Discussions and recommendations for developing national documentation centers (library and information services) in developing nations are provided as a result of a study conducted by the International Federation for Documentation (FID) Committee for Developing Countries (FID/DC) and commissioned by Unesco. The ten facets studied include: (1) the role of the state in national documentation, information, and library systems; (2) tasks and functions of a national documentation center (NDC); (3) the NDC's principal activities; (4) documentation and information techniques; (5) financing; (6) the NDC specialized library--coordination and cooperative activities; (7) personnel training and qualifications and public relations; (8) international cooperation; (9) development of central information institutes and data banks; and (10) NDC structure. A total of 33 recommendations are made in these areas. Extensive appendixes contain legislation, charts, guidelines, forms, samples, standards, and specialized information. (LS)