Saturday, January 9, 2016
- ILL Discussion Group (RUSA STARS)
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Room 205AA thoughtful discussion of the emerging trends of resource sharing and interlibrary loan. Read more here.
- Management of Electronic Resources & Services Discussion (RUSA ETS)
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM, Westin Waterfront, Room Bulfinch Read more here. - Optimizing the web for reference: Best practices for usability, accessibility, and responsiveness (RUSA ETS)
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Room 258BWe will feature panelists from institutions which have innovated their approach to web reference (email, chat, FAQs, etc.) and/or conducted usability studies on how their users get answers through their library’s web portal. Read more here.
- Genealogy and Local History Discussion Group (RUSA HS)
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Room 205CLearn how can we ensure our communities know about our genealogical and historical resources. Read more here.
- Reference Publishing Advisory Discussion Forum (RUSA CODES)
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Room 205BA thoughtful discussion about the emerging trends in reference publishing by the Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) of RUSA. Read more here.
Sunday, January 10, 2016
- Discussion and All Committees Meeting (RUSA BRASS)
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM, Westin Waterfront, Room DouglassAll-Committees meeting and discussion opportunity for those interested in business reference in all types of libraries. Read more here.
- History Librarians Discussion Group (RUSA HS)
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Room 205BA thoughtful discussion on emerging trends of historical librarianship. Read more here.