The Symposium on Computerized Laboratory Systems was presented at the 25th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy held in Cleveland, Ohio, 5 March, 1974. The symposium was sponsored by Committee E31 on Computerized Laboratory Systems of the American Society for Testing and Materials. This symposium was primarily a result of the efforts of the symposium organizers F. W. Kunz, Ford Motor Company, and J. W. Frazer, Lawrence Livermore Laboratories. They also served as symposium co-chairmen and editors of the publication.