Treffer: Ingredient X: Fostering Interdepartmental Relationships Using Library Instruction and Programming.

Academic librarianship is a field that asks its practitioners to continuously stretch their skills and push their limits. Yet while the job requires flexibility, the institutions in which we work are frequently rigid and siloed. Not only is this evident between individual departments spread across campus, but even library departments. This article follows the attempts of two librarians at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette to forge a meaningful, collaborative, and mutually beneficial relationship with another campus department. Using collaboration theory as a framework, the article aligns the principles of collaboration with the establishment of an embedded librarian program and a student support program at UL Lafayette. The work demonstrates that through increasing adaptability, forming personal connections, and prioritizing shared missions, true collaboration can be achieved, which establishes a symbiosis that elevates and amplifies library initiatives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]