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[John Hammer]

The hearing was on tape delay broadcast by C-SPAN and I watched a part of it 
(a great cure for insomnia).  What I could get out if it was the LCs 
present mission was deemed to broad and should be drawn more narrowly to 
focus on being a national library, including being a leader in new 
technology.  The one thing that concerned me was the discussion about 
charging for cataloging.

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On Thu, 9 May 1996, Wilfred Drew wrote:

> I heard a good analysis and report on this last night on NPR's All Things 
> Considered.  The committee chair in Congress (don't remember his name) 
> was 
> reacting to testimony from Billington.  He said (as I remember it)," We 
> support the current mission of the LOC.  We want you to examine possible 
> changes in management."
> 
> It sounds as if the consultants weren't asked to look at the mission but 
> were asked to look at only day-to-day operations.  Does any one else know 
> more about this?
> --
> Wilfred Drew (Call me "Bill") Serials/Reference/Systems Librarian
> SUNY College of Ag. & Tech.;   P.O. Box 902;  Morrisville, NY 13408-0902
> Internet: DREWWE at SNYMORVA.CS.SNYMOR.EDU
> Phone: (315)684-6055 or 684-6060 Fax: (315)684-6115 
> Homepage: http://www.snymor.edu/~drewwe/
> Not Just Cows Homepage: http://www.snymor.edu/~drewwe/njc/
> LibraryLinks: http://www.snymor.edu/pages/library/
> --
>