Better together: building a new support site for bachelor’s students in nursing

After a merger of four higher education institutions in Norway, the Norwegian University of Science and Technologyended up with several nursing study programmes on campuses in three geographically dispersed citiesThree library managers decided to launch a product or service specifically designed for nursing students. E-learning has been a way to serve both off-campus and on-campus students alike, and a way of providing the same service across different campuses. Getting students and staff to use new e-learning products, even when they are developed in collaboration with faculty, is not without problems, and librarians need to put in a significant communication effort. The many mergers in higher education mean that many libraries serve a larger, and more diverse, group of patrons, and finding common ground, good collaboration methods and joint services to patrons is important.