The continuing education of library staff is the focus of this collection of papers and journal articles presented at or related to seminars sponsored by the New York Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency (METRO). It includes "LEX: Law Advice for Public and Academic Librarians," by Alice Norton; the Library Journal/School Library Journal's 1977 special report on closing the card catalog; "Bibliography of Recent Journal Articles and Monographs on the Current Status and Future of Library Catalogs," compiled by James D. Anderson; American Libraries' May 1978 report on the Management Review and Analysis Program (MRAP); "Readings on MRAP and Related Management Studies," compiled by Augurio Collantes; "MED-INFO: For the Reference Librarian Who is Not a Medical Librarian," by Alice Norton; and "The Supervisor and the Troubled/Troublesome Employee," by Roger Parent. (FM)