Publisher's Synopsis
Library cooperation has moved from an informal supporting role for individual library services to that of a major strategic instrument in the organization of available national resources to meet client needs. The pressure on financial resources, the development of technology, the growth in publishing output and the demand for access to it, have all contributed to the case for more effective forms of library cooperation, which can be seen at international, national, regional and local levels. These initiatives and links are also moving cooperation away from library-to-library relationships into a new area of cooperation with public, private and voluntary agencies. The book describes, assesses and evaluates cooperative schemes at all these levels, and looks to their continuation and development in the 1990s.
