Proceedings include: opening remarks (F.J. Willett); a vice-chancellor's needs for management information services (R.W. Russell); the needs of a science dean for information (K.C. Westfold); the perceived needs for management information services from the point of view of a university administrator (R. Marginson); the role of the systems manager (P.R. Masters); the current role of a data processing manager (D.E. Ritchens); external demands for information on universities (P. Karmel, B.R. Williams); information and analysis in higher education planning and decisionmaking in the United States, 1975 (B. Lawrence); survey of management information systems in Australian universities, 1975 (A.W. Findlay); reports of the working groups; and recommendations made by the conference. (MSE)