SLA

SLA . . . Connecting People and Information

Welcome to the website of the
College & University Business Libraries Section

Mission

Provides a forum for members to focus on issues related to all areas of academic business librarianship, including research, collection development, reference, instruction, and service activities. Meetings and programs focus on practical and theoretical issues that concern business librarians in the college and university settings.

Action Committees

Research & Publishing

The committee will identify and prioritize research topics in business librarianship that individual librarians can choose to research as part of their promotion and tenure requirements.

Chair:
Cynthia Lenox
Coordinator of Collection Development/ Liaison to the Boler School of Business
John Carroll University
216-397-3056
clenox@jcu.edu

Academic Business Librarianship Award

The goal of this award is to encourage research & publication in the area of academic business librarianship. The committee will develop criteria, seek sponsorship, and review nominations.

Chair:
Judy Field, Senior Lecturer
Wayne State University
Science Information and Library
106 Kresge
Detroit MI 48202
313-577-8539
aa4101@wayne.edu

CUBL Membership

Advise the Section Chair on membership and assist the Chair in facilitating CUBL membership activities; analyze and create strategies for enhancing and increasing member activity within CUBL. This committee will also be responsible for ensuring that a regular CUBL contribution appears in every Business & Finance Newsletter.

Chair:
Glenn McGuigan
Business & Public Administration Reference Librarian
Reference Services Coordinator
Penn State Harrisburg
351 Olmsted Drive, Middletown, PA 17057-4850
717-948-6078
gxm22@psu.edu

CUBL Section Web Site

The committee will seek and create content for the CUBL section web site as well as coordinate with the Business & Finance Webmaster to ensure the information is accurate and current.

Chair:
Kristine Ferry
Research Librarian for Business
University of California, Irvine
kferry@uci.edu

Resources

Links

· ALA Core Competencies for Business Reference

· XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) International

Articles

· Bennett, Terrence B. and Nicholson, Shawn W. “Interactions Between the Academic Business Library and Research Data Services.” Portal: Libraries and the Academy. 4 (1), 2004.

· Boudreau, Signe and Bicknell-Holmes, Tracy. “A model for strategic business instruction.” Research Strategies. 19, 2003.

· Cooney, Martha and Hiris, Lorene. “Integrating information literacy and its assessment into a graduate business course: A collaborative framework.” Research Strategies. 19, 2003.

· Klusek, Louise A. “XBRL changes financial reporting.” Information Outlook. 10 (12), 2006.

· Tucker, James Corey. “Getting down to business: library staff training.” Reference Services Review. 32 (3), 2004.

· Wu, Yuhfen Diana and Kendal, Susan Lee. “Teaching faculty’s perspectives on business information literacy.” Reference Services Review. 34 (1), 2006.

Chair’s Contact Info