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	<title>RUSABlog &#187; Chris Cieslak</title>
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		<title>RUSA Annual Report 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cieslak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each year the RUSA President is required by ALA Council to submit an annual report. RUSA has had a busy and productive 2009 and it was a great pleasure to share all of our accomplishments with LAA Council. If you are interested in reading the entire report, click here.
If you have any questions or comments, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RUSA Book and Media Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Zora Neale Hurston Award: Miriam Rodriguez, Assistant Director, Public Services/Community Integration of the Dallas Public Library, was selected for her role in Tulisoma, a successful and growing community-based literary festival that features African American authors and artists and promotes literacy and the arts.
Sophie Brody Award: Peter Manseau, Songs for the Butcher&#8217;s Daughter.  Honorable mentions: Ron [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons on a Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cieslak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the Newton Free Library in Newton, Mass they developed a blog for the FINRA sponsored Retirement Planning Club for Women. They first thought the blog should be closed to members of the Retirement Planning Club only, but found the Club would be better served if the blog was open to all.  The move [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smart Investing at Alliance Library System</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cieslak</dc:creator>
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Robert Ganem and Margaret Monsour (above) recently met with Kitty Pope, Lori Bell (below) plus Tom Peters, and other staff from the Alliance Library System to experience their Smart investing@ your library program.
Our avatars were guests at a lively book discussion on the latest book by Dan Ariely entitled Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RUSA Update Updated!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cieslak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fall 2008 issue of RUSA Update is available now.
http://cs.ala.org/update/fall2008
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		<title>New Resources for Educating Kids About Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cieslak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for materials to engage kids and get them thinking about money?  Here are a few sites suggested by Susan Sarver of FINRA.
The US Mint has a wonderful children&#8217;s area at http://www.usmint.gov/kids/campCoin.  This site includes coloring pages that you may download and print&#8230;and much more.
The Federal Reserve has some free fun comic-type books [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MERS Virtual Reference Virtual Poster Winner: Two Programs, One Service</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Programs, One Service: Recursive Assessment in the Gelman Library System&#8217;s IM Reference Service
Sarah Palacios-Wilhelm &#38; Elizabeth Edwards, George Washington University
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		<title>MERS Virtual Reference Virtual Poster Winner: MeeboMe: How Good Are We?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MeeboMe: How Good Are We?
Elizabeth Brown, Sarah Maximiek, and Erin Rushton, Binghamton University
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		<title>MERS Virtual Reference Virtual Poster Winner: Let&#8217;s Chat</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s Chat: Using Data to Champion Virtual Reference Services
Susan Gardner &#38; Shahla Bahavar, University of Southern California Libraries
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		<title>Literary Tastes  &#8211; A book lover&#039;s breakfast</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2008/04/11/literary-tastes-a-book-lovers-breakfast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cieslak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are expanding this year&#8217;s CODES Literary Tastes breakfast program to offer authors that will appeal to a variety of book readers.
We are featuring authors from the well-known Notable Books Council List for America&#8217;s Readers (fiction, non-fiction, poetry), Sophie Brody Medal list (of distinguished contribution to Jewish literature for adults) and, new this year, The [...]]]></description>
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