IT ALL STARTED with the American Library Association (ALA) which wanted to celebrate its centenary in 1976 at its headquarters in Chicago. With five American librarians and non-librarians I was invited to give a centennial paper. I declined the flattering offer because I had left the profession and had no time to do any research. I added innocently, however, that I would be delighted to speak out of personal experience, for instance on the impor tance of American librarianship in my professional life. This pro posal was accepted; I delivered the lecture and my text was printed in Libraries...

Proceedings of the Advanced Research Workshop organised by the European Cultural Foundation in Luxembourg, November 1984 to assess the Impact of New Information Technologies on Library Management, Resources and Cooperation in Europe and North America.