The Price of Co‐operation

Abstract

The problem of library co‐operation is again in the forefront following the decision of the National Central Library that it will not be responsible for applications for British books published after 31st December, 1958. The responsibility for books to be published after that date devolves therefore upon the ten British regions and the hope has been expressed that these regions should be self‐sufficient in themselves, each devising some means of subject specialisation which will insure that all books, apart from a few excepted classes, are covered in one or other library within the region. The latest indications are that there may be some co‐operation between regions reducing the responsibility of each region to that for only a part of the whole subject field.

Citation

BRINDLE, J. (1958), "The Price of Co‐operation", Library Review, Vol. 16 No. 5, pp. 305-308. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb012283