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Melting Pot of Library and IT Culture in a New Turkish University: a Journey towards Multi Anything

Title	Melting Pot of Library and IT Culture in a New Turkish University: a Journey towards Multi Anything
Author	Cribb, Gülçin
Publication Date:	2009-01-06
Subject	Convergence, Merged organizations
Type	Document
Language	English
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Özyeğin University
Record ID	75e1431e-e4d1-483c-beb1-6c1958c0f4d8
Library Location	Library
Date	2009-01-06
Sample Text	This paper will discuss the creation of a converged organisation consisting of information technology and library professionals at a newly established, private and not-for-profit university in Turkey. During the planning and implementation phases, the challenges encountered included cultural, professional, sectoral and generational differences. Some of the opportunities were: - creation of a brand new organisation, planning and delivering information services jointly with a team drawn from both Information Technology (IT) and library, and managing Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) projects with a hybrid team whose members came from a wide range of backgrounds.Techniques such as policy development, internal marketing, cross-sectoral team building, staff development, project management framework and coaching were employed as part of the process to create the converged organisation. The paper will argue that the process and outcomes are part of a long and multi-faceted journey and will discuss future plans for the University and the Information Services team.As this is the first converged library and IT structure in a university in Turkey, the process did not involve the traditional change management strategies usually employed in organisations which have been in existence for some time. Strategies usually adopted in start-up organisations were found to be more appropriate in the case of Ozyegin University, as the establishment and development of the university as a whole were undertaken in an entrepreneurial way common to start-up organisations.

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Melting Pot of Library and IT Culture in a New Turkish University: a Journey towards Multi Anything

Author Cribb, Gülçin

Publication Date 2009-01-06

Subject Convergence, Merged organizations

Type Document

Language English

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Özyeğin University

Record ID 75e1431e-e4d1-483c-beb1-6c1958c0f4d8

Library Location Library

Date 2009-01-06

Sample Text This paper will discuss the creation of a converged organisation consisting of information technology and library professionals at a newly established, private and not-for-profit university in Turkey. During the planning and implementation phases, the challenges encountered included cultural, professional, sectoral and generational differences. Some of the opportunities were: - creation of a brand new organisation, planning and delivering information services jointly with a team drawn from both Information Technology (IT) and library, and managing Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) projects with a hybrid team whose members came from a wide range of backgrounds.Techniques such as policy development, internal marketing, cross-sectoral team building, staff development, project management framework and coaching were employed as part of the process to create the converged organisation. The paper will argue that the process and outcomes are part of a long and multi-faceted journey and will discuss future plans for the University and the Information Services team.As this is the first converged library and IT structure in a university in Turkey, the process did not involve the traditional change management strategies usually employed in organisations which have been in existence for some time. Strategies usually adopted in start-up organisations were found to be more appropriate in the case of Ozyegin University, as the establishment and development of the university as a whole were undertaken in an entrepreneurial way common to start-up organisations.