NEW ORLEANS – The most noteworthy reference titles published in 2022 have been named to the 2023 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), a division of ALA. The list was announced today at the Book…(Read More)
Don’t Miss this Exciting Event from RUSA Literary Tastes: Celebrating the Best Reading of the Year Sunday, June 26 8:00am-10:00am Courtyard Marriott, Shaw Ballroom Register Online Details: What could be better than books and breakfast? Maybe signed books and breakfast? Join your fellow readers and book lovers and listen to some…(Read More)
Join us for this popular event as we unveil the year’s best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, audiobook narration, and reference materials, featuring the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. This highly anticipated event is sponsored by NoveList, Booklist and RUSA. Winners are hand-picked by our expert…(Read More)
On January 26, 2020, during the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia “Ghost Wall”, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux was announced to the 2020 Listen List. In honor of this recognition the author Sarah Moss was interviewed: When did you first realize you wanted to be an author? When I learned to…(Read More)
On January 26, 2020, during the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia “A Memory Called Empire”, A Tor Book published by Tom Doherty Associates was announced as the best “Science Fiction” to the 2020 Reading List. In honor of this recognition the author Arkady Martine was interviewed: When did you first realize you…(Read More)
The most noteworthy reference titles published in 2017 have been named to the 2018 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), a division of the American Library Association. The Outstanding Reference Sources Committee was established in…(Read More)
The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) has announced its selection for the 2018 Sophie Brody Medal, an annual honor bestowed by the Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) at ALA’s Midwinter Meeting today in Denver. This year’s winner is Ilana Kurshan, author of “If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir” published…(Read More)
The Listen List Council of the Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) has announced the 2018 selections of the Listen List, selected for both avid listeners of audiobooks and those new to the pleasures of the fastest-growing format in publishing. This juried list of twelve newly…(Read More)
The winner of the 2018 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 Music of Central Asia” published by Indiana University Press and edited by Theodore Levin, Saida Daukeyeva, and…(Read More)