The almanac is culled from the staff and collections of the libraries. It includes interesting tidbits and data as well as activities and programs at Arlington Public Library branches.

This episode introduces ACORN (Arlington County On-line Resource Network). After a brief introduction by Jayne McQuade, the program goes into an overview of "Everybody's Catalog". Dan Connole shows Ellen Bozman, a member of the Arlington County Board, how to use the new system using various search strategies. Jayne McQuade then introduces Novelist. Karen Huston, fiction specialist, explains to Giam Nguyen, a patron, something about this new tool....