"A librarian, a technologist and an information scientist are out in a boat ..."

The past 30 years have seen a development of technically-based solutions through practical partnerships between librarians, information scientists and technologists. However, as the acceptance of current solutions - provided primarily through Web-based strategies - has expanded, the development of those partnerships has diminished. With the reduction in collegial cooperation across areas of practice and study, important opportunities in the development of information technology managers have also diminished. Although significant needs for cooperative study continue to exist, professionals have yet to exploit the opportunities inherent in the failures of technical service developers to provide user-friendly solutions.