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Anticipating the Future: The University of Michigan’s Media Union

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Title:

Anticipating the Future: The University of Michigan’s Media Union

Author(s):

Michael Miller

Journal:

Library Hi Tech

Year:

1998

Volume:

16

Issue:

1

Page:

71 - 83


ISSN:

0737-8831


DOI:

10.1108/07378839810303424

Publisher:

MCB UP Ltd

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Abstract:

The Media Union is a new facility that brings together information resources, information technology, and media production studios. It is unique in the blending of those resources into an integrated program serving the entire University of Michigan and supporting interdisciplinary collaboration. The Media Union anticipates the future not only by the proximity of its informational resources but by bringing together different types of information specialists to work collaboratively. The article provides a thorough description of the facility, its administrative structure, and examples of how pre-existing organizational units made the trasition into the new environment.

Keywords:

Academic Libraries, Facilities, Layout, Media


Article Type:

Case study


Article URL:

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/07378839810303424

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