From Committees of RUSA: BRASS Program: Not Elsewhere Classified: Researching New and Niche Industries

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  • BRASS 2015 Program Committee

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https://doi.org/10.5860/rusq.55n2.156

Abstract

The Business Research and Services Section (BRASS) 2015 program was directed to business research professionals who may be stymied by researcher requests related to newer or niche industries. In a stimulating ninety-minute session, two top research professionals informed, confronted and engaged their American Library Association (ALA) audience with their well-paced array of smart search strategies and sources designed to meet industry challenges. The presentation was effective in identifying research workaround strategies and tying real industry problems with practical, on-the-job solutions.

The material provided here and the bibliography of sources may serve as additional resources for emerging industry queries of library users. The BRASS program presentation is available via this ALA conference website (http://alaac15.ala.org/node/28603).

Author Biography

BRASS 2015 Program Committee

BRASS 2015 Program Planning Committee Members: Diane K. Campbell, Rider University (chair); Mark Andersen, Chicago Public Library; Anne M. Bradley, California State University, Sacramento; Annette Buckley, University of California, Irvine; Monica Hagan, University of California Los Angeles; Todd M. Hines, Princeton University; Chris Le Beau, University of Missouri-Kansas City; Lauren Reiter, Penn State University; and, Penny Scott, University of San Francisco.

References

Daniel P. Forbes and David A. Kirsch, “The Study of Emerging Industries: Recognizing and Responding to Some Central Problems,” Journal of Business Venturing 26, no. 5 (2011): 590, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2010.01.004.

PwC, “Emerging Industries,” Report on the Methodology for Their Classification and on the Most Active, Significant and Relevant New Emerging Industrial Sectors, Version 1.3, extension of the European Cluster Observatory, Promoting Better Policies to Develop World-class Clusters, in Europe Contract N°71/PP/ENT/CIP/11/N04C031 Work Package 3, Deliverable 1 (Luxembourg: PwC, July 2012): 13, https://ec.europa.eu/research/industrial_technologies/pdf/emerging-industries-report_en.pdf.

“Meet the Team,” Bizologie, www.bizologie.com.

Marydee Ojala, “People-Finding on the Web,” Online Searcher 39, no. 4 (July/August 2015): 67, www.infotoday.com/OnlineSearcher/Issue/5440-July-August-2015.shtml.

Marydee Ojala, “Mining Industry Data: A Checklist Approach,” Online Searcher 37, no. 1 (January/February 2013): 68–69, www.infotoday.com/OnlineSearcher/Issue/3612-January-February-2013.shtml.

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2015-12-16

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Vol. 55 No. 2 (2015): Winter

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From Committees of RUSA

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