The 12 papers in this compilation focus on the activities of general research libraries, i.e., national, parliamentary, and university libraries: (1) "Commercial and Revenue Raising Activities in National Libraries" (Maurice Line & Peter Scott, New Zealand); (2) "The End of All and Forever--On the Acquisition Policies of National Libraries and the Future of Legal Deposit Material" (Bendick Rugass, Norway); (3) "The National Library of Iran in a Period of Change" (Poori Soltani, Iran); (4) "National Libraries in a Time of Change: Viewpoint from a Developing Country--Papua New Guinea" (Otto Kakaw, Papua New Guinea); (5) "International Co-operation in the Creation of a Library and Documentation Service for the National Assembly of Djibouti" (P. St. J. Dawe, Djibouti); (6) "A Modern Metamorphosis: Recent Development in the Queensland Parliamentary Library" (Nick Bannenberg, New Zealand); (7) "Parliamentary Libraries in Southeast Asia: Status of Development and Prospects for Cooperation" (Jane Ann Lindley, Pakistan); (8) "Guidelines for the Security of Loan Exhibitions" (Henry Heaney, United Kingdom); (9) "Australian Academic Libraries Approach the Millennium: The Record and the Prospect" (G. G. Allen, Australia); (10) "Library Effectiveness--The Need for Measurement" (John Willemse, Republic of South Africa); (11) "The History of the National Library of Indonesia: The Bibliographical Borobudur" (S. W. Massil, United Kingdom); and (12) "The History of National Library Provision in Australia" (Harrison Bryan, Australia). (CGD)