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PUBLISHING  \nRobert A.Frosch,administrator of the NationalAeronautics and Space Administration,has presentedto The Librarian of Congress a copy of the recordingentitled“Sounds of Earth”which was placed on eachof the two Voyager spacecraft launched to Jupiterand Saturn.It contains greetings in 55 languages,samples of music from different cultures and eras,and natural sounds of surf,wind,thunder,birds,whales,and other animals.The sounds of civilization,including footsteps,heartbeats,Morse code,trainwhistles,sawing,tractors,and auto gears,are also re-corded.In addition,the disc contains electronic infor-mation that an advanced technological civilizationcould convert into diagrams,pictures,and printedwords,including a message from the President.Someof the musical portions of the recording were ob-tained from the Library of Congress.  \nLibrarian Daniel J.Boorstin has announced the ap-pointment of Dana J.Pratt as director of publishingfor the Library.Mr.Pratt,who will assume this im-portant post on March 15,brings broad publishingexperience to the Library's scholarly publishing ac-tivities.  \nBorn in Cambridge,Mass.,in 1926,he received abachelor's degree from Tufts University and after ser-vice in the U.S.Navy began his publishing career,firstselling Princeton University Press titles and then assales manager of the University of Illinois Press.  \nIn 1955 he joined the Franklin Book Programs asfield consultant.In the next four years he traveledextensively for this organization,founded to promoteindigenous publishing in developing countries,movingfrom headquarters in New York City to officesabroad where books were being produced and dis-tributed.  \nIncluded with the disc were tape recordings and afilmstrip duplicating its cuntents.The disc,tapes,andfilmstrip are in the custody of the Recorded SoundSection of the Music Division.  \nIn 1959 he became staff associate at the AmericanBook Publishers Council,one of the predecessor orga-nizations of the Association of American Publishers.There he worked with member publishers on inter-national trade,government book programs,andmarketing.Appointed in 1962 as the first executivesecretary of the American Association of UniversityPresses and managing director of its wholly ownedsubsidiary,American University Press Services,Inc.,(Continued on p.159)  \n## EASTER EGG DECORATINGDEMONSTRATION SET FOR MARCH 15\n\nThe American Folklife Center in the Library willsponsor three free demonstrations of traditionalEastern European Easter egg decorating on Wednes-  \n\n| CONTENTS  \u003Cbr>Copyright Staff Concludes Training  \u003Cbr>Series in New Law ................162  \u003Cbr>Dana Pratt Appointed Director  \u003Cbr>of Publishing .................157-159  \u003Cbr>Distinguished Visitors Tour LC...·.·.....160  \u003Cbr>Easter Egg Decorating Demonstration  \u003Cbr>Set for March 15 ...............157-158  \u003Cbr>FCU Meeting and Election Set ....·.·.·..162  \u003Cbr>Franco Gulli,Enrica Cavallo  \u003Cbr>to 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