The Bureau of School Libraries of the New York State Education Department presents a planning guide for participation in Title IV-B of the 1974 Elementary and Secondary Education Act which provides grants for school library materials, other instructional materials, equipment and minor remodeling for its use, and testing and guidance services. The guide covers filing applications, fund distribution, planning and procedures, eligible and ineligible expenditures, selection of materials and equipment, administration of items acquired under IV-B, participation of private school children, project evaluation, and fiscal guidelines. Standards are provided for educational programs in 6 subject fields as well as for counseling and guidance services and school library media programs. (LS)