The eight papers in this collection were presented at five sections of the Division of Management and Technology: (1) "The State Conservation Programme (Concept Approach)" (Tamara Burtseva and Zinaida Dvoriashina, USSR); (2) "La communication a distance de banques d'images pour le grand public (Public Access to Image Databases via Telecommunications)" (Luce-Marie Albiges, France); (3) "Electronic Document Delivery and Libraries: Technologies, Strategies, and Issues" (Leigh Swain and Gary Cleveland, Canada); (4) "The Beilstein Institute Facsimile Project" (Reinhard Ecker, Germany); (5) "Spatial Development and Disposition of Services of the State Lenin Library of the USSR" (V. V. Timokhina); (6) "Principles of Functional Library Building Planning" (David Kaser, USA); (7)"Performance Assessment: Today's Confusion, Tomorrow's Solutions?" (Alan MacDougall, UK); and (8) "Status, Image and Reputation of Librarianship: Results of an Empirical Study" (Hans Prins, Netherlands). (MAB)