NEW ORLEANS – The CODES List, a committee of the Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), has announced the 2023 selection of essential cookbooks for public libraries. Essential Cookbooks 2023: The CODES…
NEW ORLEANS- The Listen List Council of the Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) has announced the 2023 selections of the Listen List: Outstanding Audiobook Narration. This year’s committee evaluated 293…
NEW ORELANS – The Reading List Council has announced the 2023 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…
NEW ORLEANS- The Notable Books Council, first established in 1944, has announced the 2023 selections of the Notable Books List, an annual best-of list composed of titles written for adult readers and published in the US including fiction…
The American Library Association- Reference and User Services Division (RUSA), continues to offer an outstanding combination of repeat and new courses/webinars. Check out our list of upcoming programming below: Supporting an Informed Citizenry with State Legislative Research Strategies and…
Introduction Each year, the Business Information Sources Committee of the Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) selects the outstanding business information sources published since May of the previous year. This year, the committee reviewed fifteen entries; of these, two were…
RUSA and Section Candidate Slates for 2023 ALA Ballot Many thanks to those individuals who have agreed to stand for election in the coming ALA elections, to be held March 13 – April 5, 2023. We also extend our appreciation…
Cynthia Johnson, RUSA President 2022-23 Dear RUSA Members, I hope everyone is having a wonderful December. This Update will focus on some highlights from the December 11th RUSA Board meeting. We heard an exciting update from the RUSA Nominating…
ETS Website Is Under New Management By Michelle McKinney and Donte Perry, ETS Web Coordinators December 8, 2022 Michelle McKinney, Reference and Web Services Librarian at University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College, and Donte Perry, Reference and Digital Resources &…