Papers on national library services and activities, which were presented at the 1983 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference, include: (1) "The National Library of China in its Gradual Application of Modern Technology," a discussion by Zhu Nan and Zhu Yan (China) of microform usage and library automation; (2) "The Catalogue and Bibliography Hall at the Bibliotheque Nationale: Tradition and Technology," a discussion of online search experimentation by Marie-Louise Bossuat (France); (3) "On the Way to a German National Bibliography of the 16th Century," by Irmgard Bezzel (West Germany); (4) "China's Four Modernizations and Library Service" by Hu Yaohui (China); (5) "Research and Development and Its Contribution to National Library Services," in which B. J. Perry (United Kingdom) reviews forms of government support for library/information science research and development in Great Britain; (6) "Die Bibliotheken des Goethe-Instituts im Ausland und die Bibliotheksarbeit im Ausland als Teil des Kulturpolitischen Auftrags des Goethe-Institut" (The Libraries of the Goethe Institute in Foreign Countries and Library Activities in Foreign Countries as Part of the Cultural Mission of the Goethe Institute) by Dieter Vollprecht (West Germany--paper in German); (7) "Publishing by National Libraries: Results of the (7) "Publishing by National Libraries: Results of the Pilot Questionnaire" by Stephen Green (United Kingdom), with a sample of the 1983 questionnaire provided; and (8) "The Management of Change," in which Guy Sylvestre (Canada) advocates a pragmatic approach to managing technological change in libraries. (ESR)