RSA New Director PowerPoint
This is the slide presentation shared with new directors during our initial onboarding meeting. This is a great place to start for an overview of all the services RSA provides and to become familiar with the consortium.
Download the RSA New Director PowerPoint (PDF)
Essentials
List curated with RSA member recommendations.
The links below are a good place to begin for new and long-time directors. Know a new director? Please spread the word, and let them know about this page.
Do you know of a resource helpful to a new Director, but it is not mentioned on this page? Please contact the RSA Help Desk and tell us about it! We would be happy to add it to this page.
| RAILS and RSA Differences | State Library’s Online Calendar |
| L2 Library Events Calendar | RSA Contact List |
| RSA Bibliographic Database Standards | Central Illinois Networking Groups |
| RAILS Email Newsletters | RAILS Networking Groups |
| Request an RSA Site Visit (or RAILS Site Visits) | User Accounts Policy |
| Rural Directors groups: Rural Directors (West Central Illinois/greater Peoria area) ARC (Association of Rural Directors) (Tazewell, McLean, DeWitt, Logan counties) Tri-County Directors (McLean, Woodford, and Livingston counties) | Barcode Ordering and Equipment |
| RSA System Functionality and Governance Docs | Terms Used in Policies cheat sheet |
Email Updates via RSA Listserv
RSA Email Groups and Listerv Sign Up
Reporting
Visit the Monthly Statistics page
Visit the System Generated Reports page
Visit the ILLINET and IPLAR Report Data page
BLUEcloud Analytics (BCA)
Go to the BLUEcloud Analytics Login Screen 🔗
Visit the BLUEcloud Analytics (BCA) page
BLUEcloud Analytics (BCA) Dashboards list
Cataloging
For more info beyond these topics, see the Cataloging Handbook.
About this page
This page combines useful topics that RSA members have recommended for other directors. If you have an idea of something to add to this page, please submit a help desk ticket with RSA Support Website in the subject.