Nicole Sari Stith, Business Librarian, East Carolina University, named winner of the 2026 BRASS Academic Business Librarianship Travel Award sponsored by Finaeon Nicole Sari Stith “Thank you to the BRASS Committee and Finaeon for supporting me to attend my first ALA Annual in Chicago where ALA is based; it is an honor. I have been…(Read More)
Sally Stieglitz, Communications and Outreach Coordinator, Long Island Library Resources Coordinator and Editor-in-Chief, Association of Jewish Librarian (AJL) News and Reviews, named winner of the 2026 CODES Louis Shores Award Sally Stieglitz “I am honored to be the 2026 recipient of the ALA RUSA CODES Louis Shores Award. My thanks to the Louis…(Read More)
Tara D. McKinney, Resource Sharing Specialist, Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library, Bucknell University, selected winner of the 2026 STARS Mentoring Award sponsored by Atlas Systems Tara D. McKinney “After dipping my toe in public and school librarianship, I am beyond thrilled to have found my niche as an early academic library professional in resource sharing services…(Read More)
Matthew Noe, Lead Collection & Knowledge Management Librarian, Countway Library, Harvard Medical School, selected winner of the 2026 Isadore Gilbert Mudge Award Matthew Noe “I am honored and a little lost for words to be named this year’s RUSA Isadore Gilbert Mudge Awardee. During my little-more-than a decade in libraries, I’ve…(Read More)
BRASS 2025 Student Travel Award Winner Hilary Turner is the recipient of the 2025 BRASS Student Travel Award sponsored by SimplyAnalytics and here is what this award means to her in her own words. Pictured – Hilary Turner at the SimplyAnalytics booth Perhaps it goes without saying that, absent the 2025 BRASS Student Travel Award, I…(Read More)
Chicago—The annual Best of the Best Business Reference Websites list was announced today by the Business Reference And Services Section (BRASS) Education Committee. The list made its first debut in 2009 in Reference and User Services Quarterly (RUSQ), RUSA’s research journal, and recognizes three websites highly relevant to information professionals involved in providing…(Read More)
Lillian Reilly, Entrepreneurship Librarian, Northeastern University, named winner of the 2025 BRASS Academic Business Librarianship Travel Award sponsored by Finaeon Lillian Reilly “I’m deeply grateful to the BRASS Committee and Finaeon for this honor. The opportunity to attend my first ALA Conference in my hometown of Philadelphia is truly humbling. My journey as a…(Read More)
Melissa S. Del Castillo, Chair, AIRUS (Artificial Intelligence in Reference & User Services) Interest Group, selected winner of the 2025 Isadore Gilbert Mudge Award Melissa S. Del Castillo “I am deeply honored to be the recipient of the RUSA Isadore Gilbert Mudge Award. This esteemed recognition not only signifies the profound impact that reference librarianship…(Read More)
Georgetown Public Library and Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library (Heights Libraries) selected winners of the Stephen T. Riedner Grant for Life Enhancing Library Programs for People Living with Dementia The Stephen T. Riedner Grant for Life Enhancing Library Programs for People Living with Dementia was established in memory of Stephen T. Riedner by his…(Read More)