Seminars devoted to different aspects of the immediate implementation of cost effective information systems were conducted. A keynote address emphasizing the need for tough management decisions to accompany information systems in the years ahead preceded the workshop reports. The first workshop discussed the impact of new technologies--structured programing, top down design and top down programing--and the management of programing projects. Planning for computer facilities and the budgeting and pricing of those services were the foci of two other groups. One workshop explored the present and potential impacts of minicomputers on the development of cost effective information systems in colleges and universities. Another taught the APL programing language to participants for use in administrative functions. The value of file management systems for simplified database updating, retrieval and report generation was emphasized in the database management seminar. A last group used a system model to develop strategies for academic library management in a time of rapid change. (KB)