Context for convergence: Arriving at the delta -- Assessing possibilities for convergence: Reading the river -- Professional culture and politics: Conflict at the helm -- Staffing for convergence: Crew selection -- Specialization versus generalization: Crew assignments -- Organizational design in converged organizations: Streamlining the vessel -- The process of converging: Riding the river -- Future evolutions of information service organizations: Around the bend in the river
Summary
This book describes and discusses the convergence of library and technology support in higher education. Over the past 15 years, a number of institutions have pursued merging library and technology services into a single information support organization. Convergence of Libraries and Technology Organizations provides useful and practical guidance on converged information organizations as an effective response to change in the information profession
