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The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) is a division of the American Library Association (ALA). There are several sections within RUSA, one of them being the Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section (STARS). Due to the large internal structure of the ALA, concerns began to arise about resource sharing due to decentralization of responsibility for this goal^[1]. STARS was created to meet this need in order to provide an organized, centralized group for members to discuss issues relating to interlibrary loan, document delivery, remote circulation, access services, cooperative reference, cooperative collection development, remote storage, and other shared library services by members of RUSA-STARS.^[2]. The origins of the group stem from 2002, when a proposal was submitted to a RUSA task force outlining the need for an resource sharing arm of RUSA.^[3]. The group was officially founded in 2004, and since then has been in charge of developing the Interlibrary Loan Code, which is reviewed and revised every seven years.^[4] RUSA STARS developed a checklist in 2011 that allows libraries to determine the extent of resource sharing in the institutions completing the survey.^[5]. A second version of the STARS checklist was released a few years later and remains available for libraries seeking to inventory the extent of their resource sharing.

Membership

STARS is one of the six sections of RUSA a division within the ALA. The membership consists of librarians and staff from all types of libraries interested in collection development, readers’ advisory, and publishing.

Related Organizations

STARS is one of six sections and five interest groups under RUSA. The other sections include:

Committees

Publications

RUSA publishes the RUSQ Journal, RUSA Quarterly Update, and documents relevant to professionals working in the field of reference services. The last issue was published in 2021, but after a three year hiatus, it was relaunched in 2024.^[6]

Awards

References

^ Hollerich, Mary A. (2005). "STARS Portends a Bright Future for Resource Sharing". Journal of Access Services. 2 (4): 22–33.
^ "RUSA's Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section". American Library Association.
^ Hollerich, Mary A. (2005). "STARS Portends a Bright Future for Resource Sharing". Journal of Access Services: 22–33.
^ Baich, Tina (2015). "Unlocking the Interlibrary Loan Code for the United States". Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve. 25: 75–88.
^ Musacchio, Amanda (2015). "Introducing the RUSA STARS Rethinking Resource Sharing Checklist Version 2: How Your Library Can Become a STAR". Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve. 25 (3–5): 51–59.
^ American Library Association (2023). "RUSA Journal RUSQ to Relaunch in 2024". American Libraries: 13.

[1] Hollerich, Mary A. (2005). "STARS Portends a Bright Future for Resource Sharing". Journal of Access Services. 2 (4): 22–33.

[2] "RUSA's Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section". American Library Association.

[3] Hollerich, Mary A. (2005). "STARS Portends a Bright Future for Resource Sharing". Journal of Access Services: 22–33.

[4] Baich, Tina (2015). "Unlocking the Interlibrary Loan Code for the United States". Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve. 25: 75–88.

[5] Musacchio, Amanda (2015). "Introducing the RUSA STARS Rethinking Resource Sharing Checklist Version 2: How Your Library Can Become a STAR". Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve. 25 (3–5): 51–59.

[6] American Library Association (2023). "RUSA Journal RUSQ to Relaunch in 2024". American Libraries: 13.

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