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[[underlined]]Current Resources and Support[[/underlined]]

Total resources available to Museum Programs in FY 1982 approximate $9,900,000 and 248 full-time positions.  Of this total, federal appropriations amount to about $7,700,000 and 215 positions, and support almost entirely the units' basic work, with the exception of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES).  SITES relies to a large extent on general unrestricted trust funds ($1,289,000 in FY 1982), most of which are generated by rental fees for the exhibitions circulated.

A breakdown for FY 1982 Museum Programs resources follows:

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Source of Funds | FY 1982 Full-Time Employment | FY 1982 Funds ($000)
Federal Salaries & Expenses | 215 | $7,734
Unrestricted trust | 30 | 1,662
Restricted trust | 3 | 442
Federal Grants & Contracts | [[underlined]] - [[/underlined]] | [[underlined]] 17 [[/underlined]]
Total | 248 | $9,855
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Other Museum Programs units funded by nonappropriated unrestricted trust funds in addition to federal appropriations are the Libraries, for the support of staff and related expenses, and the Smithsonian Archives, which has a small trust fund budget.  The Office of Museum Programs has a revolving trust fund budget based on revenues received for handling and shipping costs for the circulation of audiovisual programs on conservation information.  The borrowers of these programs, usually museums or academic institutions, are charged no rental fee for their use.  The Office of Horticulture, South Group Buildings Management, and the Office of Exhibits Central also have special purpose trust fund accounts stemming from provision of services or production efforts for trust activities; these funds are used only to sustain these services.

[[underlined]]Future Year Prospectus[[/underlined]]

Within this projected planning period, the Institution will establish and initiate a training program for conservators and conservation technicians at the Museum Support Center.  The staff of the Conservation Analytical Laboratory is to be expanded to include a director of the Conservation Training Program, conservation training coordinators, and additional conservators and scientists.  Resources projected for this