The PRICE OF CO‐OPERATION

Abstract

I have often heard at conferences at which a general resolution in favour of co‐operation in the library and information field is put, a reply by Americans to the effect that we all love our mothers and are against sin. It is easy enough to get a conference to agree that co‐operation is a good thing, but not so easy to get all the members to agree to take specific steps: there always seems to be some very good reason why somebody should not do something which it is essential he should do if a project is to succeed. No doubt we have all had similar experiences and wondered why it should be that it is so difficult to operate a scheme which is plainly to the general benefit, and no doubt many of us have at times wondered if the game is worth the candle.

Citation

HOLLOWAY, A.H. (1961), "The PRICE OF CO‐OPERATION", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 13 No. 1, pp. 15-25. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb049784