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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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
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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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		<title>Announcing RUSA&#8217;s program lineup for 2010 Annual Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Literary Tastes: Awesome author lineup&#8211;don&#8217;t miss out, get tickets now!</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/06/29/littastes09-regreminder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Book lovers take note! The author lineup for the 2009 Literary Tastes Breakfast is set:
&#8211;Toby Barlow, author of Sharp Teeth, a 2009 Reading List selection
&#8211;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
&#8211;Mark Harris, author of Pictures at a Revolution: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RUSA welcomes Toby Barlow, &#8220;Sharp Teeth&#8221; author, to Literary Tastes stage</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Early Bird Registration Ends Tomorrow! (Friday, March 6)</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/03/05/early-bird-registration-ends-tomorrow-friday-march-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve only got 48 hours left to save big on ALA Annual Conference registration fees&#8230;don&#8217;t miss out on the best continuing education and networking event in town!
Check out our &#8220;How to Register&#8221; blog entry to get moving on registration.
Why attend Annual Conference? For the programming and preconferences, among other things. Check out RUSA&#8217;s offerings for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RUSA Member Surveys Best Consumer Health Books</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/02/09/rusa-member-surveys-best-consumer-health-books/</link>
		<comments>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/02/09/rusa-member-surveys-best-consumer-health-books/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have not seen it yet, Barbara Bibel has a great article in Library Journal listing the best consumer health books of the year. It ran in the Feb. 1 print issue of LJ, but you can read it online as well. Some of her top picks are:
  
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		<title>Readers’ advisory section in search of outstanding Jewish literature</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2008/10/30/readers%e2%80%99-advisory-section-in-search-of-outstanding-jewish-literature/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) seeks recently published works of Jewish literature for adults as candidates for the 2009 Sophie Brody Medal.
Endowed by the Brodart Foundation and Arthur Brody, the award consists of a citation and a medal, and pays tribute to Arthur’s wife Sophie, a recognized leader and philanthropist in the Jewish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call for nominations: Shores/Greenwood Award, honoring reviewers</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2008/10/28/call-for-nominations-shoresgreenwood-award-honoring-reviewers/</link>
		<comments>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2008/10/28/call-for-nominations-shoresgreenwood-award-honoring-reviewers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Know a librarian, individual, group, editor, review medium or organization who has made an extraordinary contribution to the book/media reviewing process in 2009? Consider nominating them for the 2009 Louis Shores/Greenwood Publishing Group Award.
The award recognizes those who have made a significant impact on the reviewing process&#8211;a critical  tool that helps librarians make selections [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Circulating Reference Books</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2006/12/29/circulating-reference-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cieslak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your library is like mine, the use of print reference sources has declined dramatically over the past several years.&#160; Since fewer patrons are using these materials, I am thinking of rewarding those that do by letting them check them out.&#160; I already give special permission to just about anyone who asks me if they [...]]]></description>
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