Awards News

The Underground Railroad and Evicted, Carnegie Medals For Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction

Discuss: ‘Evicted’ and ‘The Underground Railroad’

February 2, 2017

On January 22, we announced the winners of the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction; The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead won the fiction medal and Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City won the nonfiction…

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Trevor Noah Receives Zora Neale Hurston Award

January 22, 2017

Trevor Noah, host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show and author of Born a Crime, was named the 2017 recipient of the Zora Neale Hurston Award, an annual achievement award administered by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA…

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Best of the Best Business Reference Websites 2017

January 22, 2017

The annual Best of the Best Business Reference Websites list was announced at the Reference and User Services Association’s (RUSA) Book and Media Awards ceremony at the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta on Sunday. The list…

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Outstanding Reference Sources Announced

January 22, 2017

The most noteworthy reference titles published in 2016 have been named to the 2017 Outstanding References Sources List, an annual list selected by experts of the Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA…

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Annual List of Best Historical Materials Announced

January 22, 2017

The annual list of Best Historical Materials was announced during the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) Book and Media Awards Ceremony at the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta on Sunday. The list recognizes the evaluation and…

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2017 Reading List Announced

January 22, 2017

The Reading List Council has announced the 2017 selections of the Reading List, an annual best-of list comprised of eight different fiction genres for adult readers. A shortlist of honor titles, up to 4 per genre was also announced…

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Mary Burkey Wins Louis Shores Award

January 22, 2017

The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association, has selected Mary Burkey, independent library consultant, as the recipient of the 2017 Louis Shores Award which recognizes an individual who has demonstrated outstanding book and…

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