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The readers’ advisory world has seen a shift in the past several years from focusing exclusively on fiction reading to taking a broader view of recreational reading that includes nonfiction titles and audiobooks as well. (more…)
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In this column in the previous volume of Reference and User Services Quarterly (RUSQ), Diane Zabel, then-president of Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), took a look at the issues facing reference librarians as they plan for the future (more…)
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The stereotype of the reference transaction is more or less unchanged since Samuel Swett Green’s day, as involving precisely one librarian and one user. There are many common situations in which the reference transaction is not a one-to-one interaction, and this article will explore those situations. (more…)
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As more institutions of higher education recognize the importance of information literacy, the collaborative role for librarians is growing. (more…)
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These guidelines are intended to assist librarians establishing local history collections. (more…)
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Editor’s Note: The full-text of this document (forty-five pages) is available on the RUSA Web site. The introduction and the table of contents are reprinted in RUSQ vol. 45, issue 1, Fall 2006.
This is the first edition of a new online document developed by the RUSA CODES Materials Reviewing Committee in 2003-2004. Its primary purpose is to guide librarians who wish to become reviewers on the elements that make up a good review; in addition, it warns them about elements to avoid. (more…)
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The “contact zone” has emerged as an important concept for conceptualizing cultural difference in educational institutions. (more…)
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I have been involved with our division’s journal for more than seventeen years, first as a reviewer of reference books, and for the past seven years, as the editor of the Alert Collector column. I am humbled to have this opportunity to assume a larger role with the journal. I know that I will need to work hard to continue the legacy of the many esteemed editors that came before me. (more…)
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Welcome to the eighth annual Best Free Reference Web Sites List. (more…)
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The Education Committee of the Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) strives to support all librarians and researchers with their business reference needs (more…)
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This is my first column as the new The Alert Collector editor. I have huge shoes to fill and am deeply aware of the quality and integrity that Diane Zabel established for this column during the past seven years. (more…)