This document contains abstracts of papers on database design and management which were presented at the 1986 mid-year meeting of the American Society for Information Science (ASIS). Topics considered include: knowledge representation in a bilingual art history database; proprietary database design; relational database design; in-house databases; alternate indexing schemes; Diselector, a diesel engine database; end user-created databases; database management system selection; the Department of Defense Gateway Information System; technical staff needed for database management system maintenance and enhancement; integrating database management into the library school curriculum; optical disk databases; remote database use and management; use of citation counts for faculty evaluation; development of a research and development tracking system; hypermapping; a biotechnology knowledge-based system; design and implementation of an automated correspondence program; database use in management; document and data retrieval; design of a menu-driven user interface for the ERIC database; library databases; and information retrieval system design. (EW)