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This work contains case studies at the operational level, mainly by US contributors. The section on collaborations among organizations compiles case studies on areas such as preserving community history through intra- and inter-institutional collaboration, community engagement in public libraries, collaborative virtual reference services, managing a boutique library, and harnessing campus partnerships to initiate change. The second section presents cases on mergers on an institutional and more local or regional scale. Some subjects addressed include merging library service desks, merging two academic libraries, an e-resources consortium in Jamaica, and joint academic libraries in Finland. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
