The six papers in this collection, which were presented at the 1991 Library Association of the City University of New York (CUNY) Institute, focus on the theme of library collection development: (1) "Evolving Knowledge Resource Access Systems: Keynote Address" (Peter R. Young, Executive Director of the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science); (2) "Cooperative and Collaborative Collection Development: Planning and Outcomes to Date in the University of California Experience" (Julia Gelfand, Applied Sciences Librarian at the University of California, Irvine); (3) "City University Resource Sharing--Is It Possible?" (Susan Vaughn, Associate Librarian for Collection Development at Brooklyn College, CUNY); (4) "The SUNY University Center Libraries' Participation in the PAClink Project and Two Other Grants" (Suzanne Fedunok, Assistant Director for Information and Research Services, State University of New York (SUNY), Binghamton); (5) "METRO's Collection Development Programs--How and Why They Do or Don't Work" (Rhonna A. Goodman, Assistant Coordinator of Programs and Services, METRO); and (6) "Collection Development: Survival Tactics in an Age of Less: Annotated Selective Bibliography" (Mimi B. Penchansky, Head, Online Search Service, and Suzanne R. Katz, Interlibrary Loan Librarian, Queens College, CUNY). (MAB)