To gather information on current catalog maintenance practices, researchers selected institutions from respondents to the September 1984 version of the OMS (Office of Management Studies) Automation Inventory of Research Libraries. A telephone survey of technical services and systems staff at 23 libraries investigated a wide range of issues related to both the database itself and organization-staffing. A concise summary addresses: planning and system issues; staffing and organization issues; and trends and implications. The kit contains SPEC survey information (questions asked, libraries contacted, documents received); manuals for catalog maintenance procedures from 10 institutions (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Pennsylvania State University, Syracuse University, University of Virginia, Duke University, University of California at Los Angeles, Northwestern University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, the New York State Library, and University of New Mexico); job descriptions and/or organization charts from five institutions (Pennsylvania State University, Northwestern University, University of Maryland, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and University of New Mexico); and a selective bibliography. (THC)