These remarks are based on the Association's cooperative library study finding that two-thirds of the southeastern libraries are already participating in cooperative programs. Libraries must now exploit these avenues of cooperation, especially with the Library of Congress. Cooperative projects in automation such as CONSER, COMARC, and RLG are currently in progress and others, such as the National Union Catalog data base for the Register of Additional Locations and the automated process information file, will provide prime networking opportunities for further development. Data base manufacturers should standardize search strategies to help make these new tools affordable to library users. The Library of Congress is combining its two computing systems into one that can be more fully utilized by the readers. (Author/AP)