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    Building Bridges: Collaboration Within and Beyond the Academic Library
    Building Bridges: Collaboration Within and Beyond the Academic Library
    Building Bridges: Collaboration Within and Beyond the Academic Library
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    Building Bridges: Collaboration Within and Beyond the Academic Library

    By Anne Langley, Edward Gray and K T L Vaughan

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    Intended for academic libraries, this book covers all aspects of collaboration. Technology has increased the need for, and the ability to, collaborate at work; the first part of the book contains a discussion of: the basic how's and why's of collaboration; building an environment where collaboration can flourish; descriptions and how-to's for using technology tools which aid and enhance the collaborative process; a process of how to get started in collaborative projects; and how to manage them once you begin. The second section of the book presents real-life case studies of collaboration in academic libraries followed by discussions of how each project worked (or not) and why.
    • Describes in detail how to get collaborative projects off the ground and running, and how to manage them for the long-term
    • Guides the reader through the technology that they can use to enhance their collaborative efforts
    • Provides case-studies of real-life examples of collaboration projects
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElsevier Science
    Release dateJan 31, 2006
    ISBN9781780630823
    Building Bridges: Collaboration Within and Beyond the Academic Library
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    Anne Langley

    Anne Langley is Co-ordinator of the Science and Engineering Libraries and Head of the Chemistry Library at Duke University, USA and has worked in academic libraries for over 18 years.

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