Collaboration: The Big Picture

A new magazine, ICOSA: Connection and Collaboration, began publication in September, 2008. Dedicated to promoting community partnerships and collaboration of all types, its publisher and editor explain further the importance of collaboration and the vision they have for a new era of cooperation among agencies of academia, business and community. Interview with Gayle Dendinger, Founder and Publisher, and Jan Mazotti, Editor, ICOSA: Connection and Collaboration Jan Mazotti, Editor of ICOSA While public libraries tend to lead the way in understanding and connecting with the larger communities they serve, all types of libraries could benefit from having a deeper understanding of the needs, interests and developments of our communities. Collaboration involves not only partnering with other libraries and librarians; it means connecting in important ways with other persons, groups and agencies within the broader community. A new magazine began publication in September, 2008, devoted precisely to understanding and promoting collaboration on every level of society. With this in mind, Collaborative Librarianship sat down with the Founder and Publisher of ICOSA: Connection and Collaboration magazine, Gayle Dendinger, and with Editor, Jan Mazotti. One would be hardpressed to find more enthusiastic ambassadors for wide-scale collaboration. Gayle Dendinger, CEO of CAP Logistics, an international heavy weight freight carrier, and Member of the Board of Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado at Boulder, is Founder and Publisher of ICOSA. According to his article in a recent Leeds newsletter, http://leeds.colorado.edu/About_Leeds/in terior.aspx?id=2170, Gayle “would like to see Colorado become the collaboration capital of the world.” Jan Mazotti serves as Business Development Director for CAP Worldwide, the international division of CAP Logistics, and is Editor of ICOSA. Jan also is a Board Member of the Alliance for Quality Teaching and for Colorado Performance Excellence, two organizations in Colorado committed to improving education and management through collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.