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Synopsis The book explores about nature of cooperation among libraries, administrative issues and benefits of cooperation. The most critical issue in cooperative collection development is the need for continued development and support of collections of the scholarly record for current and future use. The book focus on concrete examples concerning Latin American Studies, explores what cooperation in building collections has achieved and what it might accomplish. Their efforts have taken many forms, from limited projects to comprehensive plans. Impacts have similarly ranged widely.

The reference materials are concerned with the physical and applied sciences. The emphasis is given on dictionaries, encyclopedic treatments and handbooks, all of which are meant to answer factual questions. The book vividly explain on the use of art prints, films, microforms, records, tapes and cassettes discuss some important sources for locating non-book materials. Even small things has been explained in simple and easy to understand language and this is the hallmark of this book.