September 30, 2009 – 4:32 pm
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 [...]
By Liz, RUSA staff
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September 15, 2009 – 10:24 am
The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) has released its list of programs scheduled for the 2010 ALA Annual Conference, June 24-29, 2010 in Washington, D.C.
RUSA, the home to general and specialized reference, readers advisory, resource sharing and collection development within ALA, will offer 14 programs on a variety of timely topics in these fields. [...]
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Book lovers take note! The author lineup for the 2009 Literary Tastes Breakfast is set:
–Toby Barlow, author of Sharp Teeth, a 2009 Reading List selection
–Nick Taylor, author of American-Made: The Enduring Legacy of the WPA: When FDR Put the Nation to Work, a 2009 Notable Books List selection
–Mark Harris, author of Pictures at a Revolution: [...]
Toby Barlow, author of “Sharp Teeth,” is slated to speak about his spellbinding werewolf novel at the Reference and User Services Association’s (RUSA) Literary Tastes Breakfast, the premier event for book lovers at ALA’s Annual Conference.
This not-to-miss event is a conference tradition, held from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Sunday, July 12. Book lovers and [...]
