History of the rhetoric and reality of library and computing relationships / Issue in search of a metaphor: readings on the marriageability of libraries and computing centers / Organizational and historical context of the chief information officer's position / Merging the library and the computer center: indications and contraindications / Does the scholarly information center work? Evaluating library-computer center cooperation / Evolving relationships: the intersecting and nonintersecting roles of the small college library and computer center / Clashing cultures: cohabitation of libraries and computing centers in information abundance / Computer center and library relations among small colleges / Merged and unmerged services: libraries and computing in the University of Wisconsin system / Conceptual foundations for library/computing center relations / Service imperative: a case study for merging libraries and computing centers at smaller academic institutions / Connecticut College: working outside the dictates of the traditional organizational chart / Toward a model of integrated computer and library services / Wake Forest University: pioneers and partners / Beneficial collaboration: meeting information delivery needs / Service and instruction: a strategic focus / Gettysburg experience / Computing center and the library at a teaching university: application of management theories in the restructuring of information technology / Partnership for future information technology support at a community college / Creating the new learning environment