Business Reference And Services Section (BRASS)
Welcome to BRASS, your station for expertise on all aspects of business reference. Our members come from all kinds of libraries- public, academic, and corporate.
BRASS members, please log into the BRASS Community Page in ALA Connect for more content, including the Roster of members.
Overview
The Business Reference and Services Section exists to promote its members' professional development:
- Committees offer many opportunities for members to serve
- Support Positions fill other vital needs for BRASS
- Roster in ALA Connect (requires login) shows who does what
- Members' page in ALA Connect (requires login)
- Awards
- Professional Tools
- Publications
Read the new FALL 2024 Academic BRASS Issue
Notes and Thoughts on Retrieving Historical Members of the S&P 500 from WRDS
Tee Lip Hwe
Getting Oriented: A Business Librarian Joins the Business School’s Orientation Committee
Chuck Knight
Market Research Reports: Creative Options for Locating Industry Insights & Data
Susan Klopper
Get Involved in BRASS
Join
Select RUSA (Reference and Users Services Association) and BRASS when you join/renew with ALA. With a RUSA membership, you can join BRASS at no extra charge.
Volunteer
Participate in BRASS Committees! You do not necessarily need to travel to conferences to volunteer. While some committees meet in-person, many have virtual assignments, and some do all their work online. Most committee assignments last two years and begin and end after the ALA Annual Conference.
Chitchat
We talk shop via BRASS in ALA Connect.
Newbies
Are you new (5 years or less) to business librarianship, and trying to learn all the ropes? (So many business databases!) You're not alone! Join the club, via this BRASS New Business Librarians Group.
