interlibrary loan

Call for submissions: webinar proposals for RUSA’s 2013 online learning offerings

CHICAGO — E-books, library programming and outreach, reference services, collection marketing and leading a book group are just some of the webinar topics sought by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) for spring 2013; proposals can be submitted via online form through December 1, 2012.

<p> CHICAGO&mdash; E-books, library programming and outreach, reference services, collection marketing and leading a book group are just some of the webinar topics sought by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) for spring 2013; proposals can be submitted <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/rusawebinarproposal1213">via online form through December 1, 2013.</a></p>

Sept. 13 registration deadline for several online courses offered by Reference and User Services Association

CHICAGO —Registration ends on Thursday, Sept. 13 for several online courses offered by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA): Health Information 101, Reference Interview, Introduction to Spatial Literacy and Online Mapping and the division’s brand new course, Interlibrary Loan 101.

<p> <span>CHICAGO--Registration ends on Thursday, Sept. 13 for several online courses offered by the Reference and User Services Association (</span>RUSA<span>): Health Information 101, Reference Interview, Introduction to Spatial Literacy and Online Mapping, and the division&rsquo;s brand new course Interlibrary Loan 101.</span></p>

New RUSA online course provides foundation in interlibrary loan practices in public, academic libraries

CHICAGO — The first offering of Interlibrary Loan (ILL) 101, a new online course offered by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), will be held Sept. 17-Oct. 14, 2012; registration is open now!

<p> <span>CHICAGO--The first offering of Interlibrary Loan (ILL) 101, a new online course offered by the Reference and User Services Association (</span>RUSA<span>), a division of ALA, will be held Sept. 17-Oct. 14, 2012; registration is open now!</span></p>

RUSA STARS videos provide insight into the people and the work of interlibrary loan

<p> CHICAGO--New videos posted by the&nbsp;<a href="">Reference and User Services Association&rsquo;s</a>&nbsp;<a href="">Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section (STARS)</a>&nbsp;provide insight into the role of interlibrary loan (ILL) librarians, and can help library school students better understand this important area of librarianship.&nbsp;</p> <div> &nbsp;</div>

RUSA’s Annual Conference travel grant for new ILL practitioners awarded to Natalie D. Beam

<p> Natalie D. Beam, head of access services at University of Hawaii, Hilo, is the 2012 winner of the <a href="http://www.ala.org/rusa">Reference and User Services Association&rsquo;s</a> (RUSA) <a href="http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/mentoring">STARS-Atlas Systems Mentoring Award</a>&mdash;a competitive ALA Annual Conference travel grant for librarians new to the field of interlibrary loan.</p>

Cyril Oberlander is 2012 winner of RUSA’s Boucher Award for distinguished contributions to ILL

CHICAGO - Cyril Oberlander, interim director, Milne Library, State University of New York, Geneseo, is the recipient of the Reference and User Services Association’s (RUSA) 2012 Virginia Boucher-OCLC Distinguished Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Librarian Award.

<p> Cyril Oberlander, interim director, Milne Library, State University of New York, Geneseo, is the recipient of the Reference and User Services Association&rsquo;s (RUSA) 2012 <a href="http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/boucher">Virginia Boucher-OCLC Distinguished Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Librarian Award</a>.</p>

RUSA Annual Conference programs to cover cutting-edge topics relevant to all types of libraries

CHICAGO—The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) will host technology and future-focused programs at the upcoming ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, tackling topics such as mobile technology, e-books, readers' advisory in the digital age, international interlibrary loan and financial literacy, among other topics.

<p> Upcoming RUSA programs at Annual will cover topics such as mobile technology, e-books, readers advisory in the digital age, international interlibrary loan and financial literacy, among other topics.</p>

Micquel Little receives 2011 RUSA interlibrary loan travel scholarship

CHICAGO — Micquel Little, access services librarian at St.