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The article discusses the history of the Business Reference & Services Section (BRASS) of the organization Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). Comments by several members of BRASS are presented, including the librarians Gerald Gill, Mark Leggett and Judy Nixon. The role of BRASS in the careers of members as librarians is addressed.

The article reviews the database SimplyMap from Geographic Research Inc.

The article reviews online census database Social Explorer, found at socialexplorer.com and developed at Queens College at City University in New York City.

Different modes of networking for business and economics librarians are explored. Business librarians are urged to think beyond the traditional associations and means of communication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As the economics, finance, and data librarian at a university without a business school, I have long straddled the world between economics and finance and social science data. While many of the proposals were not able to be accepted, we were faced with so many quality proposals regarding the business data life cycle and the functions librarians serve with business data that the special issue was expanded to double issue. In September of 2019, editor Celia Ross approached me about serving as the guest editor of a special issue on business and financial data. [Extracted from the article]

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including data reference, social networking and credit crisis.