This kit reports on a survey which focused on the methods by which libraries practice online authority control to ensure that names, subjects, and uniform titles are consistently applied and maintained in bibliographic records. Questionnaires were sent to 32 selected member libraries of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) to determine the extent to which they used automated authority control; 30 responses were received. The majority of these libraries reported that they practice both pre- and post-cataloging authority control, and the method of control that is used is largely dependent on the type of bibliographic record which is examined. Authority control procedures are usually not delegated by a person whose primary responsibility they are, but rather by a committee or a catalog maintenance unit. In addition to the questionnaire and a summary of the survey results, this kit contains: (1) job descriptions and organization charts from the universities of California at Los Angeles, Notre Dame, New Mexico, Iowa State, and Kansas, and also from Vanderbilt University and the National Library of Canada; (2) procedural documents from the universities of California at Berkeley, Iowa, Rochester, Kansas, New Mexico, and Utah, and also from Rice University and Washington University; (3) authority workforms from the universities of Kansas and New Mexico, the National Library of Canada, and Harvard College; and (4) systems reports from the universities of Cincinnati and Kansas and from Vanderbilt University. A list of eight selected readings is included. (MAB)