In fiscal year (FY) 1991, the U.S. Department of Education made 36 awards totaling $5,854,924 under the Strengthening Research Library Resources Program (Higher Education Act Title II-C) to 26 major research libraries throughout the country. The funding supports research library projects designed to make certain rare and unique materials more accessible. This is accomplished through three major kinds of activities: bibliographic control, preservation, and collection development. This document contains abstracts of the projects funded in FY 1991 listed alphabetically by institution. The information provided in the abstracts includes: institution; project director(s); program focus; grant period; FY 1991 funding; grant number; and title and description of the project. An analysis of the FY 1991 applications and grantees is also presented. Tables and figures of project statistics are appended. (JLB)