From the President of RUSA: Technology: The Haves, the Have Nots, and the Not Quite Enoughs Ann K. G. Brown is the Research and User Services Librarian and Workshop Coordinator, George Washington University, Libraries and Academic Innovation; email: agbrown@gwu…
Many thanks to Jen Bishop (Carroll County Public Libraries), Don Undeen (Georgetown University), and Liz Sundermann (Baltimore County Public Libraries) for being the stars of the inaugural ALA RUSA Emerging Technologies Section Tech Showcase. What started as a good and…
The submission site for the 2020 ALA Annual Conference Program Proposals is now open. We encourage all RUSA members to consider submitting a proposal for the 2020 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL, please see the schedule below. Please use…
The Financial Literacy Interest Group, thanks to the generous sponsorship of FINRA Investor Education Foundation held a free webinar titled “Developing Financial Literacy in the Next Generation: Resources for Children and Teens ” on Monday, July 29, 2019. The presenters…
Register for the upcoming Mastering Emotional Intelligence course beginning on September 9, 2019. Emotional Intelligence (EI) is an indispensable skill that can help you and your staff communicate more effectively and help foster a more inclusive library environment. EI is…
Business Reference 101 is for any librarian in-training who wants to gain confidence and knowledge around BizRef topics such as company and industry research, consumer and market research, entrepreneurship topics and more. This 3-week long, asynchronous course allows…
RUSA’s 2019-2020 Leadership As a new membership year begins, Beth German will assume the role of RUSA President with Courtney McDonald as President-Elect. RUSA would like to give a BIG thank you to Ann Brown for the…
Toward Empowerment Reflecting on inclusion in user services By Carrie Smith | June 23, 2019 Does eliminating the reference desk create inequity? When Ann Brown was asked this question at a session several years ago, she promised to bring it to…
The spring, 2019 issue of the Academic BRASS newsletter is now published and can be accessed at http://www.ala.org/rusa/sections/brass/publications/academicbrass Special thanks to webmaster Annette Buckley, and to authors Adrienne Brennecke, Sally Armstrong, Tim…