The first of two volumes of a conference proceedings, this document contains the welcome, the opening, the keynote addresses, and the invited papers, as well as a submitted paper by John Gillam which was not available for publication in the pre-prints (Volume 2) prior to the conference. Three addresses are not included in these proceedings and three papers are edited transcripts of the tapes. The 17 papers include: M. Beckman, "Management of Information Systems in a Network Environment"; M. Wigan, "Electronic Publishing and Technical Communications: A User's View"; T. Mays, "Public Access Catalogues"; P. Judge, "Public Sector/Private Sector Interaction in Australian Information Policy"; J. Davidson, "Australian Telecommunication Services"; R. Allen, "Public Information Systems in Australia"; I. Reinecke, "Unbottling the Genie"; M. Findlay, "Constructing National Databases--A Centralized Operation"; B. Forbes, "The STREAMLINE Perspective"; J. Gillam, "Developing the Satellite Options for Libraries"; K. Ziebell, "Customer Guidelines in the Choice of Telecom Data Products"; H. Russell and M. Irvine, "Development of Regional Information Systems"; I. McCallum, "New Products and Appropriate Technology"; K. Alder, "School Libraries and Computers"; E. Morrison, "Technology, Librarianship and Information Management"; M. Beckman, "On-line Catalogue Development: The Guelph Experience"; and G. Jackson, "CSIRO/VALA Technical Workshop on Microcomputer-Based Information Retrieval Packages." (DMC)