Integrating Academic Libraries When Institutions Merge

Authors

• Scott R. DiMarco
• Lisandra R. Carmichael, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
• Courtney Heatley

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Abstract

University and college mergers are increasingly common, and merging institutions have consequences for and demand new skills from their academic libraries. How do you turn an independent organization steeped in its own procedures and mission into a merged library that is effective, cohesive, and student-centered?

Integrating Academic Libraries When Institutions Merge can help library workers experiencing a merger understand the process and prepare for some of the challenges. In three sections, authors who have undergone a merger provide strategies for integrating collections, systems, and teams while maintaining critical library operations.

-Preparing to Merge
-The New Integrated Culture
-Managing Change

The key to every merger is almost always the same: People and culture working together to get the job done and, in the process, creating a new culture. Integrating Academic Libraries When Institutions Merge can help you confront the past, adapt to the present, and strategize for a sustainable future.

Publication Date

1-1-2026

Publisher

Association of College and Research Libraries

ISBN for this edition (13-digit)

979-8-89255-377-3

Comments

Georgia Southern University faculty member, Lisandra R. Carmichael edited "Integrating Academic Libraries When Institutions Merge."

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