[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 234 (Friday, December 5, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 64279-64280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31752]
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
36 CFR Part 701
[Docket No. LOC 98-1]
Assignment of Special Research Facilities
AGENCY: Library of Congress.
ACTION: Final regulation.
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SUMMARY: The Library of Congress issues this final regulation to revise
Library of Congress Regulation 815-3. The revised regulation will
reflect the change in availability for assignment of study shelves,
study desks and study rooms, the renaming of the responsible division
from General Reading Rooms Division to Humanities and Social Sciences
Division and to the Congressional Relations Office for study rooms for
Congressional use.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 5, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lana Kay Jones, Acting General
Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C. 20540-1050. Telephone No. (202) 707-6316.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Regulation states the Library's policy
regarding the assignment of special research facilities, including
study shelves, desks, and other facilities designed for the use of
scholars
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involved in extensive research using materials from the Library's
collections.
List of Subjects in 36 CFR Part 701
Libraries, Seals and insignias.
Regulation
In consideration of the foregoing the Library of Congress amends 36
CFR part 701 to read as follows:
PART 701--PROCEDURES AND SERVICES
1. The authority citation for part 701 will continue to read as
follows:
Authority: 2 U.S.C. 136.
2. Section 701.8 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 701.8 Assignment of Special Research Facilities.
(a) Study Shelves. Individually-assigned reserve shelves are
available adjacent to several reading rooms for the use of researchers
whose work requires access to the same materials over an extended
period of time. Shelves are assigned to applicants for a specific
period through the Research Facilities Office, Humanities and Social
Sciences Division. Shelves must be renewed at designated intervals.
(b) Study desks. A limited number of study desks are available for
the use of researchers engaged in full-time research projects involving
extensive use of materials requiring larger amounts of material drawn
from the Library's collections, more work space, greater physical
security, and/or a more private environment than might be possible in a
reading room. Study desk areas shall not be used as a primary office
from which the project undertaken is operated, nor as a business
location. Study desks are initially assigned for a period not to exceed
one year, with the assignment and termination dates determined by the
Head of the Main Reading Room Section, Humanities and Social Sciences
Division. The assignment of a study desk beyond the first year may be
made by the Chief of the Humanities and Social Sciences Division for a
maximum of two years from the first assignment when there is a
demonstrated need for the continuation of the assignment. Assignments
beyond two years require an exception to this part and shall be
specifically authorized by the Associate Librarian for Library
Services. Any researcher who demonstrates a continuing need for a
facility beyond an expiration date may reapply, but priority will be
given to applicants on the waiting list who meet the specific criteria.
(c) Congressional use of study rooms. Rooms 225A-225E in the James
Madison Building are available for the exclusive use of Members of
Congress and Committees for official research that requires use of the
Library's collections or files in the Congressional Research Service.
Assignment of study rooms shall be made in accordance with the
Resolution of the Joint Committee on the Library of September 12, 1959,
which states: ``* * * occupancy of study rooms assigned to Members
should not be delegated to others than members of their own office
staff who are paid no less than 20 hours per week from U.S. Government
funds and at a rate of not less than the minimum salary of a GS-3
clerk-typist * * *, and that Members should not request assignments of
rooms for themselves merely for the purpose of sponsoring the work of
private individuals and non-Government groups. * * *'' Rooms are
assigned for one year or the life of the project, whichever is less,
with the assignment and termination dates determined by the Director of
the Congressional Relations Office.
Dated: November 20, 1997.
James H. Billington,
The Librarian of Congress.
[FR Doc. 97-31752 Filed 12-4-97; 8:45 am]
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