Within the administrative measures for libraries, the development of automation of library cooperation, aimed at nationwide resources sharing, is promoted by the BNIST (Office for Scientific and Technical Information) from its intrinsic interest. In this context, after introducing the central administrative mechanism for libraries, a library automation plan and its implemention since 1972, as reflected in the activities of DICA (Division for Cooperation and Automation) of the Ministry of Higher Education, is described.
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