Resumen de Finale and Future: The 2CUL Technical Services Strategic Alliance
The Columbia and Cornell University Libraries� partnership (2CUL) is now in its sixth year. Its composite acronym (2CUL), which condenses a doubling of the two participating libraries� initial letters, summarizes its vision: a broad integration of library activities in many areas�including collection development, acquisitions and cataloging, e-resources and digital management, digital preservation, and reciprocal offsite use of collections. A key component in the partnership was the 2CUL Technical Services Integration, an initiative funded by a generous three-year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which ended on December 31, 2015. In this paper, the third in a series, the authors report on the final year of this grant-funded project and reflect on the results of the two institutions� attempt to achieve deep, operational integration within technical services.1 In presenting an honest appraisal of the project�s challenges and vicissitudes, the authors hope that their experiences and insights will help other libraries plan their own collaborative ventures.
