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Celebrate excellence in adult reading and reference at RUSA Midwinter Book and Media Awards Reception

Submitted by Elizabeth Markel on Tue, 12/04/2012 - 11:00
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CHICAGO — All ALA Midwinter Meeting participants are invited to celebrate the winners of numerous adult reading and reference awards and build their 2013 to-be-read lists at the Reference and User Services Association’s (RUSA) upcoming Midwinter Book and Media Awards Reception.

<p> <span>CHICAGO&mdash;All ALA Midwinter Meeting participants are invited to celebrate the winners of numerous adult reading and reference awards and build their 2013 to-be-read lists at the Reference and User Services Association&rsquo;s (</span>RUSA<span>) upcoming&nbsp;</span><a href="http://alamw13.ala.org/node/8803"><span class="s1">Midwinter Book and Media Awards Reception.</span></a></p>

ALA Hosts State Department Fellow

Posted: Nov. 5, 2012.
Khadija Semlali, project manager for the Moroccan Ministry of Culture

For three weeks in October, the American Library Association served as host for a legislative fellow from Morocco in an exchange program sponsored by the US Department of State.

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RUSA's inaugural Listen List: Outstanding Audiobook Narration revealed

Submitted by Elizabeth Markel on Sun, 01/22/2012 - 19:55
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DALLAS — The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) has announced its selection for the 2012 Listen List: Outstanding Audiobook Narration juried list.

Top reference titles named to RUSA’s 2012 Outstanding Reference Sources list

Submitted by Elizabeth Markel on Sun, 01/22/2012 - 19:52
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DALLAS — The most noteworthy reference titles published in 2011 have been named to the 2012 Outstanding Reference Sources list, an annual award offered by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA).

<p> The most noteworthy reference titles published in 2011 have been named to the 2012 Outstanding Reference Sources list, an annual award offered by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA).</p>

'Sacred Trash' wins Sophie Brody Medal; three honor titles also named

Submitted by Elizabeth Markel on Sun, 01/22/2012 - 19:51
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DALLAS — “Sacred Trash: the Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza” by Adina Hoffman and Peter Cole (Schocken Books) is the 2012 recipient of the he Reference and User Services Association’s (RUSA) Sophie Brody Medal Award for outstanding Jewish literature.

<p> &ldquo;Sacred Trash: the Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza&rdquo; by Adina Hoffman and Peter Cole (Schocken Books) is the 2012 recipient of the Reference and User Services Association&rsquo;s (RUSA) Sophie Brody Medal Award for outstanding Jewish literature.</p>

Morris, author of 'Reader’s Advisory Guide to Street Literature,' wins RUSA’s 2012 Zora Neale Hurston Award

Submitted by Elizabeth Markel on Sun, 01/22/2012 - 19:50
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DALLAS — Vanessa Irvin Morris, assistant teaching professor at Drexel University, is the 2012 recipient of the Reference and User Services Association’s Zora Neale Hurston Award.

<p> Vanessa Irvin Morris, assistant teaching professor at Drexel University, is the 2012 recipient of the Reference and User Services Association&rsquo;s Zora Neale HurstonAward.</p>

Sarah L. Johnson wins RUSA’s prestigious Louis Shores Award for book reviewing

Submitted by Elizabeth Markel on Sun, 01/22/2012 - 19:49
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DALLAS - Sarah L. Johnson, professor of library services at Eastern Illinois University and author of the blog Reading the Past, is the 2012 winner of the Louis Shores Award, an annual honor presented by the Reference and User Services Association to recognize excellence in book reviewing.

<p> Sarah L. Johnson, professor of library services at Eastern Illinois University and author of the blog <a href="http://readingthepast.blogspot.com/">Reading the Past</a>, is the 2012 winner of the Louis Shores Award, an annual honor presented by the Reference and User Services Association to recognize excellence in book reviewing.</p>

Google Search Stories Contest reminder

Submitted by Jason Griffey on Tue, 09/21/2010 - 21:18
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You’ve got just over a week to get your entry in for my Google Search Stories Contest! Create a Search Story, and post the link to it in the comments to this post, or in the comments on the original.

Deadline is still Sept 30, and the winner will receive a copy of my book Mobile Technologies & Libraries!