This inaugural volume contain 22 state-of-the- art review articles, which focus on various important aspects of information storage technology. Contents include: Trends in Recording and Control Technologies, Mechanical Design of a Belt Driven Data Cartridge, Heat Transfer and Slider Bearing Characteristics in a Magnetic Storage File, Hydrodynamic Lubrication of Head Medium Interface, Role of Fractal Geometry in Tribology, Tribology of Carbon-Overcoated Thin Film Media During Start-Stop, Actuation Mechanisms in Optical Storage, and Durability of Magnetic Thin-Film Rigid Disks in Nitrogen and Helium Environments.