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27 miles apart already share OPAC and storage facility and are part of a larger Ohio Consortia. Comparable in size, staffing and outlook.

Wiki MarkupUnlike us used a consultant (Maureen and R2 consultants) but general planning, groundwork and committee formation similar. Goal was complete unification where we have set out with assumption that some things stay local.\  [Karen did remark that it may not be a bad idea to work without an OD consultant: "you know your operations and people very well"; Amy added that consultant won't be around "for the long haul"; then Debby, advantage of consultan consultant is "to pull things together as a group" \ -\- JL\]

Started on print monographs. YBP at Denison, non YBP at Kenyon. On account of vacancies, now at both. Vacancies were key because they had opportunities to hire staff and managers specifically for the new organization.

Some staff didn't didn’t like the new model and left, creating opportunities in hiring.

Within TS, let staff as much as possible choose preferred job in new organizational structure. No union. Job classifications came late in the famegame.

Used efficiencies for cataloging e-resources. Those were early days!

Parallel teams at each college. Go where work is. Doesn't Doesn’t seem as automated as we plan.

Wiki MarkupWay more time than they dreamed. Resistance to change. Letting go of the perfect for the good. \ ["More about the people than the roles" \ -\- JL\].    Devil in details property stamping and spine labels\!

Get used to working at both campuses. Travel.

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