Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS)

Business Reference & Services Section (BRASS)

Welcome to BRASS!

BRASS is the Business Reference and Services Section of ALA's Reference & User Services Association (RUSA). Whether you're new to business reference and  looking for some guidance or you wish to share your business reference expertise, BRASS is your home within ALA.  BRASS members come from all kinds of libraries--public, academic, corporate and everything in between.   Get involved with BRASS to meet and network with these colleagues and for other professional development opportunities! 

Download the full 2011-2012 BRASS Committee Roster.

Message from the BRASS Chair
January 4, 2012

 I hope to see many of you in Dallas, Jan. 20 -24. BRASS will hold an All Members’ Meeting Sunday, January 22 from 10:30 – 12:00 am in the OMNI Hotel, Trinity 4. An agenda will go out to BRASS-L after the holiday. Many BRASS committees will be meeting virtually around the time of the Midwinter Conference. The BRASS Executive Board will conference as well to keep BRASS business moving along. 

Do check the RUSA Blog for other Midwinter events: http://rusa.ala.org.ezproxy.mnl.umkc.edu/blog/

Don’t forget the RUSA Social, Saturday, 6:00-8:00 pm, in the Adolphus Hotel, Century Ballroom A. (You don't have to be a member). Also there is the Sunday RUSA Midwinter Book and Media Awards Reception, from 5:00-6:30 pm in the Fairmont Hotel, Oak Room, 1717 N. Akard St. 

Please stop by our sponsors' booths and thank them for their support. 

See you in Dallas! 

Chris LeBeau
BRASS Chair 2011-2012
LeBeauc@umkc.edu
 

brass chairs past, current, and future

 

 

 

 


BRASS Chairs: Past (Mark Anderson, 2010-2011),
Current (Chris Le Beau, 2011-2012), and
Future (Ann Fiegen, Chair-Elect)

   Join and Get Involved with BRASS

Already an ALA member?   Then please consider becoming a member of RUSA.  With a RUSA membership, you can join BRASS and as many other RUSA sections as you want at no extra charge.  Adding BRASS is easy.