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By the end of the 1979 fiscal year the Library had completed or initiated several interesting and significant projects, largest of which was the document describing, and requesting bids for, an automated, on-line circulation system which was distributed to potential venodors late in June. For its impact on the Library's future, a more far-reaching product of this year was approval of a final draft of our collection development policy. Having passed through at least three draft stages during its 6-7 year gestation, the policy statement will soon be available to anyone concerned with an interest in our collection's growth. On the national scene, the Library was chosen to participate in the test of a new inter-library loan system which is being utilized via computer terminals formerly used only for cata-loging. The test identified problem areas but the system is in operation. Also of national comparative interest: among larg