Based on annual reports from the states on project activities carried out under the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), this report provides an overview of programs authorized under Title I of LSCA over a 5-year period to support special projects at major urban resource libraries (MURLs) which operated for users on a regional basis. It also summarizes how federal funds have been used to help the states meet user needs through the strengthening of MURLs and metropolitan public libraries which serve as national or regional resource centers. Analyses of the FY 1987 annual reports show that the MURLs continued to strengthen library collections and provide interlibrary loan services. The use of various technologies in providing public library service continued to grow with the purchase of compact disk recordings and videotapes, and with the use of computers, microform readers and printers, videotape recorders, and other applicable technologies. Some of the state annual reports noted that new patrons were using library services for the first time to borrow videotapes, compact disk recordings, and computer software. The reports also indicated a continuation of projects for database searching and the purchase of large-print books, microforms, foreign language materials (such as Asian, Spanish, and Russian), government documents, Afro-American history and literature collections, Hispanic collections, and the expansion of periodical collections on microfilm. The introduction provides a brief narrative report on LSCA funding requirements and levels, a discussion of trends in MURLs and metropolitan libraries, and two tables of statistics on expenditures and funding for the MURLs and the national or regional resource centers for each state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The appendix, which makes up the major part of this report, presents detailed statistics for each of 42 states broken down by fiscal year. (BBM)