Integrating Science and Technology Libraries at Cornell

Integrating science and technology libraries into a single unit involves identifying what is unique about each library, addressing user and staff concerns, establishing new communications patterns, encouraging staff participation in the change process and redirecting identity and loyalties to the l...

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Main Author: Jean A. Poland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Alberta Library 1999-11-01
Series:Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship
Online Access:https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/istl/index.php/istl/article/view/1779
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Summary:Integrating science and technology libraries into a single unit involves identifying what is unique about each library, addressing user and staff concerns, establishing new communications patterns, encouraging staff participation in the change process and redirecting identity and loyalties to the larger entity. This article reports on progress to date at Cornell University Library in administratively combining the Engineering, Mathematics, and Physical Sciences Libraries while maintaining separate physical locations.
ISSN:1092-1206