clarifying authority to purchase copies; increasing authority to prepare catalog and bibliographic materials; authorizing librarian to act as acquisitions agent

clarifying authority to purchase copies; increasing authority to prepare catalog and bibliographic materials; authorizing librarian to act as acquisitions agent Sec. 218. Section 231 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended by section 217 of this Act, is further amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting “copies of” before “all” and by striking out “and”; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking out “for these materials promptly after receipt, and distributing bibliographic information” and inserting in lieu thereof “promptly and distributing this 82 Stat. 1038and other bibliographic information about library materials”, and by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof “; and”; and (3) by adding after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: “(3) enabling the Librarian of Congress to pay administrative costs of cooperative arrangements for acquiring library materials published outside of the States and not readily obtainable outside of the country of origin, for institutions of higher education or combinations thereof for library purposes, or for other public or private nonprofit research libraries.”