Topics summarized in this annual report of the Library Association for 1976 include improved contact between branch and headquarters staff; continued international relations; efforts to capture interests of groups and individuals outside the Library Association; public lending right, and economic cuts; closer liaison with people and organizations interested in the work of libraries; association membership; professional librarian qualifications; research and development relating to management training in librarianship, mobility of librarians in Europe, library statistics, book and periodical prices, bibliographical standards, cataloging rules, Dewey Decimal classification, future of the British Union Catalogue of Periodicals (BUCOP), multi-cultural library service, and service to the disadvantaged, a Royal Commission on the National Health Service, local library cooperation, and Association standards; conditions of service and salaries in public, and university libraries; and a summary of British Library activities. A list of new and pending Association publications, and brief reports by representatives on joint committees and other organizations are also provided. (Author/MBR)