In the Spirit of 1992: Access to Western European Libraries and Literorwe is on the growth and development of online access to bibliographic records. This work is intended to assist librarians and other educarors in developing a broader world view, a more global perspective on the interconnectedness available through electronic information access, in this case, to Western European resources. It is crucial that librarians can ably interrogate the information infrastructure so vital to international growth and development, as well as to world understanding. This is one step in that direction. Information technology is increasingly available in colleges and universities on both sides of the Atlantic. In Europe this cooperative networking effort is taking place through the initiatives of the Commission of the European Communities' (CEC) Plan of Action for Libraries in the European Community (EC). The significant interest in Europe has fueled several other excellent sources of information resources on access to European library resources. Among the first is Bibliographic Access in Europe: First International Conference (Lorcan Dempsey, ed. Hants, England: Gower Publishing Company Ltd., 1990). Bibliographic Access in Europe is the proceedings of a conference organized by the Centre for Bibliographic Management and held at the University of Bath, September 14-17, 1989. In addition to this title and other books, articles, and documents mentioned by, or listed by, the authors of the chapters in this volume, a number of other publications will prove useful to those who would like to know more about the subject [see Appendix]. In addition a number of organizations can also provide extensive information on the state of online networking and other connections