Libraries: The long road from their natural state to cooperation
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https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2010.sep.02Keywords:
Social pact, Interlibrary cooperation, Resource sharing, Consortia, Joint use of the library, Joint use library, History.Abstract
Starting with the definition of cooperation offered by economic sciences, this article presents a theoretical-practical framework of interlibrary cooperation. On the one hand, from a philosophical base it uses Hobbes´ theory of the social pact as an explanatory model. On the other, and based in Library Science with a conceptual and historic perspective, it discusses the leading role that librarians and professional associations have assumed, as well as the tangible or economic reasons -and also the intangible factors- that move libraries to cooperate. A description and analysis of cooperative experiences in times of crises show how these practices have evolved.
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