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		<title>Future business reference librarians sought for student conference travel award</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) seeks applicants for the 2010 BRASS Gale Cengage Learning Student Travel Award, a cash award to assist a current library school student with an interest in business reference librarianship with attending the upcoming 2010 ALA Annual Conference.
Students enrolled in an ALA-accredited library school program are encouraged to apply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Application period open for RUSA business reference research grant</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The application period for the Reference and User Services Association’s (RUSA) Emerald Research Grants is now open.
The award consists of two grants, each worth $5,000, which are sponsored by Emerald Group Publishing, Ltd. and administered by the Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) of RUSA. These grants will be awarded to two applicants seeking support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RUSA seeking excellent reference and adult services librarians for 2010 award nominations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nominations are now being accepted for the 2010 Gale Cengage Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Services, a Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) award that recognizes outstanding achievements in these areas.
Established in 1990 and sponsored by Gale Cengage Learning, the award is given to a library or library system for developing an imaginative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeking nominations for BRASS Public Librarian Support Award</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/10/14/2010publibsupportaward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nominations are now being accepted for the Public Librarian Support Award, a conference travel award administered by RUSA for public librarians who provide business reference services.
This annual award, which is sponsored by investment research firm Morningstar, Inc., offers $1,000 in travel funds for ALA’s Annual Conference to a public librarian who has performed outstanding business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guide To Reference &#8211; Assessment of LIS Reference Instruction Needs</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/10/08/guide-to-reference-surveyoct09/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted on behalf of our Guide to Reference staff in the ALA Publishing office.
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ALA Publishing&#8217;s Guide to Reference staff are surveying LIS professors who teach reference courses to better understand instruction needs and how the Guide can be used most effectively in LIS programs. This short, six-question survey should take only a few minutes of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reference lovers: contribute your passion to the 2010 RUSA President&#8217;s Program</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/10/07/loveofref-project/</link>
		<comments>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/10/07/loveofref-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attention lovers of reference! The members of the 2010 RUSA President&#8217;s Program committee need your assistance with a project! See below for details.
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Be a part of the conversation at the RUSA&#8217;s President&#8217;s Program at Annual 2010l! The planning committee wants to share your interest in and passion of reference with conference attendees.
Please send an e-mail [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RUSA seeking nominations for Mudge Award recognizing outstanding reference librarian</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/10/01/mudge2010nomination/</link>
		<comments>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/10/01/mudge2010nomination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RUSA is actively seeking nominations of accomplished reference librarians for the 2010 Isadore Gilbert Mudge Award.
Sponsored by Gale Cengage Learning, the Mudge Award was established in 1958. It presents a cash award of $5,000 and a citation to an individual who has made a distinguished contribution to reference librarianship. This contribution may include an imaginative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nominations sought for RUSA award honoring library contributions to labor community</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/10/01/sessions2010nominations/</link>
		<comments>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/10/01/sessions2010nominations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RUSA is seeking nominations for the 2010 John Sessions Memorial Award recognizing library contributions to the labor community.
The award, a plaque supported by a donation from the AFL-CIO, recognizes a library or library system that has made a significant effort to work with the labor community and has consequently brought recognition of the history and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nominations sought for RUSA’s Monroe Library Adult Services Award</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/10/01/monroe2010nominations/</link>
		<comments>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/10/01/monroe2010nominations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A call for nominations for the 2010 Margaret E. Monroe Library Adult Services Award  has been issued by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA).
The citation honors a practicing librarian, library and information science researcher or educator or retired librarian who has made a significant contribution to library adult services. Contributions may include, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nominations sought for second annual Zora Neale Hurston Award celebrating those who promote African-American literature</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/09/30/znh2010-noms/</link>
		<comments>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/09/30/znh2010-noms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nominations are now being accepted for the 2010 Zora Neale Hurston Award, a RUSA award presented annually to an individual RUSA member who has demonstrated leadership in promoting African-American literature.
Founded in 2008 and sponsored by HarperPerennial, the award is given to the nominee who has developed a project of outstanding quality and significance that promotes [...]]]></description>
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