Introducing the RUSA STARS Rethinking Resource Sharing Checklist Version 2: How Your Library Can Become a STAR!

Abstract

The American Library Association's (ALA) Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) division, Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section (STARS) Rethinking Resource Sharing Policies Committee, has unveiled an updated version of the STARS Checklist. This article will discuss how the checklist can help to shape your library's resource-sharing policies. The ALA RUSA STARS Rethinking Resource Sharing STARS Checklist provides library staff an opportunity to review and reflect on the policies and processes that comprise the resource-sharing services they provide. The checklist helps libraries save money, impress administration, and serve patrons to their fullest potential. This article offers a review of the STARS Checklist, including its history and guidelines for its implementation.

KEYWORDS:

• best practices, discovery
• interlibrary loan departments
• resource sharing

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

This article is based on the proceedings of the Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference held June 9–10, 2016 in Indianapolis, Indiana.