This symposium examined issues in the planning, development, and implementation of library automation and the effects of electronic publishing. The following presentations are included in this collection: (1) "Will There Be Electronic Anarchy?" (Helen Henderson); (2) "Ergonomics in the Electronic Era" (Andrew Torok); (3) "LS/2000--Synopsis of an Illustrated Talk Describing the OCLC Local Library System--LS/2000" (Niall Perry); (4) "The Online Catalog Revolution" (Frederick Kilgour); (5) "The Graceful Integration of Text and Facsimile in an Electronic Document Delivery System" (Thomas Hickey); (6) "Delivery Systems: Beyond Access" (Susan Martin); (7) "Electronic Publishing: Some Observations Evolving from Our Experience" (Oldrich Standera); (8) "Recent Work of the IEPRC (International Electronic Publishing Research Centre)" (Hans Ehlers); (9) "Electronic Publishing and Records Management" (Marc D'Alleyrand); and (10) "The Electronic Era: Implications for Consultancies" (Esther Dyer and Scott Bowker). The papers are supplemented by various figures, and most have bibliographic references or bibliographies. Two additional papers were presented: "New Developments in Electronic Publishing" (Alan Singleton), and "The Age of Information: The Development in Information and Communication on the Basis of New Technologies" (Wolfhart Anders). (EW)