Papers on official publications (government documents), automation, and electronic publishing, which were presented at the 1983 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference, include: (1) "The Automation of Documentation as It Relates to Official Publications and Its Importance in a Developing Country" by Ahmed Fassi-Fihri (Morocco), which describes the planned development of a decentralized computer system at Morocco's National Centre for Documentation; (2) "Electronic Publishing: Impact on Libraries," in which David Russon (United Kingdom) outlines types of electronic publishing and its impact on library equipment purchases, library staff, access to information, archival practices, copyright, and related issues; (3) "The Computerization of Administrative Documents in France and Citizen Information," in which Pierre Pelou (France) outlines the conceptual framework of the computerization of French government activities, the categories of telematically available data, and foreseeable data processing developments in the field of information; (4) "Use of International Documents in Developing Countries," a report by Luciana Marulli-Koenig on a survey of libraries and users in Colombia, Malaysia, and Morocco in order to determine the impact of literature produced by United Nations organizations and the effectiveness of their dissemination and bibliographic control practices; and (5) "Amtliche Veroffentlichungen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland" (Official Publications in the Federal Republic of Germany) by Siegfried Detemple (West Germany--paper in German). (ESR)