The movement of society into the Information Age raises a number of important issues in the field of library and information science, including the role of libraries and information in building a learning society and helping individuals to learn. The library/information community also needs to address the issue of the government's role in disseminating information and protecting individual and property rights, and the government's support for (or competition with) the private sector in the field of information. Other issues of concern are the role of information in the economy, the value of information, the protection of intellectual property rights, and the determination of what future information professionals will need to know if they are to be able to meet the changing needs of the emerging Information Society. Finally, the issues of lifelong learning as raised in recent reports in the nation's educational system need to be examined, and the role of libraries in developing information skills needed for lifelong learning needs to be addressed. (3 notes/references) (EW)