This issue of "The Bookmark" contains 23 essays examining the challenges facing public library trustees and changing community needs. Topics considered include: the role of the trustee, fund raising, lobbying and the legislative process, library building programs, library automation, literacy, intellectual freedom, information access, preschool library programs, library standards, and library planning. Also included are several general articles on public libraries in the future, an article tracing the history of the New York Association of Library Boards (NYSALB), and a report of the Regents Advisory Council on Libraries to the Board of Regents Cultural Education Committee. Most of the articles include bibliographic references. (EW)