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…
RUSA is excited to offer members this free webinar, August 16th at 12 noon Central Time, on tips for utilizing the customization features in RUSA Connect. Hosted by Natasha Arguello, BRASS Immediate Past-Chair, this webinar will offer practical tips…
Register for the upcoming webinar titled “Tools for Locating Primary Sources in Archives and Online” scheduled for Wednesday, August 14, 2019. This webinar is intended for librarians who are new to working with patrons who need to find primary sources…
Register for the upcoming Mastering Emotional Intelligence course beginning on October 7, 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…
Adriana Gonzalez and her team, Jason Coleman, Ryan Otto and Joelle Pitts, from Kansas State University, were selected as the Inaugural winner of the Gail Schlachter Memorial Research Grant. This award offers financial support to an…
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…