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The word cooperative is a noun. Cooperative means (1) a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners, (2) an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it.
Cooperative is also an adjective that means (1) willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement.
Cooperative is also an adjective that means (1) done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit.
The following articles and web pages elaborate on the word cooperative.
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), a successor to the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, is an agency within the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. They respond to issues such as improving agricultural productivity, creating new products, keeping rural communities vital, and much more. The programs and information about the grants they offer are on the website.
https://nifa.usda.gov/
- Jewish Virtual Library
Produced by the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise. This online source provides information about topics related to Jewish history and more current topics. Also contains bibliographies and lists of relevant websites.
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/
- OCLC: Online Computer Library Center
OCLC, located Dublin, Ohio, was founded as a cooperative library consortium. It is a non-profit, membership, computer library service and research organization. There are more than 57,000 member libraries in 112 countries. Their services include locating, acquiring, cataloging, lending and preserving library materials. Users can access WorldCat to locate items from anywhere in the world.
https://www.oclc.org/
- SANS Institute
SANS (SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security) Institute was established in 1989 as a cooperative research and education organization. It is the largest source for information security training, certification and research. Many SANS resources such as Storm Center are free, as are many original research papers. SANS trains more than 12,000 people a year. Information about training is on the website.
https://www.sans.org/
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