University Library and Classroom Audio Visual Services merger

The McMaster University Library and McMaster’s Classroom Audio Visual Services have merged.  I’m very pleased about the merger and look forward to our organizations working much closer together as a result. The merger will allow us to work much closer to the faculty not only on library resources but also on the technologies needed to access these resources in their teaching environments.  The change has been recent so watch this space for future developments!

This model is quite familiar to me as my former institution (Wayne State University) was also a ‘merged model’.  Other US institutions like the University of Oregon also use this model.  However, I believe it is quite different here in Canada.

The change was only announced on our campus this week.  We’ll be working more closely together in the coming months to develop a plan for fully integrating CAVS into the “library family”