The background and importance of engineering industry in the economy of India and its dependence on foreign know-how are traced. The significance of indigenous research and development activities and the objectives and functions of the Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERl) in this context are mentioned. The necessity
for library and documentation services,
and their planning is pointed but. The
acquisition programme, bibliographical
organisation of the documents and the
different types of documentation services
offered by the CMERI Library are
described
