ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


December 1988 /  785

WASHINGTON
HOTLINE

Carol C. Henderson (202) 547-4440; (ALA0025)
Deputy Director, ALA Washington Office

HEA II-D Grants. January 13, 1989, is the deadline for applications for the second 
round of grants under the Higher Education Act title II-D College Library Technology and 
Cooperation grants. Application packages are being mailed to all first round applicants, or can 
be obtained by request to Frank Stevens or Linda Loeb, Library Development Staff, Depart­
ment of Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Rm. 402M, Washington, DC 20208-5571; 
(202/357-6315). The initial awards under fiscal year 1988 funding for this new program were 
announced at the end of September; 46 grants were made to encourage exemplary uses of tech­
nology to support library services within higher education. The four categories of awards were 
for networking equipment (20 grants averaging $52,339), joint-use or consortium (14 grants 
averaging $104,387), services to institutions (3 grants averaging $23,914), and research and 
demonstration (9 grants averaging $112,229).

Federal funding. Congress provided funding for all programs by the beginning of fis­
cal year 1989 on October 1—the first time since FY 1977 that all appropriations bills were 
passed on time. Most library and related programs were up slightly from last year, with some 
exceptions such as the HEA II-B training and research and II-C research library programs. 
These two examples also show the effects of across-the-board cuts imposed on programs under 
their jurisdiction by the House and Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Sub­
committees. To keep funding within the subcommittees’ allocated totals, House-Senate con­
ferees both this year and last year imposed small cuts on the totals otherwise agreed to, thus 
shaving any intended increases and eroding programs intended to be level funded. For in­
stance, two years ago, HEA II-B was at $1 million and II-C was $6 million.

(amounts in FY 1988 FY 1989 FY 1989 FY 1989
thousands) FUNDING HOUSE SENATE FUNDING
HEA II-A college libs. -0- -0- -0- -0-

II-B training, res. $ 718 $ 718 $ 718 $ 718
II-C research libs. 5,744 5,744 5,744 5,744
II-D tech & coop. 3,590 3,800 3,590 3,651
HI developing instit. 152,370 180,000 169,978 174,577
IV-C college work study 588,249 635,000 600,014 610,097
VI international educ. 25,419 25,419 25,419 25,114

LSCA III interlibrary coop. 18,669 20,000 18,669 19,102
GPO SuDocs 24,662 25,155 25,155 25,155
Library of Congress 247,971 256,883 257,278 257,278
Medical Lib. Asst. Act 9,414 defer 9,790 9,673
Natl. Lib. of Medicine 58,496 64,836 60,836 64,058
Natl. Agricultural Lib. 12,194 13,446 14,682 14,268
NCLIS 718 750 750 741
NEH 140,435 153,700 144,235 153,000
NHPRC 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000
Postal revenue forgone 517,001 436,417 436,417 436,417
FIPSE 11,645 13,645 11,645 11,856
Natl. Center for Ed. Stats. 20,953 33,169 29,500 31,122