There are 11 papers from the Division of General Research Libraries in this compilation: (1) "National Library and Information Needs: Alternative Ways of Meeting Them, with Special Reference to the Role of National Libraries" (Maurice B. Line); (2) "Managing Change in National LIbraries: The Library of Congress" (James H. Billington); (3) "Coping with Change: The Experience of the Bibliotheque Nationale" (French and English versions; Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie); (4) "The National Szechenyi Library as Research Center" (Gyula Juhasz); (5) "Progress Report on 'Legislation on National Libraries of Countries around the World'" (Lenin State Library); (6) "The Economics of Research Libraries: Present State and Future Prospects" (Malcolm Getz); (7) "French University Library Funding" (French and English versions; Christian Lupovici); (8) "Funding Third World University Libraries" (Bart U. Nwafor); (9) "Experience of Bilateral Cooperation between the Parliamentary Libraries of Poland and Hungary" (Andrzej Gwizdz, and Katalin Balazs-Veredy); (10) "PARENSIS (Parliamentary Information System) and the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) Information Centre" (Hilmi Celik); and (11) "Parliamentary Libraries and IFLA: Idea and Reality" (Dermot Englefield). (SD)