Convergence and collaboration enable an academic library to be
more fully engaged with its campus. In its simplest form,
convergence is defined as joint activities of a campus's units to
further their shared mission of supporting teaching, learning, and
inquiry. Convergence, which involves collaboration in both
organizational structures and service delivery, leads to users
benefiting from contact with individuals who have relevant
expertise. Collaboration also may lead to convergence of
collections, thereby enhancing library service to an institution's
constituents.
Specific examples of convergence/collaboration include centers
for teaching excellence, tutor and writing centers, information
arcades, facilities for multi-media production and delivery,
information and learning commons, cafes, photocopying centers;
centers for distance education, participation in the use of course
management software (e.g., Blackboard) to make library resources
available to classes digitally and to make students more
information literate, publishing (e.g., university presses and
digital collections, including institutional repositories),
counseling and career centers, and services for students for whom
English is a secondary language (mostly in community colleges).
For anyone interested in how academic libraries can be more
closely tied to the various missions of the colleges/universities
in which they reside.
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