They are waiting for revision of the ISO standard on library statistics to provide a model. Wanda Dole reported that in the U.S. the Association of Research Libraries continues to study the problem of measuring electronic resources. At the 1997 Copenhagen Conference, the Statistics Section Standing Committee agreed to promote a new Discussion Group to be sponsored by the Statistics Section in liaison with the Public Libraries Section. Topics and agendae would be similar to those already established for the Academic Libraries Discussion Group. IFLA Satellite Meeting, Berlin, 25-28 August, 1997.
Situation reports from other countries.
It was unanimously agreed that this Discussion Group should meet regularly at future conferences and that its program should include both informal reports and prepared presentations. Future administrative arrangements. It was agreed that John Sumsion and Aline Girard-Bilon should continue as conveners. The Section held its fourth Browsing Session on August 18th. Next year's session will feature public library statistics.