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Focuses on the creation of the S.A.I.L.S. Library Network, a private non-profit corporation which is an automatic library network in Massachusetts. Services of S.A.I.L.S. to its member libraries; Computer network which is shared by libraries; Installation of the WebCat catalog; Limitations of services to library users.

Offers library science news in the United States. Speculation that Harvard University's Widener Library in Cambridge, Massachusetts will have to relocate; View of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on library Internet filters; Federal funds for the University of Southern California at Los Angeles to seismically retrofit its Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library; Others.

Announces that the number of cardholders at the Boston Public Library grew by more than 32,000 in the last quarter of 1989. How this is an increase of 50 percent over the same time period in the previous year; Range of libraries BPL patrons can access with a new automated card system; Abilities to electronically reserve items at any network branch; Number of patrons using the BPL system.

Discusses how restraints on children's library access have created controversy in Illinois and Massachusetts. Proposal by the Oak Lawn, Illinois, Public Library Board to restrict the access of children ages 13 and under from adult library material; Decision to rescind the proposal; Protest in Andover, Massachusetts by youngsters demanding freedom to use the entire library, not just the children's room.

Presents statistics regarding library related issues. Percentage of people who hold library cards for the Denver Public Library; Final registration numbers for the 1989 American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in Washington; Amount of books borrowed by University of Illinois and Boston University; Other statistics.