The 16 reports in this collection were presented at an open forum on research libraries and meetings of three more specialized sections: (1) "Nature and Purpose of the Division of General Research Libraries" (Ernst Kohl); (2) "Objectives and Goals of the Section of Parliamentary Libraries" (Ernst Kohl); (3) "The IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations) Section of University Libraries and Other General Research Libraries" (Rolf Schuursma); (4) "The National Library's Role in Developing a National Information Policy--the Case of Sweden" (Birgit Antonsson); (5) "The National Library as a Decentralized Organization: The Case of Finland" (Esko Hakli); (6) "Summary of the Paris Workshop 1989 on Performance Measurement" (John Willemse); (7) "Measuring Academic Library Performance" (Barbara J. Ford and JoAn S. Segal); (8) "Performance Measurement in the Danish Libraries" (Niels Ole Pors); (9) "The Challenge of Change in Eastern Europe to the Parliamentary Libraries of the West" (Ernst Kohl); (10) "How the Nordic Council Works" (Bert Isacsson); (11) "The Place of the Library in the Administrative Structure of the Parliament" (Eric J. Spicer); (12) "Progress Report on Legislation on National Libraries of Countries around the World" in the period between the 55th and the 56th sessions of IFLA (Lenin State Library); (13) "Cooperation between National Libraries" (J. M. Smethurst); (14) "Library and Research Services to the Swedish Parliament" (Bengt Alexanderson, Editor); (15) "Problems of Performance Evaluation in Academic Libraries" (Roswitha Poll); and (16) "Workshop on Library Security" (a discussion checklist, bibliography, and other workshop materials, presented by Beckman Associates Library Consultants, Inc., of Ontario, Canada. (MAB)