Twenty-nine questions to be asked before deciding on a book catalog are presented with comments based on the experience of the Baltimore County Public Library. The assumption made throughout this paper is that the work will be done by computer. (Author/NH)

The year's activities of the Cataloging and Classification Section of the American Library Association are reviewed and articles of special interest to the catalog librarian are given. (NH)

The conversion of catalog records to machine-readable form is described. The conversion system is outlined. Conversion costs and actual and contemplated results are listed. (Author/NH)

The four elements of this documentation and control system are: standard catalog entries, data abstract or description forms, content documentation codebooks, and records of physical and logical characteristics of the data set. (9 references) (Author)

Separation of catalogs by script, and, within non-Roman scripts, by language, is discussed as an alternative to Romanization. Difficulties are considered and a solution is suggested--the establishment of separate machine readable data bases for each script and a National Union Catalog in microform for the separate "registers." (Author/MBR)

Summarizes recent articles and research reports on electronic publishing and identifies key researchers, issues, and trends. Predictions about rate of technological change and likely impact on libraries are explored, and related concerns about technological change and copyright, newspaper production, and the publishing industry are discussed.…