Dear RUSA Members, Formerly known as RASD/RUSA Update, this quarterly newsletter has been published since at least 1980, according to the ALA Archives (and don’t forget about Messages from MARS, available on JSTOR to 1976!). In it, we…

Dear RUSA Members, I’m thinking of you, our members and colleagues, as we face and cope with the challenges of these unprecedented times. As we transition to new leadership with the close of the ALA 2019-2020 year, I…

Hello RUSA Members, It’s hard to believe I’m wrapping up my term as RUSA President, what a whirlwind of a year. Thank you to the RUSA Board of Directors. All their hard work this past year has enabled…

Dear RUSA Members, After the 2019 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, WA, I would like to call your attention to RUSA Statement Against Racism, Discrimination, and Harassment in the Profession, which was passed by the RUSA Board of Directors on…

Greetings RUSA members! We are rapidly approaching the end of another year which signals the major event of the year, the Annual Conference. Our volunteers are completing their committee work. I have sat in on many meetings this year, and…

Hello RUSA Members! I’m so happy to be representing you all as your President this year. I look forward to building on the great work of Chris Le Beau. I was really impressed by all the programming we offered…

Greetings RUSA members! RUSQ – Turning a New Leaf I am so pleased to have Kathleen Kern assume the helm of Reference and User Services Quarterly beginning in the summer of 2018. Kathleen has been a long-time member and leader…

Greetings RUSA members! Fall has been a busy time for many of us in RUSA. Our new Executive Director Jessica Hughes has been with us now for two months and is rapidly learning about ALA and getting to know individuals…

Greetings to RUSA! It is a great honor to serve the organization this year. It promises to be a year of new beginnings. There are many things I could talk about, but I have chosen three: New ASCLA-RUSA Executive…