Intellectual property systems of today, challenged by the new information and communication technologies, need substantial changes or new mechanisms to allocate both rights and awards in the library network environment. The technological changes are now outpacing legal structures that govern systems. The major focus of the Library of Congress Network Advisory Committee's program session, held during its March 23-25, 1988 meeting, was on the identification of intellectual property issues in the library network context. Invited speakers set the stage to provide NAC members with a better understanding of the issues involved. Their presentations addressed predictions that the copyright law will be replaced by contracts of adhesion; the use of collecting societies as a mechanism to provide fair compensation to creators; the expanded role of the Copyright Office; and the need to amend copyright law to meet the challenges of new technologies.