Collaboration and the Academic Library

SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION1. Introduction (Jeremy Atkinson) SECTION 2: COLLABORATION, UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR LIBRARIES2. Collaboration and academic libraries: an overview and literature review (Jeremy Atkinson)3. Universities, collaboration and competition: a senior manager perspective4. General chapter on partnership and collaborative working5. Technology and collaboration SECTION 3: ACADEMIC LIBRARIES AND INTERNAL COLLABORATION6. Collaboration within a large library service: librarians working together7. Collaboration in a converged service8. Working with faculties and embedding services9. Working with students10. Supporting research11. Working with estates and architects on a new building or refurbishment, e.g. Learning Commons / Information Commons which would also involve collaboration with other support departments SECTION 4: ACADEMIC LIBRARIES AND LOCAL AND REGIONAL COLLABORATION12. A UK librarian reflecting on their external collaboration 13. A non-UK librarian reflecting on their external collaboration14. Non-UK regional collaboration case study15. UK regional collaboration case study16. Joint use library case study17. Shared collections SECTION 5: ACADEMIC LIBRARIES AND NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION18. UK organisation case study19. Non-UK organisation case study20. International collaboration case study SECTION 6: REFLECTIONS21. Reflections (Jeremy Atkinson)