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The Annual Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) Virtual Forum is scheduled for March 4 & 6, 2025. We're excited to be in our 4th successful year of offering an economical, virtual venue to learn about reference and user services. The forum is open to ALL Librarians and library workers. RUSA membership is not required. Register today and Save $20 with the early bird code RUSAVF25

The Forum Theme is: Meeting Users' Needs (EDIA)

Users with vary experiences and needs

• broad set of socio-demographic backgrounds
• Cultures
• Ages
• Sexualities
• Races
• Groups that have experienced historical/institutional inequities
• Neurodiversity
• Gender
• Disabilities
• Ethnicities

By acknowledging these, we can better provide for our patrons and our communities.

What do we know? How can this knowledge help us? Why is it valuable? How can building better services for one group benefit other groups?

How are we bringing these groups to the conversation to help us build better practices? Why should we care?

Libraries serve changing and dynamic user groups that often have intersecting needs. By acknowledging these different user groups, we can better provide for our patrons and our library communities. Whether you are working with a neurodivergent student to find research for an assignment, or are interacting with a patron who is struggling to navigate technology, or you are aware that spaces in the library could be more welcoming to different groups of users - librarians work constantly to change or adapt to meet our patrons where they are. But we often do not always know how to serve these groups.

Hear presentations from our sections and interest groups that address how to meet a variety of users’ needs, with a particular focus on meeting user needs under equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility.

Session Titles:

Evolving Library Services: A Holistic Approach to Patron Support and Well-being

Genealogy Research for African Americans and Asian Americans: Tools and Strategies to Support Family History Researchers

Partnering with Professors: Expanding one-off class instruction with custom course videos

Informal Learning and Community Building through Library Outreach

Helping Diverse Users with Financial Literacy Resources

AI-mazing IDEA: Leveling Up Library Services

The Art, Science and Practicality of the Cookbook

And More!

Who should attend:

This virtual event is for all types of library workers in reference, user services, adult readers advisory and collection development, resource sharing, genealogy and archives, business reference, and reference technology. The Virtual Forum is open to non-RUSA and 91´«Ã½ members as well.

Registration:

Register today by clicking and Save $20 with the early bird code RUSAVF25

Sponsorship Opportunity:

Are you interested in supporting the RUSA Virtual Forum through sponsorship? We can offer the following benefits:

• Logo with hyperlink to organization website on RUSA Virtual Forum home page
• Sponsor recognition in event promotion (Facebook, LinkedIn, and email)
• Acknowledgment during opening and closing remarks
• Opportunity to host a 10-minute commercial break featuring your product

For more information, please contact Ninah Moore, RUSA Program Officer-Continuing Education, at nmoore@ala.org

Technology:

The RUSA Virtual Forum will be hosted on Whova! Check out the user guide !

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