The purpose of the course was to enable already trained personnel to keep abreast of recent developments in their field by providing the participants with an opportunity to: (1) acquire up-to-date techniques of documentation, especially in the sphere of the application of electronic apparatus; (2) learn techniques and ways of operating national documentation centers and (3) discuss effective means of promoting international cooperation in the field of documentation. Four sessions of the last part of the course were devoted to the review and summing up of the course in which the participants discussed the ways and means of promoting documentation activities and of developing documentation techniques in Asia. The records of these sessions are given in Annex 8 of this report. Other Annexes include: (1) subject of lectures and practices, (2) list of participants, (3) list of lectures, (4) time table, (5) country reports by participants, (6) syllabi of lectures and (7) proceedings of discussion. Specialists from nine countries attended the course: China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. (Author/NH)