This Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit, an update of a 1975 kit, considers trends in the development and use of goals and objectives statements in Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member institutions, as illustrated in documents received in response to an August 1979 SPEC survey. The kit comprises: documents on developing and using goals and objectives from Duke University, University of Notre Dame, Texas A&M University, Pennsylvania State University, and McGill University; and goals and objectives statements from Michigan State University, Texas A&M University, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, University of Maryland-College Park, University of Cincinnati, Iowa State University, University of California-Riverside, Southern Illinois University, Duke University, University of Notre Dame, Washington University, Pennsylvania State University, and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The concise summary that introduces the collection focuses on the development of goals and objectives, use of goals and objectives, and related trends and issues. (THC)