This Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit compiled by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) contains documents pertaining to bibliographic access in ARL libraries. Data collected in a 1975 SPEC user services survey are presented in two tables to illustrate new, eliminated, and planned services in ARL libraries and methods of dealing with common obstacles to bibliographic access in research libraries. Additional contents include: (1) selected portions of a report to the Council on Library Resources describing automation projects and plans for change in academic libraries; (2) a description of procedures for the use of the OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) system from the University of Connecticut; (3) a description of an automated catalog card production system from the University of Maryland; (4) reports on library automation, and limited cataloging, pamphlet cataloging, and discard from Pennsylvania State University; (5) guidelines for implementing search services from the University of California at Berkeley; (6) selected portions of a report on computer-assisted information services from Northwestern University; (7) a discussion of factors to consider in the implementation of the Lockheed Dialog online bibliographic information retrieval service from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln; (8) a draft version of a computer search reference manual from Stanford University; and (9) a description of an automated literature search service from the University of Pennsylvania. (KM)