Prepared for the members and staff of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS), this report responds to the April 1985 charge to the White House Conference on Library and Information Services Preliminary Design Group to: (1) make recommendations on the kinds of appointments which should be made by the President, Senate, House, and NCLIS to the 30-member National Advisory Committee, taking into consideration minority representation and geographic distribution; (2) prepare a preliminary design which will recommend the scope and focus of the conference; (3) frame the different alternatives for financing the conference; and (4) initiate planning for the schedule of events leading to the conference. Library and information services for productivity, library and information services for literacy, and library and information services for democracy are proposed as the three overarching themes of the 1989 White House Conference. Following an introduction and executive summary, this document includes the following sections: The Context for Planning the 1989 White House Conference on Library and Information Services; The Scope and Focus of the 1989 White House Conference; Administration of the White House Conference; White House Conference Planning Timeline; and Building Support for the White House Conference. Appendices include position descriptions of the advisory committee members; the advisory committee composition chart; potential sources for interagency task force members; examples of organizations and interests for possible program team membership; and a description of preliminary design group meetings and activities. (THC)