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As RUSA members and others head to Chicago for ALA Annual conference, I am happy to bring to our readers RUSQ 56(4) which as always offers a range of thoughtful pieces for librarians of all sorts.
This issue’s columns cover a wide range of topics, including thoughts on diversity from RUSA President Alesia McManus, global perspectives on information literacy, team efforts in marketing library services, bad-boy romances, resources on transgender culture, and providing personal service in an impersonal world.
Our feature authors look at “Why do Students Seek Help in an Age of DIY,” a transactional analysis of specialized reference services, changing students’ attitudes regarding library research, and “Hacking the Literature Review.” All of these pieces shed some new light on our work in the reference field, and offer interesting possibilities.
And as always, we have some great reviews of professional and reference materials.
As always, please let me know how RUSQ can help your practice of librarianship. Feel free to contact me with your ideas at btrott@wrl.org.
Barry Trott
Editor, RUSQ
btrott@wrl.org
RUSQ 56:4
Table of Contents
Columns
01 From the Editor of RUSQ – Barry Trott
02 – From the President of RUSA – Alesia MacManus
“Thoughts on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Reference and User Services”
03 – Management – Marianne Ryan (col. ed.)
“Surviving and Thriving in an Acting Leadership Position” by Gregory MacAyeal
04 – Information Literacy – Esther Grassian and Sarah LeMire (col. eds)
“Teaching and Learning Alternatives: a Global Overview” by Esther Grassian
05 – Amplify Your Impact – Nicole Eva and Erin Shea (col. eds.)
“Marketing libraries is a team effort” by Caitlin Cowart
06 – Readers’ Advisory – Laurel Tarulli (col. ed.)
“Bad Boy Romances: Biker Boys and Mobster Royalty” by Laurel Tarulli
07 – Alert Collector – Mark Shores (col. ed.)
“Transgender Culture and Resources” by Jeannie Bail and Dr. Aisla Craig
08 – A Reference for That – Nicolette Sosulski and David A. Tyckoson (col. eds)
“Personal Service in an Impersonal World”
Feature Articles
09 – “Why do Students Seek Help in an Age of DIY?: Using a Qualitative Approach to Look Beyond Statistics” by Marc Vinyard, Colleen Mullally, and Jaimie Beth Colvin
10 – “Specialized Reference Services at Illinois: Reference Transactional Analysis and its Implications for Service Providers and Administrators” by By Joe Lenkart and Jen-chien Yu
11 – “Brief intervention to change students’ attitudes regarding library research” by Steve Black and Ross Krawczyk
12 – “Hacking the Literature Review: Opportunities and Innovations to Improve the Research Process” by Jennifer Lubke, Virginia G. Britt, Trena M. Paulus, and David P. Atkins
Reviews
13 – Professional Materials – Karen Antell (ed.)
14- Reference Book Reviews – Anita Slack (ed.)