================================================================= [Issue corrected May 23, 1996] ALAWON Volume 5, Number 30 ISSN 1069-7799 May 20, 1996 American Library Association Washington Office Newsline In this issue: GAO REPORT ON LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AVAILABLE TABLE OF FINAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY96 APPROPRIATIONS _________________________________________________________________ GAO REPORT ON LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AVAILABLE For those interested in obtaining a copy of _Library of Congress: Opportunities to Improve General and Financial Management_ by the U.S. General Accounting Office, it is available both electronically and in print. To download a text or PDF version of the report use the following URL: http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/loc.htm Each requestor is entitled to one free printed copy. Each additional copy is $2.00. To order a printed copy of the report by e-mail send a blank message to orderform@www.gao.gov to receive an order form Send completely filled out form to orders@gao.gov The report can also be ordered by phone: (202) 512-600; TDD: (301) 413-0006; fax (301) 258-4066; or mail: P.O. Box 6015, Gaithersburg, MD 20884-6015. Indicate the following report: Library of Congress: Opportunities to Improve General and Financial Management T-GGD/AIMD-96-115, May 7, 1996 _________________________________________________________________ FY 96 FINAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FEDERAL LIBRARY AND RELATED PROGRAMS (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS) LIBRARY PROGRAMS FY 1995 FY 1996 Appropriations Appropriations GPO Superintendent $ 32,207 $ 30,307 of Documents Higher Education Act 11,416 5,500 II-B, library education (4,916) (2,500) II-B, research and (6,500) (3,000) demonstrations Library of Congress 348,480 324,700 Library Services and 132,745 127,005 Construction Act I, public library (83,227) (92,636) services II, public library (17,792) (16,369) construction III, interlibrary (23,700) (18,000) cooperation IV, Indian library Funded with 2% of total services for LSCA I, II, and III VI, library literacy 8,026 0 programs National Agricultural Library 18,000 19,000 National Commission on 901 829 Libraries and Information Science National Library of Medicine 127,997 141,439 (includes MLAA) LIBRARY RELATED PROGRAMS Adult Education and Literacy 278,943 259,592 ESEA title I, 7,217,824 7,218,647 Education for Disadvantaged ESEA (I-B) Even Start (102,024) (102,024) ESEA title II-A - 21,356 18,000 Eisenhower professional development Federal activities ESEA title II-B - 251,298 275,000 Eisenhower professional development State grants ESEA title III, 22,500 78,475 Education Technology Star Schools - part B (25,000) (23,000) ESEA title VI - Innovative 347,250 275,000 education program strategies, State grants (formerly Ch. 2 - school library resources eligible) Education of Handicapped 2,998,812 3,000,000 Children (state grants) Educational Research 86,200 56,600 Educational Statistics 48,153 46,227 Educational Assessment 32,752 32,637 Goals 2000 371,870 350,000 HEA title III, 229,656 194,846 Institutional Development HEA title IV-C, 616,508 616,508 College Work-Study HEA title VI, 59,073 56,151 International Education Inexpensive Book Distribution 10,300 10,300 (RIF) Institute of Museum Services 29,000* 21,000 NTIA Information 21,000* 21,500 Infrastructure Grants National Archives & 195,000* 199,633 Records Administration National Endowment 162,000 99,494 for the Arts National Endowment 172,000 110,000 for the Humanities National Historical 9,000* 5,000 Publications & Records Commission Postsecondary Education 17,543 15,000 Improvement Fund * sum is rounded to the nearest million _________________________________________________________________ ALAWON is a free, irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office. To subscribe, send the message "subscribe ala-wo [your_firstname] [your_lastname]" to . ALAWON archives gopher.ala.org; select Washington Office Newsline. Web page HTTP://www.ala.org/alawashington.html. ALA Washington Office 202.628.8410 (V) 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, #403 202.628.8419 (F) Washington, DC 20004-1701 Lynne E. Bradley, Editor Contributors: All materials subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. =================================================================