Research Associate (to 1988)
Linda T. Hatfield, Executive Secretary

Jane D. McDuffie, Staf Assistant

Sandar N. Milevski, Research Associate

Cherylene W. Rollerson, Staff Secretary

Vivian D. Terrell, Administrative Officer
Christina Carr Young, Research Associate



It was agreed that another meeting of the group
should occur, probably in spring 1990, with a meeting of the
full Glenerin group scheduled fora time in conjunction with
an existing international meeting.

User Needs — Special Populations

The Commission continues, within its financial
constraints, to promote awareness of the information needs
of special populations, including older adults and cultural
minorities. The Commission’s Memorandum of Under-
standing with ACTION, the Federal domestic volunteer
agency, successfully completed its first year with RSVP
volunteers working with latchkey children in fifteen librar-
ies; an evaluation report was expected in January 1990.
Meanwhile, further funding for ACTION allowed the iden-
tification of eight additional sites for volunteer activity.

Library and Information Services to Native
Americans

A major new initiative was started by the Commis-
sion under the chairmanship of Jerald C. Newmanasa result
of its site visits to four Indian pueblos in New Mexico in
January, with a subsequent hearing on the adequacy of
library and information services to the American Indian
population. In addition to an internal Commission commit-
tee on services to Native Americans, the Commission has
established an Interagency/Association Task Force on Li-
brary and Information Services to Native Americans chaired
by Charles E. Reid. At its first meeting in July 1989, the

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James C. Roberts
Washington, D.C., Historian

Eileen C. Schouweiler
Reno, NV, State Republican Committeewoman

Two appointments to be made

President Pro Tempore of the Senate (5 appointments):

Richard G. Akeroyd, Jr.
South Windsor, CT, State Librarian of Connecticut

William G. Asp
Minneapolis, MN, State LiUrarian of Minnesota

Rebecca Ann Floyd
Jackson, MS, Attorney

Joan Ress Reeves
Providence, RI, WHCLIST Chair

Carol L. Wohlford
Wichita, KS, Educator

Speaker of the House (5 appointments):

°

Gordon Ambach
Washington, D.C., Executive Director,
Council of Chief State School Officers

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UNITED STATES
NATIONAL COMMISSION

ANTINULA
REPORT

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BEST COPY AVAILABLE
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people stopped at the booth to converse or ask questions; it
was evaluated by staff as being an extre:nely successful
endeavor.

Future Plans

Irn FY 1990, the Commission will concentrate its
attention in four areas:

. ensuring that the White House Confercsce on
Library and Information Services is appropriately
staffed and funded for a successful conference in
199]

. continuing the momentum generated by the
hearing on library and information services to
Native Americans by holding additional hearings,
publishing the results of these hearings, and
forwarding recommendations to the appropriate
bodies, including the White House and Congtess

. becoming increasingly involved in the definition
and description of federal and national information
policies, and working to ensure appropiate
legislation to provics the country with suitable
information policies and an information
infrastructure, and

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PRODUCTIVITY

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have proposed such guidelines, and most of these guide-
lines are consistent from one group to another, even span-
ning the public and private sectors. Based upon the
hearings in FY 1989, the Commission determined that an
effort to arrive at a single set of guidelines would be an
activity pursued in FY 1990.

Dissemination of Government Information

A proposed supplement to OMB Circular A-130
appeared in the Federal Register on January 4, 1989. The
existing circular deals with the collection and dissemination
cf infcrmation by the federal gover.ament. The proposed
supplement addressed primarily the dissemination of infor-
mation in electronic format.

The Commission reviewed the supplement, and also
Circulars A-130 and A-3, both of which are affected by the
proposed Supplement. A response to the Supplement was
communicated to OMB, suggesting a revision in language
to provide federal agencies with more discretion in adding
value to information disseminated, taking into considera-
tion the prior use of the information by the private sector.
The Commission also requested an explanation of the role
of GPO's Depository Library Prograin in disseminating
federal information in electronic form.

Legislative Branch Activities

In FY 1989, the Commission determined that its
potential activity and advice in legislative matters required

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The Congress made $1,750,000 available in the Dire
Emergency Supplemental Appropriation of 1989 for the
support of the White House Conference. The authorization
for the entire conference process is $6,000,000, with the
understanding that one third, or $2 million, would go
directly to the states and territories for the conduct of their
pre-White House Conference activities; the balance is for
national conference coordination, background support for
the states and territories, and for the conference itself.

Because of the need to provide the states and territo-
ties with monies to support their early activities, the summer
of 1989 was occupied with the processes required to create
Memoranda of Agreement with the states and territories, to
adopt a formula based on population for distribution of
money to the states and territories, to devise and adopt
guidelines for state and territorial plans, and to distribute the
funds. With the advice of the Advisory Committee and the
approval of the Commission, a formula based upon popula-
tion was adopted, and guidelines were accepted and relayed
to the states. Each governor was asked to identify a liaison
within his or her state or territory; the liaisons were re-
quested to send preliminary plans for pre-White House
Conference activities, on the basis of which the federal
funds could be released. By the end of the fiscal year,
$1,575,000 of the $2 million committed to the states,
territories, and Indian Nation had been distributed based on
the formula recommended by the Advisory Committee and
accepted by the Commission.

