The American Library Association (ALA) today announced six books shortlisted for the esteemed Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, awarded for the previous year’s best fiction and nonfiction books written for adult readers and published in the United States. The two medal winners will be announced at RUSA’s Book and…(Read More)
Interested in maintaining a current, relevant personal finance collection? Roslyn Donald and Lisa Liu of the Santa Clara County Library District will share some practical guidelines for selecting these materials. They are also interested in learning about other libraries’ particular challenges to selecting and maintaining their personal finance collections. Please join the RUSA Financial Literacy…(Read More)
Nonfiction “The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice,” by Patricia Bell-Scott, published by Alfred A. Knopf, Penguin Random House LLC. Bell-Scott meticulously chronicles the boundary-breaking friendship of Pauli Murray and Eleanor Roosevelt, telling each remarkable woman’s story within…(Read More)