Originally published in Reference and User Services Quarterly (RUSQ) Vol 57, No 2 (2017). Each year, the Business Reference Sources Committee of BRASS selects the outstanding business reference sources published since May of the previous year. This year, the committee reviewed nine entries; of these, two were designated as “Outstanding,” six as “Notable,” and one…(Read More)
The spring 2017 issue (Volume 12, No. 1) of the Academic Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) newsletter is now available, courtesy of the Business Reference in Academic Libraries Committee. Inside this issue you will find ideas for designing websites and promotional material in “How to Stop Worrying and Start Designing: Four Books for the…(Read More)
Elizabeth Malafi, Coordinator at the Miller Business Center of Middle Country Public Library (Centereach, NY), was selected as the 2017 winner of the Mergent by FTSE Russell Excellence in Business Librarianship Award, administered by the BRASS section of RUSA. Malafi was selected in recognition of her outstanding and innovating outreach to the Long Island business…(Read More)
Ian Richardson, student at Wayne State University, has been selected as the 2017 BRASS SimplyMap Student Travel Award winner. Administered by the Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) of RUSA, the award is sponsored by SimplyMap, and includes $1,250 to fund travel expenses to the ALA Annual Conference. “Ian Richardson’s journey from entrepreneur…(Read More)
Bradley J. Kuykendall, Reference and Instruction Librarian at Lincoln University in Missouri, has been selected as the 2017 Global Financial Data Academic Business Librarianship Travel Award, administered by the Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) of RUSA. The award, sponsored by Global Financial Data, consists of $1,250 to support attendance to the ALA Annual…(Read More)
Erin Cavell, Small Business Librarian at Minneapolis Central Library, Hennepin County Library has been selected as the 2017 Morningstar Public Librarian Support Award, administered by the Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) of RUSA. Cavell was selected for “proactive approach to establishing multiple partnerships within the Minneapolis and business and nonprofit community,” said Ed Rossman…(Read More)
Raymond Pun, First Year Student Success Librarian at California State University, Fresno was named the 2017 winner of the Emerald Research Grant Award, administered by the Business and Reference Services Section of RUSA. Pun was selected for his project, “Mapping Collaborations between Business Librarians and Career Counselors,” an exploratory study of how academic business librarians…(Read More)