October 22, 2019
Join us for the next RUSA CODES Convo on Tuesday, November 19th from 10am-6pm EST! Do you want to attract more authors to your library, but you’re not sure how? Do you want to help local or mid…
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July 31, 2019
The submission site for the 2020 ALA Annual Conference Program Proposals is now open. We encourage all RUSA members to consider submitting a proposal for the 2020 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL, please see the schedule below. Please use…
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April 29, 2019
Join the RA Research & Trends Committee for the next CODES Convo: Reader-Focused Collection Development, Tuesday, April 30, 10am-6pm EST. Readers are flocking to library’s leisure collections. To make smart collection choices, we must look further than…
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April 25, 2019
RUSA is sponsoring 10 programs in addition to the President’s Program during the 2019 ALA Annual Conference. Additionally there will be meetings of the RUSA board, Section boards, committee meetings and discussion groups. All RUSA-sponsored events may be…
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April 2, 2019
Donna Seaman, Adult Books Editor, Booklist, was selected as the 2019 winner for the Louis Shores Award administered by the Collection Development and Evaluation Section of RUSA for her outstanding work in the reviewing of books and media; for the…
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March 8, 2019
RUSA invites experienced librarians and subject matter experts to submit proposals for webinars and online courses to be added to RUSA’s outstanding online learning offerings. We particularly encourage submissions that address innovative services and trends, emerging technologies, management and…
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January 27, 2019
Seattle– The winner of the 2019 Dartmouth Medal for most outstanding reference work, an annual award presented by the expert reference and collection development librarians of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of ALA, is the Marine…
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January 27, 2019
Seattle—The Listen List Council of the Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) has announced the 2019 selections of the Listen List: Outstanding Audiobook Narration. This year’s committee evaluated 261 titles…
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November 29, 2018
The RUSA Isadore Gilbert Mudge Award was established in 1958. Sponsored by Credo Reference, this award presents a monetary prize of $5,000* and a citation to an individual who has made a distinguished contribution to reference librarianship. This…
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