Contents: 1. Conspectus. 2. Address to the Iaslic members. 3. Indian tradition of conspectus. 4. Documentalist, research worker, and business man. 5. Technical terminology. 6. Havoc by an undefined technical term 'document'. 7. What of documentation. 8. Stages in the evolution of documentation service. 9. 'Why' of documentation: social  necessity. 10. 'Why' of documentation: growth of technological research. 11. Research as churn and documentation as a steadying tool. 12. Quarrel about the agency for documentation. 13. Documentation service: summum bonum of all library work. 14. Documentation service: hub of all library work. 15. Indian techniques of documentation. 16. How of documentation: documentalist-reader relation. 17. Analogues from traditions. 18. Salary scale for librarians. 19. Status vs salary. 20. Library staff of government of India. 21. Report of the pay commission and aftermath. 22. False pretences: development. 23. Library staff of non-governmental libraries. 24. International organisation for documentation. 25. National organisation for documentation. 26. Beginning of documentation service in India. 27. Beginnings of documentation work in India. 28. Present day organisation for documentation in India. 29. Documentation research and training centre. 30. Indian standards institution: documentation section. 31. Service library in India. 32. Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre. 33. Indian National Social Science Documentation Centre. 34. Indian association of special libraries and information centres. Index.