And the Walls Come Tumbling Down: The Converging Destinies of the Rutgers University Libraries and the Center for Computer and Information Services

On October 16, 1990, the following mandate was issued from the ofnce of the president of rutgers University... "Complex interrelationships among print information, electronic data, resources, and telecommunications have opened enhanced possibilities for access to both information and communication for scholarly and management purposes. This sophisticated information and communications environment has, as a result, led to a convergence of many of the functions of libraries and computing services.... Bringing computing facilities and libraries under the same management will enable us to build on existing strengths, avoid duplication, and coordinate planning, thereby enabling us to improve service to