Due to the cancellation of the Saturday board meeting (RUSA Board Meeting I) in Atlanta for the Women’s March, we will be having a virtual board meeting on: Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, 12pm PT / 1 MT / 2 CT…
The 18th Annual Best Free Reference Websites list, previously published in the Fall 2016 issue of Reference & User Services Quarterly, is now also available on RUSA’s website. This year’s list features twenty-two websites with annotations composed…
These six TED talks from the second half of 2016 are a great way to start the new year. Focused on personal growth, topics range from lessons learned from soap operas to how to speak up for yourself: 6 Picks…
RUSA Board Meeting I, scheduled for Monday, January 21, 2017, has been cancelled for RUSA members who wish to participate in the Atlanta March for Social Justice and Women. A virtual board meeting will be scheduled after the Midwinter meeting…
Dear Colleagues, With every new year comes some changes and this is a perfect time to let you know about some upcoming improvements planned for RUSA and to hear your thoughts. A key objective of RUSA’s current strategic plan…
**to get email notifications when a new edition is published, click here.** Note from the Editor: I hope that everyone is coming back from the holidays renewed and refreshed to start the new year. As the spring semesters begin and…
Wishing you and your family a happy and safe holiday season! Sincerely, RUSA Staff (from left to right) Melissa, Jennifer, Susan & Leighann…
A Name Change Task Force was created in March 2016 by then RUSA President Anne Houston to look deeply at the pros and cons of changing the RUSA name. Read the final results here: http://connect.ala.org/node/261419…
Love this RUSQ article and its title: Trickery as Marketing Strategy, by Mallory Arents, RUSQ, volume 56, issue 1, Fall 2016. Sometimes a little subterfuge is necessary to get patrons to think outside the box of what they normally expect…