ABSTRACT
The one major organization for cooperation was Library and Information Cooperation Council, established in 1989 as a successor to the former National Committee for Regional Library Cooperation. Among its general aims were to manage cooperative activity between libraries and information services, to offer advice to government on library cooperation issues, and to exercise influence over government on issues which affected cooperative activities. The trend for larger libraries to move from their organizational computer services to stand-alone specialized systems continued apace during the decade. There was a wide range, from large minicomputer-based systems supporting multiple terminals in public libraries, to single-user PC-based systems in small specialist libraries. The use of MARC records for record supply and retrospective conversion was at its height during this decade, both supply and conversion being components of cooperative services and activity. MARC records were still being sought from a variety of places to use within both single and union catalogues and for acquisition data.
