Business Reference Sources

Charge

To study and identify the need for and improvement in business reference sources both print and electronic and to promote communication between business reference librarians and the providers of business information.

To showcase and to create a dialog with publishers and information providers about their information products and resources by means of an annual Publishers’ Open Forum.

To identify outstanding business reference sources for recommendation in an annual column in Reference and User Services Quarterly (RUSQ).

Roster

Susan Hurst (Chair, July 1, 2012, to July 22, 2013)
Susan Hurst (Chair, July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2014)
Mr. John Christopher Burns (Member, July 1, 2011, to July 22, 2013)
Brittany Cronin (Member, July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2014)
Marlene Feehan (Member, July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2014)
Ms. Valerie Freeman (Member, July 1, 2011, to July 22, 2013)
Ms. Valerie Freeman (Member, July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2015)
Ed Hahn (Member, July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2014)
Susan Hurst (Member, July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2014)
Naomi J. Lederer (Member, July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2014)
Glenn McGuigan (Member, July 1, 2011, to July 22, 2013)
Glenn McGuigan (Member, July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2015)
Mr. Jordan Michael Nielsen (Member, July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2015)
Joan Plungis (Member, July 1, 2011, to July 22, 2013)
Anthony Andrew Raymond (Member, July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2015)
Ms. Penny L. Scott (Member, July 1, 2011, to July 22, 2013)
Ms. Penny L. Scott (Member, July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2015)
Mr. Mark J. Siciliano (Member, July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2015)
Rebecca A. Smith (Member, July 1, 2011, to July 22, 2013)
Suzanne Sweeney (Member, July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2014)
Janis L. Tyhurst (Member, July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2015)

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Composition

There shall be at least seven (7) members appointed by the Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect of BRASS.

Terms of Office
Members of the Committee will serve two years and shall be eligible for reappointment for a consecutive two-year term. Terms will be staggered so that continuity will be maintained.

Origin

See Committee Charge.

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