The 23 papers in this collection were presented at 5 sections of the Division of Special Libraries: (1) "Principles of Government Librarianship" (Hans H. van der Neut); (2) "Strategic Planning as an Instrument of Improving Library Quality" (Maurice B. Line); (3) "Library Staff Development Consultancy: A Means to Achieve a Better Library?" (Christopher J. Hunt); (4) "Why User Education and How Can Information Technology Help?" (Nancy Fjallbrant); (5) "La Maitrise Strategique de l'Information Composante Essentielle de la Formation des Ingenieurs" The Strategic Management of Information: An Essential Element in the Training of Engineers (Jean Michel); (6) "Information Skills across the Curriculum" (Ann Irving); (7) "Development of Hospital Libraries in Sweden" (Lena Sewall); (8)"Automation at Landspitalinn Medical Library" (Solveig Thorsteinsdottir); (9) "Success Factors in Transforming a Traditional Medical Library into an Information Center for the Future" (Elisabeth Buntz); (10) "The Iceberg of Crumbling Books: Conservation and Related Activities in Norway" (Rolf Dahlo); (11) "International Standardization of Requirements to Permanent Paper: A Status Report, April 1990" (Ivar A. L. Hoel); (12) "The Restoration of Posters from 1940-1945 in the Royal Library" (Wijnand Goossens and Jacobus van de Watering); (13) "Government Libraries in Sweden--A Survey of Information Services" (Eva B. Bjorck); (14) "On the Problem of Library Collections Requiring Constant Amendment and Updating, as Exemplified by Patent Specifications..." (Gerhard Kruse); (15) "The Information and Library Environment and the Productivity of Research" (Michael Koenig); (16) "The Online Document Ordering Network for Libraries in the Federal Republic of Germany" (Ekkehart Seusing); (17) "Document Delivery in the Pacific" (Esther W. Williams); (18) "An Agreement between the Libraries of European Business Schools for the Exchange of Documents" (Louis d'Arras d'Haudrecy); (19) "ABI/Inform Full Text" (Susan Orchard); (20) "Digital Mapping on CD-ROM" (Peter G. Ochman); (21) "Map Catalogue and Graphic Interface from the PC Version of the Swedish National Atlas" (Goran Baarnhielm and Wolter Arnberg); (22) "Documentation and Interactive Cartographic Systems" (Hans Van De Waal); and (23) "HyperCard: Information Storage and Retrieval in a Map Library" (C. K. Chu). (MAB)