Activities of the Australian Advisory Council on Bibliographical Services (AACOBS) in 1976 included a series of initiatives designed to promote, improve, and systematise the provision of library and information services on a nation-wide basis. This report discusses work in the area of (1) bibliographical services--work in progress, control of Australian government documents; (2) national information resources--availability of Australian government publications, depository holdings of international organizations; (3) library services--federal aid to public libraries, copyright, inter-library loans and photocopying, communications costs; and (4) efforts towards resource sharing. Activities of the Council and its Committees are outlined, and reports from the Working Parties on Bibliography, Information Resources, Research and Development, Systems and Communications, and User Needs are appended. (BBM)