Reviews the history of the National Union Catalog and the publication of the Pre-1956 Imprints. The roles of the ALA and Mansell Publishing in the completion of what is probably the last large-scale nonautomated bibliographic project, editorial problems, and the role of automation in future projects are discussed. (JL)

Describes the background, objectives, and successes of the Multi-Media Access Project (MAP) begun in July 1979 to eliminate barriers to resource sharing of audiovisual materials in 18 multitype Illinois library systems. The types of equipment handled through MAP and the development of a union list for MAP interlibrary holdings are discussed. (JL)

Despite predictions that the Latino population will become the nation's largest minority group, mainstream publishing offers few titles for Spanish-language collections development. This article describes how the San Antonio (TX) public library has developed a "Latino Collection." Includes highlights on how the Queens Borough (NY) Public…