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 * Librarian-Tech: How do we get along? **

The following relates mostly to individual schools. None of what is written here can be considered as universal. A schools where the relationship works fine: one team between technology and library. Need to work with librarians to promote teaching and learning. Librarians and tech in the same department: not necessarily a solution because of the dynamic between the different persons. Type of conflict that can occur are related to territory or areas of knowledge: United Streaming should be paid by the library but paid and advocated with the technology department. What is the most important is the outcome of the project and then you divide the work between the different professionals. Librarians will learn the technology part to help the students. What we do is about the students: the importance is the student. Personality issues are inevitable, the question is how to resolve or to pass beyond them. Librarians are not PR people. You need to do the internal PR. Recognition needs to come from the Heads. We need to focus on common grounds, missions. Research and critical thinking to be the focus. Training is also the issue. Need to have the support of the administration for the collaboration process to be efficient. Tech integration program. Territorial issues. Librarians where the first to have computers, network and so they should be considered accordingly. Tech people don’t always recognize that librarians know about computers. Budget issues. David Loertscher and the Learning commons Interdisciplinary bridges need to happen.