Describes issues relating to the introduction of microcomputer software into library collections. Topics discussed include collection development policies; selection criteria; library publications that review software; cataloging and classification; storage; circulation policies; copyright protection, including ownership and copying; and future…

This report of a symposium for educators in the province of Alberta provides background information on the symposium, a set of six major recommendations made by the participants, reports from the working groups to which participants were assigned; and the text of 12 papers presented at the meeting. The nine chapters of the report document the…