Because the Executive Director position had not yet
been filled, the operations of the White House Conference

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Introduction

The U.S. National Commission on Libraries and
Information Science began fiscal year 1989 with an appro-
priated budget that equalled its authorized budget of
$750,000, and with a new executive director. In addition,
in August 1988 President Reagan signed into law a bill
authorizing NCLIS to plan and conduct a second White
House Conference on Library and Information Services
(Public Law 100-382). According to law, this conference is
to take place between September 1989 andSeptember 1991.

During the year, anew effort was begun to emphasize
tne role of the Commission in federal legislative matters,
with particular emphasis on information policies. In July
1989, the Commission held a hearing on the U.S. Congress’
Office of Technology Assessment’s report Informing the
Nation, launching a series of activities that focus on the
principles by which this nation implements information
policies in a pluralistic society.

With the recognition that the legislation supperting
the Commission contains elements that will require change
if the Commission is to operate effectively in the future,
Commissioners approved recommendations to amend the
NCLIS statute so that future budgets may be ‘ncreased
beyond $750,000 (a limitation extant since the inception of
the Commission in 1970), and positions left vacant by Com-
missioners whose terms have expired may be used by those
Commissioners as voting members until their replacements
have been confirmed by the Senate, or one Congressional

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Margaret S. Warden -- Former President, Mon-
tana Library Association and Former State Senator,
Helena, Montana (1979-1984)

JuliaLiWu = -- Head Librarian, Virgil Junior High
School, Los Angeles, California (1972-1978) (re-
nominated 19&2)

Mildred E. Younger -- Member, Board of Direc-
tors, Los Angeles Library Association, Los Angeles,
California (1975-1980)

Altred R. Zipf -- Former Executive Vice Presi-
dent, Bank of America, San Francisco, California
(1970-1973)

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° becoming fully engaged in the process by which
legislation is used to address the library and
information needs of the country.

Follow-up work will be done to secure the endorse-
ment and full participation of education organizations in
support of the results of the symposium on information
literacy. The proceedings of the symposium will be pub-
lished.

Work on the hypertext data base to orient delegates
to the White House Conference on Library and Information
Services to significant issues will continue. As appropriate,
staff members will communicate with state library agen-
cies, and will attend some of the pre-White House Confer-
ence meetings at the statewide level.

With the continued communication with colleagues
in the United Kingdom and Canada, work will proceed
toward meeting the initial goals of the Glenerin Declaration.

The Commission will continue to work coopera-
tively with a wide range of organizations to promote the
importance of library and information services, In addition,
its statutory responsibility to advise and report to the Presi-
dent, Congress and government agencies regarding library
and information issues will remain a top priority.

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Appendix I

Public Law 91-345
lst Congress, S, 1519

July 20, 1970
As amended by Public Law 98-20, Hection B08, May 3, 1973

‘To establish a National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, and
for otber purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may
be cited sa the “National Commission on Libraries and Information
Science Act”,

STATEMENT OF POLICY

Src, 2, The Congress hereby affirms that library and information
services adequate to meet the needs of the le of the United States
are essential to achieve national goals and to utilize most effectively
the Nation's educational resources and that the Faderal Government
will cooperate with State and local governments and public and
private agencies in assuring optimum provision of such. ices,

COMMISGION ESTABLISHED

Src, 3, (a) There is hereby established as an independent agency
within the executive branch, National Commission on [Libraries
and Information Science (hereinafter referred to as the “Com-
mission”).

>) The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare shall pro-
vide the Commimion with necessary administrative services (includ-
ing those related to budgeting, socounting, financial reporting, person-

, and procurement) for which pa: it shall be made in Avance,
orby reimbursamant, from funds ofthe Commission and fuch amounts
as ma agreed u ¢ Commission an retary of
Health, Education, and Welfare. ° y

CONTRIBUTIONS

Stc. 4. The Commission shall have authority to accept in the name of
the United States granta, gifts, or bequesta of money for immediate
aeeuernent in fun erance ot the functions of the Commission. Such
fran, or juests, a: acceptance Commission,

pelt by the donor or his representative Yo the Treasurer of the
United States whose receipts shall be their acquittance. The Treasurer
of the United States shall enter them in a special account to the credit
of the Commiasion for the purposes in case specified.

FUNCTIONS

Src. 5, (a) The Commission shall have the primary responsibility
tor developing or recommending overall plans for, and advising the
appropriate governments and agencies on, the policy vet forth in sec-
tion 2, In carrying out that responsibility, the ion shall—

(1) advisa the and the Congress on the implementa.
tion of national policy by such statements, presentations, and
reports as it deems appropriate;

(2) conduct studies, nurrers and analyses of the library and
informational needa of the Nation, including the special library
and informational needs of rural a: of economically, socially,
or culturally deprived persons, and of elderly persons, and the

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National
Commission on
libreries and
Information
Soience Act.

84 STAT, 440
64 STAT, 441

Advise to
President and
Congress,
Studies, surveys,
eto,

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. he
Chairman Jerald C. Newman and Dr. Lotsee Patterson (Comanche)

during the hearings in New Mexico.