Business Roundtable (BURT)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ULA CONFERENCE – BURT MEETING & DINNER
The Business Roundtable (BURT) meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 19th from 2:30-3:00 PM in the Silver Creek room at the convention center. Please plan to stop by for the entire time, or just a few minutes to connect and say hello. This will be a nice time to meet our incoming BURT chair, Maggie Marchant and other amazing business librarians from around the state.
You are also invited to continue the conversation later in the day at a dinner meet-up! All who are interested in business librarianship (even if you aren’t attending ULA or a BURT member) are welcome to meet us at Edna’s Market & Grille in Provo at 5:30 PM. Edna’s Market & Grille Menu
Please RSVP to Jessica Tuwun by Monday, May 18th in person at ULA or via email at [email protected]
The virtual meeting took place on March 13 at 12 pm via Zoom. The theme was New Business Formation Support. The presenter was Iantha Haight, BYU Law Library Deputy Director. She shared her work related to contracts and formation documents. She recommended several resources, including: Nolo Guides –https://www.nolo.com/trade – Mostly used by public libraries. On their site, you can find information on purchasing the guides. She also mentioned a Law and Entrepreneurship clinic offered by BYU Law School that provides legal services to innovators and entrepreneurs. This is the link for more information:
https://law.byu.edu/explore/resources/centers-clinics/law-and-entrepreneurship-clinic/about-us. Westlaw Practical Law and Lexis Practical Guides are very good resources usually used by lawyers and law libraries, and are very expensive. Iantha also shared her “Entrepreneurship/Starting a Company in Utah” guide, available at https://guides.law.byu.edu/c.php?g=1520373. Attendees suggested other resources. Maggie mentions that the UT State Law Library’s Westlaw subscription only includes: “The law library’s public Westlaw subscription provides access to all state and federal cases, statutes and regulations, law review articles and some treatises.” Sounds like not the contract templates.
https://www.utcourts.gov/en/about/miscellaneous/law-library/collections/computer.html. Lorelei Rutledge from U of U recommended the US Chamber of Commerce: https://www.uschamber.com/co/start/strategy/nonprofit-vs-not-for-profit-vs-for-profit. There was a question about information for nonprofit businesses, and someone recommended one from Washington that might differ from Utah’s, but it could be a starting point. This is the link: https://lib.law.uw.edu/nonprofits. Here are the presentation slides: BURT_Entity Formation_Mar 13 2026.pptx
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Virtual Discussion Minutes January 9, 2026
Presenter: Marina Narvaez, Entrepreneur Librarian at U of U Marriott Library
- The IRB Study yielded Online Tutorial Guidelines
- Marketing class resulted in the tutorial, Planning Your Pitch
- Rebranding tutorial, Market Research for Entrepreneurs
- Libguides, Entrepreneurs Toolkit, and Funding Options
- Lassonde Institute participation resulted in the tutorial, Entrepreneurs: The Pitch for funding
BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE PURPOSE
- Provide a forum for information sharing, networking, and continuing education for library employees who provide business reference services or are interested in such services.
- Share common problems and concerns.
- Participate in professional development opportunities, such as presenting papers, participating in panel discussions, or engaging in other activities geared toward the provision of business services.
MEMBERSHIP
Membership is open to any ULA member. As you join or renew your ULA membership, please choose BURT as one of your roundtables. *ULA members may belong to more than one roundtable. The Business Round Table was proposed by Leticia Camacho, Brigham Young University Business Librarian, and approved by the ULA Board Meeting on Monday, February 3, 2003.
CURRENT OFFICERS
Chair – Jessica Tuwun
BYU Library, Management, Marketing & UXD Librarian
jessica [email protected]
Vice Chair – Maggie Marchant
BYU Library Finance, Economics & Data Librarian,
[email protected]
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
Alex Sundt
Web Services Librarian, Utah State University
[email protected]
Secretary
Leticia Camacho
BYU Library Accounting, Public Management & Information Systems Librarian
[email protected]
BUSINESS CORE MATERIALS
Visit the Free Business Resources Guide (https://guides.lib.byu.edu/freebusinessresources). The guide includes free business resources and other resources available to all Utah residents
A guide to business reference content for new business librarians and a refresher for seasoned professionals. Managed by the BRASS Education Committee.
Business Research Competencies
Outlines targeted skills and learning outcomes, providing a standard vocabulary for 10 common business research areas.
20+ more guides (beyond Business Reference Essentials) to useful free and fee-based resources, including the best websites in business subjects, selected by the BRASS Education Committee.