Brian E. Coutts, Professor and Head of the Department of Library Public Services at Western Kentucky University, was selected as the 2017 winner of the Isadore Gilbert Mudge Award, RUSA’s highest honor, for his distinguished contributions to reference services…
David Wright, Readers’ Services Librarian at Seattle Public Library, was selected as the 2017 NoveList’s Margaret E. Monroe Library Adult Services Award winner for his outstanding contributions to readers’ advisory and adult services. As a passionate and influential library…
The East Side Freedom Library was selected as the 2017 winner of the John Sessions Memorial Award. The award, sponsored by the Department for Professional Employees AFL-CIO, recognizes a library or library system which has made a significant effort…
“The Jacket from Dachau: One Survivor’s Search for Justice, Identity, and Home” Libguide was selected as the 2017 winner of the ReferenceUSA Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Services for its well-organized and accessible presentation of information…
Gregg Hurwitz, author of Orphan X (Minotaur, an imprint of Macmillan) is the first author slated to speak at RUSA’s Literary Tastes author panel in June at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. Orphan X was selected as the…
Registration for National Library Legislative Day 2017 is open! To find information about the event, to register, or to book a room in the hotel block, please visit ala.org/nlld. As with previous years, National Library Legislative Day 2017…
A key objective of RUSA’s current strategic plan is to develop a proposal to transition RUSA to a new organizational structure to reduce the complexity of our organization and better serve member needs. The Organization & Planning Committee has…
Carol P. Gilliam, Black Heritage Librarian at Roosevelt Public Library was selected as the 2017 honorable mention for the Zora Neale Hurston Award, sponsored by HarperCollins Publishers and administered by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of…
Months ago, a colleague told me I should apply for ALA’s Emerging Leader (EL) program. I figured, “Why not?”, as the past few years I’ve been trying to say “yes” to all the opportunities that have come my…