This subcommittee hearing addresses the issues and problems currently facing libraries, including the absence of responsibility for library programs resulting from the reorganization of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) and the implications of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-130. Statements, letters, and supplementary material from the following individuals are presented: (1) Dr. William Asp, director, Office of Library Development and Services, Minnesota Department of Education; (2) Francis Buckley, Jr., assistant director of technical services, Detroit Public Library; (3) Barbara Cooper, chair, White House Conference on Library and Information Services Taskforce; (4) E. J. Josey, chief, Bureau of Specialist Library Services, New York State Library; (5) Susan K. Martin, director, Milton Eisenhower Library Johns Hopkins University; (6) Page Miller, director, National Coordinating Committee for the Promotion of History; (7) Lucille C. Thomas, library consultant; and (8) Joyce Woods, librarian, Saline Public Library (Michigan). Additional supplementary material includes: "Every Penny Invested in Library Services Benefits... the Economy...the Community...the Individual"; excerpts from the Federal Register, vol. 50, no. 247, December 24, 1985, and vol. 51, no. 3, January 6, 1986; and a listing of Library Services and Construction Act grants by Congressional District. The text of House Joint Resolution 244 is also provided. (KM)