[en] A summer study was held in 1977 to provide definitive recommendations on the design of the National Synchrotron Light Source. The group attending the workshop included electron storage ring experts. Topics covered in the proceedings include: introduction to the lattice; partial list of corrective or diagnostic equipment; closed orbit errors in the 2.5 GeV x-ray source; linear horizontal-vertical coupling, vertical dispersion, and control of the vertical closed orbit at the wiggler; bunch lengthening and longitudinal stability; longitudinal stability with a Landau cavity; transverse coupled-bundle instabilities; coupling impedance and power dissipation for a step change in the vacuum chamber; bunch lengthening and widening; aperture limitations by sextupoles; second-order effects of correction sextupoles; horizontal aperture in x-ray ring; introduction of sinusoidal wiggler into the x-ray lattice; the Touchek effect; possible mode of injection into the x-ray ring; and an inquiry into the flexibility of the x-ray lattice