This document contains eight papers by American participants in the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Seminar on Access to Library Resources through Technology and Preservation: (1) "The Automation of Libraries and Information Services in the United States" (Richard De Gennaro); (2) "Databases: Issues in the Bibliographic Control of Information in a Computer Environment" (Henriette D. Avram); (3) "The Preservation of Knowledge: Strategies for a Global Society" (Patricia Battin); (4) "Library Cooperation: Prospects for International Action" (Susan K. Martin); (5) "Regional Conservation Centers in the United States" (Ann Russell); (6) "New York State Program for Conservation and Preservation of Library Research Materials" (Joseph F. Shubert); (7) "Microforms and Brittle Books" (Margaret M. Byrnes); and (8) "Library of Congress Preservation Office Deacidification Talk" (Peter G. Sparks). (MES)