Forecasts by the Project on “Information UK 2000 ” done by the British Library for the future LIS is outlined, with an introduction on its overview, which is summarized in 96 points of view, and a brief description of an analysis report on future LIS.

This paper first introduces the formation,current technical situation and developing tendency of the multimedia system.Then the paper analyses the changes of library equipment and service catagories brought about by the multimedia publications,and finally this paper explains the pushing effect on library automation by the multimedia technology.

This paper at first explains the meaning and features of the multimedia technology and then expounds its applications in the information fields,mainly including information storage,the editing and publishing of books and newspapers and periodicals,information searching,and information services.

Based on the concept of multimedia,the paper discusses the support technology of multimedia systems,such as digital information handling,information storage、I/O、database etc.It summarizes the appliable fields of multimedia systems and makes some suggestions on developmet of multimedia system.

The paper introduces the content,structure and featrues of GeoRef CD-ROM database,and it' s retrieval functions.

Based on the experiences in establishing the SULCMIS,the paper introduces the environments and models for implementing the Document Information Network System in university libraries of Guangdong province.It also discusses the establishment and development for the bibliographic databases,the supporting techniques for communication networks,as well as some considerations for the implementation of the network models.

BiblioFile and CDMARC Subjects are usually used for cataloging and subject-searching.How to use the two kinds of CD-ROMs for book classification is explained in detail in the paper.

This paper introduce a method for the development of graphic function in library by C language.This method is useful to the scientific management of library.

The article introduces several knowledge representation approaches in artificial intelligence. Based on some already realized application of these approaches, it discusses some other potential application of these knowledge representation approaches in information retrieval system.