The Library is in a transition period right now, undergoing reorganization. The Slavic bibliographer position, that had belonged to Wojciech Zalewski before his retirement, remains unfilled. Cataloging is working on cleaning up some backlogs. Stanford continues working on the Pamiatnye knizhki microfilming project for the 20th century pre-Soviet period, which will probably be finished this year. No new developments, just working on cleaning up backlogs.
Finances remain a problem.
The Libraries have undergone some reorganization. There is also an endowment for a chair in Baltic studies, and there continues to be growth in that area. The Libraries have received a three-year Title VI grant to create access to Russian regional information online. The Russian Far East is a potential focus for that project. The Directory of the Institute for Modern Russian Culture will remain at USC, and he will receive a large increase in budget for the purchase of Russian books, that Ruth will help to select.