Organisational collaboration between Library science departments and the academic library: the case of the University of Algiers 2

Abstract

Organizational collaboration between academic libraries and LIS departments is a decisive factor in upgrading administrative practices, which is reflected positively in improving the field's learning/teaching process and research. This study came to investigate the dimensions of organizational collaboration, as well as to examine the obstacles and ways to set it up at the University of Algiers2. A descriptive method that relies on unstructured interviewing was adopted and the results revealed that culture, training and organizational structure are the most constraints of collaborative work. Accordingly, some approaches were proposed, focusing on IT solutions and informal models of knowledge management.