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LIBRARY  SUPPLIES  AND EQUIPMENT
Library funding responsibilities

Religious Program Specialist 3 & 2, Module 01-Personnel Support
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Stimulation  of  use  and  interpretation  of materials  through  publicity;  display;  reading lists;  book  talks;  book,  music,  and  film  discus- sions; etc., either in the library or at meetings of shipboard  organizations. Provision   of   bibliographic   information on  books  and  other  materials. FUNDING  FOR  SHIPBOARD LIBRARIES Religious Program Specialists must be aware of how shipboard library operations are funded. The   Navy’s   General   Library   Program   is   sup- ported  by  NETPDC  with  centrally  managed  ap- propriated  funds,  and  with  local  appropriated funds  provided  by  naval  activities.  Navy  shore activities  may  not  use  nonappropriated  funds for  any  general  library  purpose,  but  afloat  com- mands  may  request  waivers  from  Commanders in  Chief,  Atlantic  or  Pacific  Fleets  as  ap- propriate,  to  pay  off-duty  library  attendants with  nonappropriated  funds. Naval  general  libraries  are  identified  as  a special   expenditure   item   in   the   command budget:   cost   account   code   9964   (see   N A V - COMPT   Manual  024640).  Librarians  and library  officers  coordinate  with  fund  managers in  preparing  local  library  budget  estimates  and justification  to  be  submitted  as  part  of  the normal budgetary requests. An  outline  of  funding  responsibilities  for shipboard  libraries  is  provided  in  figure  8-19. Responsibilities of Commanding Officers for the Procurement of Books and Other Library  Materials Local   funds   are   needed   in   some   areas   of library   collection   development.   Commanding officers  provide  ship  general  library  collections and  facilities  as  needed  to  assure  sound programs  of  off-duty  education.  The  general library’s  function  is  to  provide  for  reference needs and for the depth and scope in collections needed  to  enrich  and  extend  the  learning experience. BOOKS.—Commanding  officers  are  respon- sible  for  the  development  and  expansion  of initial   shipboard   collections.   Commanding   of- ficers  are  supported  by  NETPDC  in  this  area. Procurement  of  books  required  to  provide  a well-rounded general library program which are not  available  from  NETPDC  will  be  funded locally. OTHER   LIBRARY   MATERIALS.—Maga- zine  and  newspaper  subscriptions,  professional journals,  loose  maps,  sheet  music,  art  prints, catalogs,   pamphlets,   etc.,   to   meet   local   re- quirements  are  procured  with  local  funds. TECHNICAL  SUPPORT  VISITS Religious  Program  Specialists  must  under- stand  how  and  why  technical  support  visits  for shipboard  libraries  are  made.  SECNAVINSTS 5070.3 and 5400.14 establish the basic relation- ship  between  CNET  and  commanding  officers of   ships   where   general   libraries   are   located. Specifically, in the area of material support and professional  guidance,  CNET  is  responsible  for the  technical  support  which  is  provided  directly to  activities,  keeping  the  chain  of  command  in- formed  as  appropriate. Technical  support  visits  are  normally  made by naval regional librarians acting as field agents of  CNET.  Technical  support  visits  assist  com- mands  in  areas  of  library  administration  and management, training and use of personnel, col- lection   development,   improvement   of   services and  programs,  and  similar  related  purposes. Technical  support  visits  do  not  normally result in written reports. Oral reports and discus- sions  with  activity  personnel  of  visit  findings may be followed by memoranda for the record if there are areas of agreement or concern to be im- plemented   or   resolved.   Written   reports   and memoranda  will  normally  be  submitted  only  to the  visited  command  and  not  to  commands  at higher  echelons,  nor  to  other  technical  offices, bureaus,  etc.,  unless  very  serious  problems  are found  to  exist. Predeployment  Schedule 120  days  before  deployment: Schedule  an  onboard  assistance  visit  from the naval regional librarian to review the library 8-29







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