Joint venture: An exploratory case study of academic libraries’ collaborations with career centers

Abstract

At Texas A&M University, business librarians have formed a partnership with the institutional career center which has given librarians the opportunity to share how business resources can be used in job searches and career exploration. This research sought to understand how other business librarians are collaborating with career centers, what forms these partnerships take, and how the collaborative efforts are received by faculty and staff. Responses from librarians at 43 different institutions revealed a high number of career center/business librarian partnerships that were as varied as the institutions themselves.