Reference and User Services Association

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division of the American Library Association library association division professional organization

The Reference and User Services Association is a professional division of the American Library Association that focuses on improving reference, user services, and resource sharing in libraries.

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Label	Occurrences
Reference and User Services Association canonical	7

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	division of the American Library Association ⓘ library association division ⓘ professional organization ⓘ
abbreviation	RUSA ⓘ
activity	develops guidelines for reference services ⓘ develops standards for library user services ⓘ offers professional development for librarians ⓘ organizes programs at ALA conferences ⓘ publishes professional guidelines and recommendations ⓘ sponsors awards for excellence in reference and user services ⓘ
affiliation	ALA divisions ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
field	librarianship ⓘ
focusesOn	adult services in libraries ⓘ collection development ⓘ information literacy ⓘ information services in libraries ⓘ interlibrary loan ⓘ reader advisory services ⓘ reference collection management ⓘ reference services ⓘ resource discovery ⓘ resource sharing in libraries ⓘ user services ⓘ
goal	to enhance access to information for library users ⓘ
hasCommittee	awards committee ⓘ conference program planning committee ⓘ standards and guidelines committee ⓘ
hasSection	Business Reference and Services Section ⓘ Collection Development and Evaluation Section ⓘ Emerging Technologies Section ⓘ History Section ⓘ Reference Services Section ⓘ Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mission	to improve reference and information services in libraries ⓘ to promote resource sharing among libraries ⓘ to support excellence in user services in libraries ⓘ
nonProfitStatus	nonprofit professional association ⓘ
parentOrganization	American Library Association ⓘ
sector	library and information science ⓘ
serves	academic libraries ⓘ public libraries ⓘ reference librarians ⓘ school libraries ⓘ special libraries ⓘ user services librarians ⓘ
website	https://www.rusaupdate.org/ ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American Library Association → hasDivision → Reference and User Services Association ⓘ

Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction → administeredBy → Reference and User Services Association ⓘ

ALA → hasDivision → Reference and User Services Association ⓘ

subject surface form: American Library Association

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction → presentedBy → Reference and User Services Association ⓘ

Reference & User Services Quarterly → publishedBy → Reference and User Services Association ⓘ

Reference & User Services Quarterly → associatedOrganization → Reference and User Services Association ⓘ

Reference & User Services Quarterly → isOfficialJournalOf → Reference and User Services Association ⓘ