Recommends that Medical School libraries be equipped to organize and provide biomedical information services in their respective states or areas, as a basis for the development of a national library-based biomedical information network to support Nigeria's programs of medical education, research, and health care delivery at all levels. (VT)

Surveys the need for an Indian library and information system using Unesco and UNISIST publications as a framework. Highlights include identification of problems through a pre-planning survey, and a proposal that a national committee be set up to be responsible for policy decision making and to coordinate implementation of developmental plans.…