Focuses on the use of cultural analysis, or the ethnographic approach, as a qualitative research methodology to study an academic computing center. The study was conducted to understand the culture of computing professionals and to assist librarians in developing ways in which the two groups of professionals can work together. (Author/LRW)

Discusses the results of a study investigating the similarities between information jobs in university computing centers and research libraries. Findings show a strong relationship between some computing and library jobs, suggesting the creation of a single information job family in classification systems. (15 references) (EA)