Examines the environmental context that is shaping academic libraries and computing centers and their interdependence. The strengths of a partnership of these two information service organizations are discussed, and potential areas of tension between them are considered. Resulting changes in the nature of information work are suggested. (16…

Describes an interdisciplinary research effort being undertaken by the University of Dayton (Ohio) to identify successful diocesan models of educational collaboration, focusing on San Jose, California; Indianapolis, Indiana; Covington, Kentucky; Toledo, Ohio; and Erie, Pennsylvania. (DMM)

A research review points out the role of a "strategic center" in developing and managing partnerships between a camp and other organizations. A separate survey of 14 camp directors found that directors' awareness of their actions and philosophies about providing quality experiences to children were related to the accessibility of their attitudes…

Committed to outcome-based education, the superintendent and board of a central California school district proceeded to stabilize the environment, develop a research-based belief system, align an outcome-focused curriculum, and implement a staff development program. To stem opposition to OBE, mastery learning, and criterion-referenced assessment,…

The Minority Teacher Preparation Program, a model for increasing the number of Black teachers in American classrooms, involves collaboration among a teacher preparation institution, a public school system, a community service organization, and a funding agent. The project recruits candidates from unemployed college graduates and college dropouts,…

Higher education can use resources more effectively by (1) developing collaborative relationships; (2) offering contract programs; (3) eliminating waste; (4) soliciting donations; (5) finding new roles for personnel; (6) using technology; and (7) not trying to be all things to all people. (SK)

International educational linkages can help institutions stretch limited resources and enrich the curriculum. Establishing an international linkage involves identifying basic considerations (benefits and obligations), examining arrangement options, selecting a partner, making a formal agreement, and nurturing and maintaining the partnership. (SK)

A suburban Missouri community alliance linking the school district, city hall, the chamber of commerce, and the local water district has proved effective. Community alliances should embrace shared values and goals; use an independent consultant as an adviser; create action plans and then follow through; keep key people informed; and demonstrate…

The Interprofessional Commission of Ohio is a partnership of eight state professional associations, six professional schools and colleges at Ohio State University, and three theological schools. Focus is on ethical issues common to the helping professions, changing societal values and the professions, and training in intercollaborative skills. The…

Article challenges the division between student and academic affairs and encourages a view of learning and reason in a more holistic and integrated fashion. Outlines the historical factors for the separation of student and academic affairs and offers the programs instituted at Bellarmine College as examples of effective collaboration between…

To improve the outcomes of their diversity recruitment efforts, many organizations work to build ties with historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving institutions, tribal colleges, and other institutions with significantly minority populations. Here, career services professionals at four HBCUs talk about effective…

This article considers the way in which applied research centres and units at South African higher education institutions enhance their networks with industry, government and community organizations. The findings from 12 case studies of research groupings at higher education institutions in Cape Town support the author's argument for a more…

Economic-crime investigation in Finland is in transition from hierarchically organized, sequential collaboration between authorities toward parallel, interorganizational collaboration. This article describes the tools used and developed for managing the new collaborative economic-crime-investigation process. The challenge is to find…

Purpose: This paper seeks to look into Gabriel--the Worldwide web server for those European national libraries represented in the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL), providing a single point of access on the internet for the retrieval of information about their functions, services and collections. Above all, it serves as a gateway…

The article is based on a review, commissioned by the East Midlands Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (EMMLAC), of the East Midlands Museums Service (EMMS) Regional Emergencies and Disaster Squad (REDS). Research methods used included: literature and Internet review, review of REDS documentation, interviews with REDS personnel, questionnaire…