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.  
 

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Overview

The Business Reference and Services Section exists to promote its members' professional development:

Read the new SPRING 2026 Academic BRASS Issue

Reflections on Building Data Harnessing Literacy: A Three-tier Approach for Business Librarians
Redzuan Abdullah

From Staff Development to Student Learning: AI in Business Research Instruction
Brock Edmunds

"What's your major?" Identity, Perception, and the Early-Career Business Librarian 
Lillian Reilly

What Counts as Research? Insights from Graduate Business Students
Morgan Ritchie-Baum & Summer Krstevska

Turning a Book Display into a Living Outreach Site 
Olivia Samimy

Lessons Learned from Business Resource Licensing at UC Berkeley
Nadia H. Winters & Samantha Teremi

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.