August 4, 2020
Steven Mark Cramer, Business Librarian & Coleman Fellow for Entrepreneurship Education, UNC Greensboro was chosen as this year’s BRASS Excellence in Business Librarianship. Listen to award winner, Steven Mark Cramer, and Mergent by FTSE Russel Sponsor Representative, Brenna Smeall…
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July 30, 2020
On Tuesday, July 28, 2020 RUSA offered a complimentary webinar sponsored by the RUSA Financial Literacy Interest Group and the FINRA Investor Education Foundation. As trusted community education partners, libraries play an important role in starting the conversation about life…
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July 28, 2020
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…
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July 20, 2020
Please plan to join the RUSA Volunteer Development Committee for an orientation presentation on Monday, August 3rd at 12 noon CT. The orientation is open to all RUSA members and will focus on how to productively lead and participate on…
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July 8, 2020
RUSA would like to give a special thanks to all of the 2019-2020 Board members! 2019-2020 RUSA Board Beth GermanCourtney McDonaldAnn BrownBobray BordelonAlesia McManusStephanie GravesM. Kathleen KernGreg FlemingDavid KetchumPat GregoryCynthia LevineMelissa GonzalezChristina PryorEd Garcia RUSA would now like…
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July 1, 2020
Celebrate the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence at an exciting virtual gala hosted by Booklist and RUSA. Our keynote speaker is Pulitzer Prize winner and 19th U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, author of five…
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June 19, 2020
Dating back to 1865, June 19th marks the date Major General Gordon Granger landed in Galveston, TX with the news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. 2020 marks the 155th Anniversary of what is…
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June 11, 2020
RUSA Supports ALA, BCALA, and APALA Statements Condemning Violence and Racism RUSA stands with the ALA Black Caucus, the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association, and ALA in condemning violence and racism. We endorse the statement by the ALA Black Caucus…
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June 10, 2020
ALA Virtual – Community Through Connection An online event with educational programming, special author events, and social networking. New Discoveries in Reference: The 26th Annual Reference Research Forum Wednesday, June 24, 2020 | 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM CT Reaching…
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