[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR701.8]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
                    CHAPTER VII--LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
 
PART 701--PROCEDURES AND SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
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.

[62 FR 64280, Dec. 5, 1997]