Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 163 / Wednesday, August 24, 2005 / Notices 49683

Dated: August 17, 2005. 

Emily Stover DeRocco, 

Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration.

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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 

ADMINISTRATION 

Notice of Establishment 

The Archivist of the United States has 

determined that the establishment of the 

Advisory Committee on Electronic 

Records Archives is necessary and is in 

the public interest in connection with 

the President’s Management Agenda’s egovernment initiatives. This committee 

will comply with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2). 

This Committee shall advise the 

Archivist of the United States on 

technical, mission, and service issues 

related to the Electronic Records 

Archives (ERA). It will advise and make 

recommendations to the Archivist on 

issues related to the development, 

implementation, and use of the ERA 

system. 

The Committee will be composed of 

not more that 20 voting members 

considered having particular expertise, 

knowledge and experience in electronic 

records. Members will be appointed by 

the Archivist of the United States. 

Unless renewed by appropriate action 

prior to its expiration, the Charter for 

the Advisory Committee on the 

Electronic Records Archives will expire 

two years from the date of 

establishment.

Dated: August 17, 2005. 

Mary Ann Hadyka, 

Committee Management Officer.

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND HUMANITIES 

Proposed Collection, Comment 

Request, Current Characteristics of 

Sample Public Library Summer 

Reading Programs

AGENCY: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services.

ACTION: Notice, request for comments, 

submission for emergency OMB 

approval. 

SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and 

Library Services, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and federal agencies to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing collections of information in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 

U.S.C. 3508 (2)(A)]. This pre-clearance 

comment opportunity helps to ensure 

that requested data can be provided in 

the desired format, reporting burden 

(time and financial resources) is 

minimized, collection instruments are 

clearly understood, and the impact of 

collection requirements or respondents 

can be properly assessed. The Institute 

of Museum and Library Services is 

currently soliciting comments 

concerning its planned collection of 

data to support discussion of current 

public library evaluation practices for 

summer reading programs. 

A copy of the proposed information 

collection request can be obtained by 

contacting the individual listed below 

in the addressee section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addressee section below on or before 

September 19, 2005. 

IMLS is particularly interested in 

comments that help the agency to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collocation of information 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submissions of responses.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Karen 

Motylewski, Evaluation Officer, 

Institute of Museum and Library 

Services, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, 

NW., 9th floor, Washington, DC 20036–

5841. Ms. Motylewski can be reached on 

telephone: 202–653–4686; Fax: 202–

653–4625; or by e-mail at 

kmotylewski@imls.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Background: The Institute of Museum 

and Library Services is charged with 

strengthening library services for the 

benefit of the public. Under the 

authority of the Library Services and 

Technology Act IMLS provides formulabased funds to each of the 50 state 

library administrative agencies (SLAAs). 

Public library summer reading programs 

are common to all SLAAs and most of 

the nation’s approximately 9,100 local 

libraries. These programs are important 

resources for education in the United 

States and promote the vision of a 

society in which learning is seen as a 

community-wide responsibility 

supported by both formal and informal 

educational entities. While there is 

strong conviction in the library field 

that public library summer programs 

foster reading skills, public libraries 

collect little evaluative data. 

Under its convening authority IMLS 

will bring together 33 state and public 

library professionals on September 8–9 

to explore current evaluation practice 

for public library summer reading 

programs and to identify a small 

number of common proxy measures for 

the outcomes of library summer reading 

programs. These measures will be 

piloted in a Web-based data collection 

and management resource for libraries 

in summer 2006. 

II. Current Actions 

Agency: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services. 

Title: Current Characteristics of 

Sample Public Library Summer Reading 

Programs 

OMB Number: n/a. 

Agency Number: 3137. 

Frequency: One time. 

Affected Public: State Library 

Administrative Agencies and Public 

Libraries. 

Number of Respondents: 33. 

Estimate Time Per Respondent: 10 

minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 5.5. 

Total Annualized capital/startup 

costs: 0. 

Total Annual costs: $1500.00. 

Contact: Send comments to Karen 

Motylewski, Evaluation Officer, 

Institute of Museum and Library 

Services, 1800 M Street, NW., 9th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20036–5841. Ms. 

Motylewski can be reached on 

telephone: 202–653–4686; Fax: 202–

653–4625; or by e-mail at 

kmotylewski@imls.gov.

Dated: August 19, 2005. 

Barbara G. Smith, 

E-Projects Officer, Office of Research and 

Technology, Authorized Liaison Officer to the 

Federal Register on behalf of the Institute 

of Museum and Library Services.

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