From 1985, CED began an institutionalising phase, where its systems were standardised. It started charging for its photocopy services and established Docpost services. It formed the network of Documentation Centres to share its systems with other documentation centres and worked towards systems of sharing information resources. It was also part of the Alternative Books Collective, where the emphasis was on distributing the already published NGO literature among wider audience rather than publishing its own... CED also began developing its critique of the information order and defining its own structural role. This coincided with the larger movement among action groups, NGOs, and campaign fronts where the emphasis shifted from merely organizing struggles and agitation with the main purpose of bringing about a revolution, to developing institutions with current society which represented some of the ideals of their future vision... Over the years, CED has become a unique and accessible..