Papers contributed by the conferees and members of the staff of the Office of Education are organized into seven subject areas: (1) problems of urban education and school library services; (2) interrelating curriculum and school library supervision in large cities; (3) school library services for culturally deprived children and youth in large cities; (4) school library services for gifted children and youth in large cities; (5) provision of school library personnel in large cities; (6) financial support for school libraries in large cities; and (7) guidelines for action. Specific urban areas used as examples in some of the papers include New York City, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia. Participants in this conference included personnel from the boards of education of the public school systems of the 20 largest cities; school library supervisors, school administrators, and curriculum directors from 16 of these cities; six state school library supervisors; and the president and executive secretary of the American Association of School Librarians. A list of their names and addresses is appended. (JD)