Reference & Adult Services Section

By rholt - Posted on 03 September 2009

Who Are We: We are members of the North Carolina Library Association who have a special interest in reference and in working with adult library customers. We serve in various types of libraries throughout the state of North Carolina (including both public and academic libraries). The Section provides opportunities for continuing education and discussion dealing with reference and adult services. The RASS also works to fulfill the objectives of the North Carolina Library Association as a whole.

We invite you to become a Reference and Adult Service Section member and volunteer to help with our activities. Why should you join the RASS?

To have opportunities to learn, network and collaborate with other North Carolina librarians, support staff and institutions across the state.
To participate in guiding the Association’s initiatives, policies and projects.
To receive discounts to NCLA Workshops and Conferences
Joint applications for NCLA and ALA are available for students and paraprofessionals.
Membership rates are scaled to match your income

Download the RASS Bylaws, a list of the current Executive Committee members, and Minutes of recent meetings from the Documents page.

March 2013 RASS Virtual Conference: "Current Trends in Reference"

The Reference and Adult Services Section, in conjunction with the Distance Learning Interest Group, just held its first virtual conference on March 14th. The conference's theme was "Current Trends in Reference", and it featured four 20 minute presentations on the latest and greatest happenings in the world of Reference. If you weren't able to attend the virtual conference, you can still view the presentation slide decks online via SlideShare!

Web Gems for Librarians and Patrons from NCLA-DLG

Virtual Reference: Bringing the Library to Your Living Room from NCLA-DLG

Reference Templates for Distance Education Students from NCLA-DLG

Cool Tools for Academic Reference/Instruction Librarians from NCLA-DLG

RASS Resource of the Month

Each month RASS posts a short article about a resource of interest to its members.

Is there an information resource that you think more librarians should know about it? If so, please consider writing up a short article describing what it is, and what makes it particularly useful, send it to john [dot] raynor [at] highpointnc [dot] gov, and look for it here on the RASS web page!

Month	Resource	Contributor
July 2012	LibGuides	Donna Windish, Randolph Community College
August 2012	Mango Languages	Dana Haven, Chatham Community Library

RASS at the 2011 NCLA Conference

Download a flyer announcing all of the RASS-sponsored presentations at the 2011 NCLA Conference in Hickory.

CareerWise 2011

On May 13th of 2011, RASS and the North Carolina chapter of the Special Libraries Association (NCSLA) jointly presented CareerWise 2011, a career-focused workshop for librarians and information professionals in all fields.

Mary Scanlon of Wake Forest University and Kathy Makens of the Durham County's South Regional Library offered a presentation on using online social media at the CareerWise 2011 workshop. To view the PowerPoint slide show of this presentation, just click on its title page, below:

2010 RASS Conference

The recent RASS conference at the Cameron Village Regional Library in Raleigh, entitled "Digital Reference Tools and Technologies," is over now, but you're welcome to view the PowerPoint slide shows of the presentations that were given there. To download a particular slide show, just click on its title page, shown below: