Register Now! (Free) Date/Time: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 |12:00PM Central Time In July 2020, the American Library Association (ALA) announced the 13 public libraries selected to receive a total of $1.3 million to bolster their library entrepreneurship…
Many libraries have had to close their public spaces during the pandemic. As a result, the gap between those with the technology to access information and those without has become noticeably wider. This presentation will give an overview of how…
The Fall, 2020 issue of the Academic BRASS newsletter is now published and can be accessed at http://www.ala.org/rusa/sections/brass/publications/academicbrass/2020/15-2 Special thanks to webmasters Rashelle Nagar and Kevin Thomas, and to…
Registration is currently open for the 2021 ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits Virtual to be held January 22-26, 2021. In addition to an impressive list of featured speakers, the Virtual Exhibit Hall on Friday, Jan 22 will have showcasing…
On January 26, 2020, during the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia “A Memory Called Empire”, A Tor Book published by Tom Doherty Associates was announced as the best “Science Fiction” to the 2020 Reading List. In honor…
Daphnie Neal, Student, Public Service Assistant II at Akron-Summit County Public Library, was awarded the BRASS Student Travel Award sponsored by SimplyAnalytics for her enthusiastic, early-career commitment to business librarianship; for her demonstrated efforts to disseminate important local…
RUSA invites experienced librarians and subject matter experts to submit proposals for webinars and online courses to be added to RUSA’s outstanding online learning offerings. We particularly encourage submissions that address innovative services and trends, emerging technologies, management and…
The submission site for the 2021 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…
Ashley Johnson selected as the 2020 winner for the Public Librarian Support Award for her enthusiastic outreach to her local business community; for her promotion of library resources; and for her achievements within her Chamber of Commerce which reflect positively…