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	<description>The Official Blog of the ALA's Reference and User Services Division</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Beyond White Privilege 101: Continuing the Conversation.</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2008/07/20/beyond-white-privilege-101-continuing-the-conversation/</link>
		<comments>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2008/07/20/beyond-white-privilege-101-continuing-the-conversation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bergis Jules</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;As far as how people live, race will determine who breathes polluted air, who gets waste dumped in or near their neighborhood, who eats fish polluted by waste and toxins and race will also determine who accumulates assets that accumulate in value and gets passed down to future generations.&#8221;  These are some of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RUSA President&#8217;s Program</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2008/07/19/rusa-presidents-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bergis Jules</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So apparently librarians can sing.   And the full house at the RUSA President&#8217;s Program got to experience the amazing talents of a group of reference librarians as they did their own version of YMCA only replacing those infamous letters with RUSA and adding their own verses.  Past RUSA President David Tyckoson unveiled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;An Endangered Species: The Black Male Librarian&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2008/07/16/an-endangered-species-the-black-male-librarian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bergis Jules</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the more thought provoking sessions I attended was a discussion on whether or not the Black male librarian was becoming invisible or whether he had existed at all in the library profession. The session moderator was Julius Jefferson, a researcher at the Library of Congress and the event was sponsored by the BCALA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RUSA New Chair Orientation Welcomes New Officers</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2008/07/16/rusa-new-chair-orientation-welcomes-new-officers/</link>
		<comments>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2008/07/16/rusa-new-chair-orientation-welcomes-new-officers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bergis Jules</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The RUSA New Chair Orientation gave me a good overview of how the organization runs as a whole.  This was the session where new RUSA President Neal Wyatt welcomed all the new committee chairs and gave them more information about their tasks but mostly the session was about functions, procedures and rules of the association&#8217;s board and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Zora Neale Hurston Award</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2008/07/16/the-zora-neale-hurston-award/</link>
		<comments>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2008/07/16/the-zora-neale-hurston-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bergis Jules</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first time I have attended RUSA programs at ALA.  I am very grateful to RUSA and President Neal Wyatt for choosing me as this year&#8217;s Spectrum Intern. I must say that the first program I attended as the RUSA intern was very interesting and I did not expect it to be. I accompanied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spectrum Scholarship Institute at ALA Annual</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2008/07/15/spectrum-scholarship-institute-at-ala-annual/</link>
		<comments>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2008/07/15/spectrum-scholarship-institute-at-ala-annual/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bergis Jules</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The first three days of my conference experience was fully occupied by the Spectrum Scholarship Institute.  A mini conference at annual that brings together all 70 plus newly chosen Spectrum Scholars.  The Spectrum Scholarship, probably ALA&#8217;s most popular and rewarding scholarship for minority library students, comes with a $5000 award, matching funds from your academic institution [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Evaluation Data to Change &#38; Improve Virtual Reference:  Call for Virtual Poster Session Proposals</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2007/12/07/using-evaluation-data-to-change-improve-virtual-reference-call-for-virtual-poster-session-proposals/</link>
		<comments>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2007/12/07/using-evaluation-data-to-change-improve-virtual-reference-call-for-virtual-poster-session-proposals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cieslak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Using Evaluation Data to Change
&#38; Improve Virtual Reference: 
Call for Virtual Poster Session
Proposals
MARS Management of Electronic Resources and Services (MERS) Committee
How does your library (or consortium) use the results of evaluation to
change and improve your Virtual Reference service? Have you used data,
statistics, opinions, or other feedback to persuade administrators, librarians
and staff, or your patron body? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BRASS Thomson Financial Student Travel Award</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2007/09/13/brass-thomson-financial-student-travel-award/</link>
		<comments>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2007/09/13/brass-thomson-financial-student-travel-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cieslak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BRASS Thomson Financial Student
Travel Award
The BRASS
Thomson Financial Student Travel Award would like to encourage library school
student’s to apply for this year’s award to travel to the American Libraries
Association’s annual conference, which will be held in Anaheim, CA June 26-July
2, 2008. Applicants must meet the following criteria:
·&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
The
recipient shall have a demonstrated interest in pursuing a career [...]]]></description>
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		<title>See It, Hear It, Touch It: How do Communication and Learning Styles Affect Virtual Reference?</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2007/06/20/see-it-hear-it-touch-it-how-do-communication-and-learning-styles-affect-virtual-reference/</link>
		<comments>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2007/06/20/see-it-hear-it-touch-it-how-do-communication-and-learning-styles-affect-virtual-reference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cieslak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[See It, Hear It, Touch It: How do Communication and Learning
Styles Affect Virtual Reference?





Monday, June 25, 200710:30 am – NoonGrand Hyatt, Constitution A-B
&#160;
Speakers: 
Eileen G. AbelsAssociate ProfessorDrexel
 University
&#160;Marie RadfordAssociate Professor, Library Consultant&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Rutgers
 University
&#160;Lynn WestbrookAssistant ProfessorUniversity of Texas at Austin
&#160;
Facilitator:Joe ThompsonProject Coordinator, Maryland
AskUsNow!
&#160;
Our increasingly tech savvy virtual reference users have
radically different communication and learning preferences.&#160; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RUSA President&#39;s Program ALA Washington DC</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2007/05/14/rusa-presidents-program-ala-washington-dc/</link>
		<comments>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2007/05/14/rusa-presidents-program-ala-washington-dc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 03:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cieslak</dc:creator>
		
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RUSA President’s Program:&#160; Monday, June 25, 2007, 1:30-3:30 pm; Grand Hyatt Washington Constitution A-B
&#160;
Once upon a time, there existed reference librarians. Working in libraries and depending on books and the Internet, they helped people do research and answered questions — free of charge! — in-person, over the phone, and via e-mail and instant messaging.&#160; But, [...]]]></description>
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