Designed to provide assistance to countries in developing centralized services to their libraries for nonbook materials, this pamphlet contains examples from five countries that have succeeded in establishing such services. Those examples include: (1) "The Central Library Service for AV-Materials in Denmark" (Suzanne Hemmeth Christoffersen); (2) "The Position of Audiovisual Media in the Federal Republic of Germany--Problems and Perspectives" (Wilhelm Wiemers); (3) "National Service to Public Libraries in the Field of Audiovisual Media: The Situation in the Netherlands" (Ed Spruit); (4) "Norway: Audiovisual Media in Biblioteksentralen, Oslo" (Per Chr. Erikstad); (5) "Sweden: The Activities of the AV Section of the Bibliotekstjanst" (Birgitta Malmquist). Information on Danish services includes: review sources, cataloging and classification, publication of talking books, storage equipment, national bibliographic registration of audiovisual materials, other bibliographies and catalogs, microforms, and online searching. The article on Germany discusses records and cassettes, music, video films, and the Supply Centre for Public Libraries (EKZ). Information on the Netherlands includes problems of the public library in integrating audiovisual materials and a description of the services and other activities of the Dutch Centre for Public Libraries and Literature (NBLC). Discussion of Norwegian services includes language courses, music, and use of videotapes in libraries. Finally, Swedish activities discussed include music services; filmstrips, slides and language courses; talking books; and cataloging. Brief biographies of the contributing authors and their addresses are provided. (JB)