RSA DAY 2026
Date: April 8, 2025
Time: 9:30am – 3pm
Location: Spoon River College Outreach Center in Macomb.
Join us for a keynote on accessibility and choose from 14 engaging sessions covering book clubs, local history, serving the unserved, AI, senior programming, IMRF, art galleries, roundtables, and more. RSA staff will host sessions on cataloging, reports, and standards, and representatives from RAILS, RAILS Delivery and SirsiDynix will be on site.
Background:
This year’s RSA Day is being specifically catered to front line staff, those employees who work at service points and public facing positions.
Free lunch provided for the first 200 registered attendees!
Come enjoy a great day of learning and networking with area colleagues.
This program is supported by the RAILS Continuing Education Grant.
Registration closes 27 March 2026.
See full schedule and register to attend here: https://librarylearning.org/event/2026-04-08/rsa-day-2026
RSA Day 2025
RSA Day was held Thursday, 10 April 2025 at Five Points Washington.
Past Events Archive
All slide presentations will not be made available from RSA Day – we leave the decision to share up to each individual presenter.
2025
CMC Cataloging Best Practices presented by Pamela Thomas, Cataloging Maintenance Center
Are you new to cataloging? Do you find all the rules confusing? Dr. Pamela Thomas will discuss best practices in cataloging to help you focus on the information you need to include in a bibliographic record.
Download the slides to the Cataloging Best Practices presentation (.pptx)
Colorful Cataloging presented by RSA StaffA colorful networking session hosted by members from the RSA Cataloging Department. This was the handout supplied during this session.
Download the Colorful Cataloging handout (.pdf)
Gingerbread Houses & Fancy Nancy Programs presented by Brenda Tee, Henderson County Public Library District
Learn how to plan, prep, and implement two of Henderson County Public Library’s most popular programs.
Download the slides to the Gingerbread Houses & Fancy Nancy Programs presentation (.pdf)
Inventory Panel presented by Laura Keyes (Dunlap PLD), Nick Hulva (Fondulac DL), Savannah McClellan (Washington DL),
Hear how three different libraries handle inventory from a one-time project to a rolling inventory process.
Download the slides to the Inventory Panel presentation (.pdf)
Picklist Tips & Tricks presented by Beth Duttlinger, Lillie M. Evans Library
Find out how the LME Library has streamlined picklist tasks to optimize efficiency and meet requirements.
Download the slides to the Picklist Tips & Tricks presentation (.pdf)
Using Canva for Marketing resented by Andie Kelch (Brimfield PLD) Amelia Owdom (Chillicothe PLD), Ali Dixon (Washington DL)
From brochures to buttons, hear from three libraries about how they use Canva for Marketing.
Download the slides to the Using Canva for Marketing presentation (.pdf)
RSA Day Planning Committee
Purpose
This group shall organize and run one or more annual RSA Day type events in conjunction with RSA Staff. This committee operates independently with suggestions and recommendations of the RSA Executive Director, RSA Board of Directors, and RSA member libraries.
Membership in this committee is open to all RSA libraries. There are no appointed members. All libraries are encouraged to send representatives to all meetings to help plan and provide effective RSA Day type events.
Committee Leadership
Membership in this committee is open to representatives from all RSA member libraries. Contact RSA for meeting dates and locations.
RSA Contact: Sara Naslund (RSA Member Services Coordinator)