This volume contains descriptions of 62 library programs that have been identified as being exemplary in one of the following program topic areas: (1) services to populations without library or media centers; (2) services to populations with inadequate library/media centers; (3) services to special populations, including the disadvantaged, handicapped, institutionalized, and elderly; (4) models for planning and provision of services to a community; (5) community information and referral services; (6) innovative and effective uses of technology to expand or increase services; (7) regional library resource centers; (8) instruction in literacy; (9) library education, training, and the re-training of librarians; (10) new techniques for disseminating information about library resources to the research community; (11) formal institutional agreements linking library or media centers of all types, including those in the public sector; (12) programs that teach students how to gather, evaluate, and use information available through libraries; (13) models for joint library/teacher involvement in student learning; and (14) public library facilities that are functionally efficient and conducive to learning. School, school system, public, and academic libraries are represented. A program review checklist of evaluation criteria is included, and the appendix provides definitions and criteria for specific topic areas. (MES)