Integrated Online Library Systems (IOLS) focuses exclusively on the issues of planning and managing automated systems in libraries and information centers. The theme of the IOLS '98 annual meeting is "Embrace and Extend," and 18 papers were selected for presentation that provide insight into the current technologies being "embraced" in libraries. Librarians, library automation service providers, automation consultants, and library science faculty document their experiences with implementing the state of the art in library automation, describe their visions, and make suggestions for future directions. Papers are arranged alphabetically by speaker, and an index provides references to all speakers and topics. Papers include: "The Old Complements the New: An Online Vendor Ranks Library Publications about the Web" (Jane Bambrick); "Collection Development Decisions in a World Wide Web Environment" (Nancy M. Bolt); "Library Web Pages: A Visual Literacy Framework for Evaluation" (Roberta Brody, Thomas T. Surprenant, Virgil L. Blake); "Crafting the Library Home Page: Creativity, Consensus, and the Customer" (Dennis R. Brunning, Philip J. Konomos); "Making the Transition from a Card Catalog to an Automated Catalog in a Japanese High School" (Frances A. Colombo); "'Responses Dynamics'-The Evaluation of Answers to Your RFP Questions" (Gloria Dinerman); "The Development of a Course Guide: The Integrated Subject Guide Model of Customized Information Retrieval" (Mary A. Doyle); "Using Database Management Systems to Implement an IOLS" (Mark K. Dzurinko, Nina Platt);"Creating a Virtual Library for Off-site Users with ProCite" (Cara Helfner); "Knowledge Management--Taking Advantage of What You Know" (Carol J. Knoblauch); "Project Whistlestop: Design Considerations for Information Retrieval Performance in an Image Database" (Thomas R. Kochtanek, James M. Laffey); "It Takes a Team: Designing an Effective Library Web Page" (Annette M. LeClair); "Interface to Multiple Web Sites: Partnership Search Center" (Aline Martinez, Selena A. Ramkeesoon); "Organizing, Reorganizing and Maintaining a Library Web Presence" (Anne C. Moore); "The Remote Reference Room" (Frederick N. Nesta); "Observation and Anticipation; Sirsi's Development of the Webcat Interface" (Susan Nielsen); "Serving Olympic Documents Via PDF Files" (Wayne Wilson); "Newer Operating Systems: Analysis of Their Utilization and Potential in Libraries" (Sharon Yang). (AEF)