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		<title>RUSA&#8217;s Midwinter Genealogy Institute in Boston</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Engaging speakers and informative presentations will abound at the upcoming Midwinter Institute “The Genealogy Reference Desk: Where Everyone Knows Your Name”, a full-day workshop focused on New England genealogy resources and genealogy research techniques, and  presented by the History Section of RUSA.
Genealogical research skills and tools are a vital resource for any library providing reference [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nominations sought for second annual Zora Neale Hurston Award celebrating those who promote African-American literature</title>
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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>Innovation: Genealogy Lock-In</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laura Carter, Heritage Room librarian at the Athens-Clarke County Library in Athens, Ga. just posted information about the library&#8217;s genealogy lock-in event to the Genealib listserv. We thought it sounded so cool that it was worth posting about here, too.
Contact Laura directly at lcarter@arlsmail.org with any questions.
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The Athens-Clarke County Library&#8217;s annual Night Owl Prowl, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Early Bird Registration Ends Tomorrow! (Friday, March 6)</title>
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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>Illinois and African-American family histories to be uncovered at RUSA preconference</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/02/19/illinois-and-african-american-family-histories-to-be-uncovered-at-rusa-preconference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Piece family trees together—and celebrate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth—at this summer’s “From Lincoln Logs to Linkin’ Families.”
The History Section of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) invites librarians, library staff and personal family history researchers to attend this preconference held in conjunction with the 2009 ALA Annual Conference. This one-day event [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RUSA Approves New Definition of Reference</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2008/01/31/rusa-approves-new-definition-of-reference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cieslak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the January 14, 2008, meeting of the RUSA Board, a new definition of reference was approved. It was based on solicited input received on the RUSA Blog as of 12/8/07. Thank you to all those who gave input, as well as all those who worked hard to come up with a definition that could [...]]]></description>
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