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We are excited to announce the RUSA Division and Section slate of nominees standing for election in 2014.

They are:

RUSA
Vice-President/President-Elect
Anne   Beaubien                   
Liane Taylor               

Director-at-Large
Danise G. Hoover
Stephanie Atkins Sharpe   
William A. McHugh              

BRASS
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect
Julia A. Martin                       
J. Paul Brothers                     

Secretary
Arguello, Natasha              
Barsh, Adele L.                           

Member-at-Large
Dewland, Jason C.                 
Kenly, Patricia E.

CODES
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect
Kownslar, Edward                 
Yue, Joseph                              

Member-at-Large
Wall, Patrick Joseph            
Rue, Charlene                          
Cobb, Jannie R.                      
Crosser, Cynthia                    

Secretary
Ferree, Curtis                        
Sonsteby, Alec                      

HISTORY
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect
Murray, David C.                 
Wilke, Mary I.                       

Member-at-Large
Kitchens, Joel D.                    
Vaidyanathan, Chella           
Lupkin, Joshua M.                        

MARS
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect
Coleman, Jason Matthew  
Scanlon, Donna                      

Secretary
Bishop, Chanitra                    

Member-at-Large
Houlson, Van                         
Torrence, Matt                             

RSS
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect
Lentz, Crystal M.                   
Boozer, Donald E.                 

Secretary
Reinsfelder, Tom                   

Member-at-Large
Keough, Cathay                    
Yue, Joseph                            

STARS
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect
McHone-Chase, Sarah M.  
Christenson, Troy Alan      
Bruno, Tom                             

Secretary
Moskal, Robin Barnard     
Mak, Collette Gurley          
Clausen, Beth                         

Member-at-Large
Gibson, Tess                           
Highham, Krista L.               

A heartfelt thank you to all above who are standing for election and donating their valuable time!

Susan Hornung

Executive Director, RUSA

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RUSA 2014 elections slate of candidates

The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) announces the following individuals as candidates for the 2014 elections:

Liane Luckman Taylor,  Continuing Resources Librarian, Texas State University
President-elect

Anne Beaubien,  Director, MLibrary Document Delivery & Grants Officer, University of Michigan
President-elect

Danise Hoover,  Associate Librarian for Public Services, Hunter College
Director-at-Large

Stephanie Atkins Sharpe, Head of Access Services, Washington University
Director-at-Large

William McHugh,  Reference Collection Management Librarian, Northwestern University
Director-at-Large

Janalyn L. Moss, American History Librarian, University of Iowa
Director-at-Large

Good luck, candidates!

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Confessions of a reference librarian

Ever wonder exactly what kind of work members of RUSA do, or maybe which courses they would recommend for students looking for a career in reference or user services? On October 28, RUSA will begin to run a series of week-long interviews with a different member each week.

Hosted on ALA Connect at the IAmRUSA Community – http://connect.ala.org/node/211629 ALA members will be given the opportunity to ask questions of participating RUSA members about their professional careers, their passions, and anything else that may come up involving librarianship.

Be sure to join in the community and if you are interested in participating as an interviewee, contact Kirk MacLeod at kgmcleod@ualberta.ca or Sarah Hammill at hammills@fiu.edu for more information.

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Call for volunteers: ALA & RUSA committee service

A message from RUSA’s President Elect, Joe Thompson:

Hello RUSA members!

I’d like to encourage you to volunteer for ALA Committees before the volunteer form closes for these on November 1, 2013.  Committee appointments will be finalized at the 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, and notifications will be sent out in the spring.  Terms begin July 1, 2014.  Visit the ALA and Council Committees webpage for committee descriptions: http://www.ala.org/groups/committees/ala.  For technical assistance or for more information on the ALA-level committee appointments process, you may contact Kerri Price at kprice@ala.org.

To volunteer, go to: http://www.ala.org/CFApps/Committee/volunteerform/volunteerform.cfm

Of course I’d also like to see you volunteer for RUSA!  You do have a bit more time to get your name submitted for these however.  March 1, 2014 is the planned closing date to volunteer for our RUSA, BRASS, CODES, History, MARS, RSS, and STARS committees.  There’s no reason to put it off though, so volunteer today!  Keep in mind that attendance at ALA Midwinter may not be required for some committees and sections.  Feel free to contact the committee chair, section chair, or me if you have any questions about attendance.  Links to RUSA division-level and section committees can be found at http://www.ala.org/rusa/contact/rosters.  Access the volunteer form using the same URL provided above.  The menu to select section-level committees is located at the bottom of RUSA Committee Volunteer Form.

RUSA is the foremost organization of reference and information professionals who make the connections between people and the information sources, services, and collection materials they need. Learn more about the association at www.ala.org/rusa.

Thanks for supporting your associations!

-Joe