This study revealed that the use of the NLM Documents Section is extremely modest. A total of 144 inter-library loan requests were filled by the Section in the months of January and February, 1972; most of these were from Government agencies. The study investigator recommended that: (1) the collection should be maintained by the NLM; (2) that priority should be given to State and Federal documents; (3) that the NLM divest itself of responsibility for classified items by transferring them to the National Archives; (4) that requests for copies of technical reports be referred to the National Technical Information Service; (5) that the Section be maintained as a separate unit under the Loan and Stack Section; (6) that more manpower is needed in the Technical Services Division to acquire and catalog material to revitalize the collection; and (7) that the resources of this special collection be appropriately publicized. (Author)