This article presents a case for the benefits of knowledge exchange in the academic library. The authors define knowledge exchange and use the concept as a framework for describing a peer learning experience rooted in best digital practices education. Their partnership enabled the authors to extend their professional roles while developing…

This article describes and analyzes a cross-border, "simultaneous exhibition" collaborative project in six post-conflict western Balkan countries. Through a process of collaboration, active learning, and audience development, professional and personal trust developed among eleven museums. Previously identified barriers were overcome and…

The University of San Diego, School of Business Administration (non-profit university) and the Ken Blanchard Companies (for profit management consulting company) teamed to create the Master of Science in Executive Leadership at USD. Fusing a traditional non-profit university faculty and staff with a for-profit consulting company created a plethora…

The Atlanta University Center (AUC) comprises five historically black colleges and a centralized library. All are separate institutions, each having its own board of directors, president, infrastructure, students, faculty, staff, and traditions. To encourage coordination of effort and resources, the AUC was formed and the first formal cooperative…

Describes foreign area cooperative microform project developed by a committee of Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials in cooperation with Center for Research Libraries (CRL). Administration, microfilming activities, foreign microfilming projects, microfilming in Caribbean and Central America, funding sources, and the CRL…

A consortium in North Texas to facilitate interinstitutional cooperation in research programs is described. Benefits included reduced duplication of effort, better information and grantsmanship, increased extramural funding, and improved industry-university relations. A faculty directory illustrating research capabilities was developed and a…

This study is aimed primarily at the administration of a newly established institute for distance education in Norway, Norsk fjernundervisning (NFU). Purposes of the project, in order of priority, were to provide (1) a working document for the administration of NFU, mapping out available resources, choices of possible media combinations, and the…

A two-day workshop designed to promote sharing of personnel, expertise, and research facilities between Colorado State University and 20 federal agencies for their mutual benefit is described, and the results of a follow-up survey are discussed. (MSE)

Successful interinstitutional partnerships have common elements, including strong presidential commitment, administrative support mechanisms, faculty and staff involvement, periodic evaluation, integrated cooperation in each institution's day-to-day work, and communication. Care in choosing areas of cooperation, and the use of a joint advisory…

Models for college and university Interinstitutional data sharing are redefined by examining the organization and activities of existing data-sharing groups across 11 dimensions: data-sharing purpose; nature of data-sharing structures; definer of process; calendar; scope of surveys; participant characteristics; source of data-sharing initiative;…

The Central Indiana Committee for Foreign Language Study was organized by college language departments in 1982 and funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities as an autonomous collaborative group of interested French, Spanish, and German teachers at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels. The purposes of the committee are to…

Reports of nine workshop participants on the interactions between universities, their medical schools, and their teaching hospitals are summarized. Focus was on balancing academic requirements of teaching and research with patient care. The functioning of the various institutions is examined in the broader context of community and government…

The most successful district inservice programs are developed by a committee representing each group that is to receive the training and by the institutions which are capable of providing it. Since colleges and universities will be called upon to provide some of the services, they should become involved in the initial planning and designing of the…

The relationships between industry and higher education in Switzerland, involving two federal polytechnics and financed directly by the government, are described, including characteristics and intensity of the relationships, training, consultation and other services, exchange agreements, and the issue of patents. The two specific polytechnic…

Most of the hospital beds available to the University of Liege (France) for training purposes are in a public teaching hospital with an autonomous legal structure and privileged relationship with the university. Other beds are in other facilities. The financing, supervision, and management structure integrates the institutions and supports medical…