This publication contains the following essays: (1) "Das Bibliothekssystem der Ruhr-Universitat Bochum: hochschul-und stazungsrechtliche Grundlagen" (Bernhard Adams); (2) "On Appropriate Librarianship: The Genesis of the Library of Today, and Its Possible Exodus Tomorrow" (Maurice B. Line); (3) "The Challenge to Library and Information Professionals in the Visual Information Age" (Ching-chih Chen); (4) "Paradigm Lost: Research Libraries in an Era of Change" (Richard De Gennaro); (5) "Die wissenschaftliche Bibliothek auf dem Weg zur Mediothek" (Sigrid Reinitzer); (6) "Accessing Information: The Future" (Frederick G. Kilgour); (7) "International Issues in Education for Library and Information Professionals" (Mohammed M. Aman); (8) "The Use of New Technologies in the Library to Foster Literacy among Minorities" (Shmuel and Irene Sever); (9) "Serving the Users: On Our Constant Work to Make Better Libraries" (Morten Hein); (10) "Von der Benutzerschulung zur Information Literacy:' ein Uberblick" (Dieter Schmidmaier); (11) "Der lange Weg zu SOKRATES: Geschichte des EDV-Einsatzes an der Universitatsbibliothek Augsburg" (Rudolf Frankenberger); (12) "CD-ROM Networking Developments amongst the Oxford Libraries" (David J. Price); (13) "Library Automation in the Institute Libraries of the Technical University of Denmark: Introduction of the ALIS Compatible Microcomputer Online Cataloguing and Retrieval System PC-INFO" (Bent Barnholdt); (14) "Probleme der Bibliographie-Herstellung durch angeblich automationsgerechte Regelwerke" (Karl F. Stock); (15) "The Bibliographic Utility: The Next Decade" (David Buckle); (16) "Der dritte mittelfristige Plan der UNESCO und die Bibliotheken" (Gunther Pflug); (17) "IFLA's Long Term Policy" (Hans-Peter Geh); (18) "Das schone Madchen ohne Mitgift: ein kurzer Streifzug am Rand der Agyptologie" (Harro Heim); (19) "Bibliotheca Alexandrina" (Jean-Pierre Clavel--in French); (20) "The Way to Alexandrina" (Salem Hasan--in Arabic). (KRN)