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This Proceedings document begins with the text of the keynote by Dr. Michelle Caswell, followed by seven papers, representing a sampling of the symposium presentations from the 2022 Digitizing Hidden Collections (DHC) Symposium, a capstone event for the Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives program. This program was funded by the Mellon Foundation and issued calls for new applicants between 2015 and 2020. The two-day symposium brought together over 135 participants, with presenters from 23 grant-funded projects, both past and current. Their contributions addressed the symposium's theme: "We digitized it--what's next? Learning from and making use of digitized hidden collections." An appendix lists all Symposium content and those who presented and contributed.

Eleven of the 15 papers in this collection discuss library services for disadvantaged persons; the remaining four papers are concerned with services to multicultural populations. The papers from the Section of Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons appear first in this list: (1) "The Development and Future of Easy Readers for Adults in the UK" (Stephen Hoy, United Kingdom); (2) "Library Education in Canadian Prisons: A Model" (Anne Galler, Canada); (3) "The Use of Audio Visual Materials in Prisons" (Bernard Wright, United Kingdom); (4) "Health Information and the Community" (Robert Gann, United Kingdom); (5) "'All You Ever Wanted To Know about Medicine But Never Dared Ask': Health Information Services for Patients" (Sally Knight, United Kingdom); (6) "Matched Texts for Deaf Children" (John Wheeler, United Kingdom); (7) "Libraries at the Crossroads: How Library Services for Disadvantaged People Can Stimulate Services for Everyone" (William Anderson, United Kingdom); (8) "Library Services for the Visually Handicapped: Integration or Separation?" (Jo Dister, Netherlands); (9) "New Materials for Learning Braille: A Critical Review of Publications and Projects over Five Years" (Tom Maley, United Kingdom); (10) "OPCS (Office of Population Censuses and Surveys) Surveys of Disabled People in Great Britain" (Jean Martin and Karen Dunnell, United Kingdom); (11) "Royal National Institute for the Blind, General Needs Survey" (Errol Walker and Aubrey McKennell); (12) "Australian Libraries and the National Language Policy" (Derek Whitehead, Australia); (13) "Multicultural Library Service in a Bilingual Framework: A Canadian Experience" (Olga Gil); (14) "Ethnic Librarianship and Its International Developments in North America" (Jashu Patel, United States); and (15) "The Policy of National Language and Its Implication for Library Service for Multinational Population of the USSR" (Ildar Nazmutdinov, USSR). (CGD)

Of the 11 papers in this collection, three are in German and in English translation; one is in French with an English translation and two are in French only; one is in Spanish with an English translation; and four are in English. The papers include: (1) "Europaische Bibliotheksinitiativen = European Library Initiatives" (Gunther Pflug); (2) "Die Zusammenarbeit Wissenschaftlicher Bibliotheken in den Sozialistischen Landern = The Cooperation of Academic Libraries in the Socialist Countries in Europe" (Radoslaw Cybulski); (3) "National Libraries in a Time of Change" (Maurice B. Line); (4) "Was Ist eine Nationalbibliothek? = What Is a National Library?" (Gunther Pflug); (5) "The National Libraries of Southern Europe: Present Situation and Probable Development" (Maria Luisa Cabral); (6) "La situation des bibliotheques universitaires au Portugal = The Situation of the University Libraries of Portugal," (Maria Jose Moura, in French only); (7) "Las Bibliotecas de Investigacion y el Sistema Espanol de Bibliotecas = The Research Libraries and the Spanish Library System" (Jeronimo Martines Gonzales); (8) "Automation et Cooperation dans les Bibliotheques Universitaires Italiennes = Automation and cooperation in Italian university libraries" (Giovanni Solimine, in French only); (9) "Guidelines for the Security of Loan Exhibitions" (Henry J. Heaney); (10) "'The Many and the One': Implications of Conspectus Building for Individual University Libraries" (David H. Stam); and (11) "Progress Report on 'The Legislation of the National Libraries of the Countries of the World' for the Period from April 1987 to July 1987" (Lenin State Library of the USSR). (MES)

Three conference papers on the formulation of collection development policies are presented in this report: (1) Richard W. Blood, Assistant Professor and Social Sciences Bibliographer, General Libraries, University of Houston, discusses both the theoretical considerations behind an academic library's decision to write such a policy and the attributes of a good collection development document; (2) Gerald Bishop, Head Librarian, Bibliography Department, General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin, reports on the experience of writing such a policy for a large academic library, and the value of that policy in the on-going process of collection management; and (3) Michael J. Benedict, Co-Ordinator of Materials Selection, Houston Public Library, shares his experience of creating the collection development statements of a large public library. (Author)

The six papers in this collection were presented at three sessions. The three presented to the Division of Management and Technology are listed first: (1) "The RLG (Research Libraries Group) Preservation Program and RLIN (Research Libraries Information Network) System Support" (Patricia McClung and John Haeger, United States); (2) "Problems of a Register of Microform Masters in Europe" (Heiner Schnelling, West Germany); (3) "The Role of Conspectus in Scottish Libraries" (Henry Heaney, United Kingdom); (4) "Library Associations: Strategies for the Future" (Philip Gill, United Kingdom); (5) "Centralized Library Services" (Jan Gumpert, Sweden); and (6) "Centralized Services for Libraries" (W. DeCeuster, Belgium). The fourth paper was presented at the Round Table for the Management of Library Associations, and the remaining two at a joint meeting of the Round Table for the Management of Library Associations and the Round Table of National Centres for Library Services. (CGD)

Six of the seven papers in this collection focus on regional library activities in Africa, Asia and Oceania, and Latin America and the Caribbean: (1) "Libraries and Information Services in a Changing World: The Challenges African Information Services Face at the End of the 1980s" (Dejen Abate, Ethiopia); (2) "The Computer and Knowledge Information Development in Malaysia: Some Perspectives" (Edward Lim Huck Tee); (3) "New Development of Scientific and Technical Information Services in China" (Wang Jiabin, China); (4) "El Papel de las Asociaciones Profesionales (The Role of Professional Associations)" (Maria Casas de Faunce, Puerto Rico, in Spanish only); (5) "Library and Information Services in a Changing World: An African Point of View" (A. Olugboyega Banjo, Nigeria); and (6)"Report of the Activities of the Regional Section for Asia and Oceania 1986-1987" (J. S. Soosai, Malaysia). The seventh paper was delivered at a joint meeting of the Division of Regional Activities and the Division of Libraries Serving the General Public: "Library Development Worldwide: The Role of the British Council" (Gillian Roche, United Kingdom). (CGD)