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RUSA STARS is pleased to provide tools to help you in your job. The resources provided among these pages were developed by your peers and their predecessors in the reference and user services profession.

STARS Resources

Professional Competencies for Resource Sharing Practitioners

These guidelines define the professional competencies important for resource sharing practitioners for use in: the training of new staff, the preparation and review of position descriptions, resource sharing job applications, performance evaluations and goal setting, and/or the creation of a Library and Information Science (LIS) curriculum addressing skills and knowledge involved with resource sharing. Prepared by the RUSA STARS Interlibrary Loan and Codes, Guidelines, and Technical Standards Committees, 2022-3. Approved by the RUSA STARS Executive Committee on June 12, 2024.

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Revised by the Codes, Guidelines and Technical Standards Committee, Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section (STARS), Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), 2022; approved by the STARS Executive Committee, November 18, 2022.

Interlibrary Loan Code for the United States With Explanatory Text
Prepared by the Interlibrary Loan Committee, Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), 1994, revised 2001. Revised by the Codes, Guidelines, and Technical Standards Committee, Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section (STARS) 2008, 2015, and 2023. Approved by RUSA Board June 13, 2023.

Revised by STARS by the Codes, Guidelines, and Technical Standards Committee, 2020; approved by the STARS Executive Committee, January 20, 2021. Approved by the RUSA Professional Resources Committee, December 2, 2021.

This model clause is recommended to all libraries for their use in negotiating interlibrary loan license terms with electronic resource vendors. This model clause is also offered to electronic resource vendors as suggested text for inclusion in vendor licenses. Drafted by the STARS Legislation and Licensing Committee, February 2019, and revised, November 2023. Approved by RUSA PRC, March 2024.

Other resources

Consisting of four sections, the framework defines access services, suggests competencies for access services librarians and managers, examines marketing and outreach of access services, and suggests opportunities for professional engagement for access services librarians.