Official opening statements, organizational reports, and papers on libraries in a technological world, which were presented at the 1983 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) welcoming addresses by Franz Georg Kaltwasser and Mathilde Berghofer-Weichner; (2) opening speeches by Else Granheim (IFLA president) and Jacques Tocatlian (UNESCO representative); (3) a financial report by M.-L. Bossuat (IFLA treasurer); (4) a report by the Secretary General on 1981-82 trends in IFLA programs, activities, support, and finances; (5) a progress report from the IFLA International Office for UAP (Universal Availability of Publications) by M. B. Line and S. Vickers; (6) a report by Edward Huck Tee Lim on the UNESCO/IFLA pre-session seminar on "University Libraries in Developing Countries--Structure and Function in Regard to Information Transfer for Science and Technology"; (7) "The Significance of Information Science for the Theory and Practice of Librarianship" by Thomas J. Galvin (United States); (8) "Problemes et Questions de l'Usager face aux Bibliotheques dans un Monde 'Technicise'" (Problems and Questions in the Usage of Libraries in a Technological World) by W. Knopp (West Germany--paper in French); (9) "From the Well to the Tap," in which Denis Varloot (France) discusses future impacts of technology on libraries, librarians, and the production, storage, and consumption of information; (10) "Activities of Libraries in the Developed Socialist Society in the Meeting of Readers' Needs in Conditions of Scientific and Technical Progress" by N. S. Kartashov (USSR); and (11) reports from sections and round tables belonging to the IFLA Division on Libraries Serving the General Public. (ESR)