A section is a formal membership unit within a division that focuses on areas of specific concern. Sections may provide education, advise the parent body regarding service guidelines and enhancements, promote awareness, and prepare publications.
Codes, Guidelines, and Technical Standards Committee(Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), 2023-06)
The separate Interlibrary Loan Code for the United States and its accompanying Explanatory Supplement have been merged into one document called the Interlibrary Loan Code for the United States with Explanatory Text. Other ...
Codes, Guidelines, and Technical Standards Committee(Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), 2023-06-13)
In 2023, the separate Interlibrary Loan Code for the United States and its accompanying Explanatory Supplement were merged into one document called the Interlibrary Loan Code for the United States with Explanatory Text. ...
Codes, Guidelines, and Technical Standards Committee(Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), 2021-12-02)
The purpose of this document is two-fold: 1) to make recommendations regarding preparation in advance of potential disasters and 2) to make recommendations regarding resource-sharing responses to libraries affected by ...
Codes, Guidelines and Technical Standards Committee(Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), 2022-11-18)
The purpose of this document is to:
1.) Make recommendations regarding the qualifications needed for Resource Sharing Managers;
2.) Recommend guidelines for hiring, training, and maintaining the skills of Resource Sharing
STARS Legislation and Licensing Committee(Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), 2019-08-12)
This model clause was developed by the RUSA STARS Legislation & Licensing Committee in 2016-2017 to advocate for more standardized, modernized, and permissive license language than what currently exists in many electronic ...
Academic Librarians Committee(Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), 2023-02-08)
Secondary source literacy allows researchers to engage with scholarly conversations about history. These guidelines express learning objectives for secondary source literacy in historical studies to complement the SAA ...
Genealogy Committee; Local History Committee(Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), 2023-07-31)
These guidelines are intended to assist librarians in developing and maintaining a collection for genealogy/family history and/or local history (hereafter “Collection”). These guidelines address not only collection development ...
Unknown author(Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), 2023-07-07)
These guidelines serve faculty members who design and/or teach a genealogical librarianship course, or who include such content in a broader course. In addition, those who provide continuing education to library professionals ...
BRASS Education Committee(Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), 2022-02-11)
This sixth revision of the Guidelines for Business Information Responses is designed to assist information services staff in meeting user needs to resolve business information inquiries, as developed by members of the ...
Instruction and Research Services Committee(Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), 2013-05-28)
These guidelines, which are to be used in conjunction with the Association of College and Research Libraries’ “Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education,”
are a measurable set of proficiencies required ...