The open access electronic document delivery system – An initiative of CSIR-NML, Jamshedpur

The National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML), Jamshedpur, India established in 1950 under the aegis of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India has been catering to the needs of Indian researchers and industries in the area of minerals, metals and materials (www.nmlindia.org) through the pioneering vision of first Indian Prime Minister of Republic India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. It is the oldest among metallurgical research laboratories in India having highly qualified engineers, technologists and researchers. Over the last sixty two years, lots of R&D results / reports / publications / patents etc. were generated and most of these documents were brought out by the laboratory in print format. Therefore, these documents had a limited circulation. Considering the value of these printed documents, it was planned to develop a system which will have a global access and document delivery system for information seekers.