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		<title>RUSA online courses added to schedule: Reference Interview and Genealogy 101</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/10/09/fall09-rusa-refint-geneal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two more RUSA courses have been added to the fall lineup!
The Reference Interview, Nov. 2 &#8211; Dec. 18
This popular introductory course provides a comprehensive overview focused on the methods of evaluating reference service, behavioral aspects of reference service and the different types of questions that can be used to help patrons identify what they need. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing RUSA&#8217;s program lineup for 2010 Annual Conference</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/09/15/rusa-2010programslate-announcement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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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>MARS program planning group seeks feedback with survey</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/08/31/mars2010-programplan-feedbacksurvey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The MARS Chair&#8217;s Program Planning Committee is working on a program, &#8220;Smart Technologies for Tough Economic Times,&#8221; for ALA Annual 2010. 
To help us make the program more relevant to you, please take a few minutes to respond to a short survey at the link below on budget friendly ways to enhance reference service. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>University of Kentucky Libraries’ online African American history tool wins RUSA award</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/04/10/nkaa-database-wins-2009-rusa-award/</link>
		<comments>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/04/10/nkaa-database-wins-2009-rusa-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert A. Aken II, Web administration librarian and Reinette F. Jones, diversity and multicultural activities librarian, both of the University of Kentucky Libraries, have won the 2009 Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Library Services for the University of Kentucky Libraries’ Notable Kentucky African Americans (NKAA) Database.
The award is administered by [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/03/05/early-bird-registration-ends-tomorrow-friday-march-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Older Adults]]></category>
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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>Electronic participation in RUSA&#8211;What works for you?</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/02/06/electronic-participation-in-rusa-what-works-for-you/</link>
		<comments>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2009/02/06/electronic-participation-in-rusa-what-works-for-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barb Macikas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Membership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[

 

Major discussions at RUSA Board, in Section Executive Committee meetings, and at ALA Council during the Midwinter Meeting in Denver concerned virtual participation for our members.  We need to consider how we can best use our time and resources.  In what instances will technology serve members and their ability to participate in RUSA as well or better than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Explore ancestral roots of American West at Midwinter Genealogy Institute</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2008/11/11/explore-ancestral-roots-of-american-west-at-midwinter-genealogy-institute/</link>
		<comments>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2008/11/11/explore-ancestral-roots-of-american-west-at-midwinter-genealogy-institute/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whatever happened to Uncle Seamus who left home to work on the railroads in the 1860s? Which families made the arduous journey along El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro to settle New Mexico? Who are my Arikaras ancestors?
Hear about the tools and resources that can uncover answers to these and other family history mysteries embedded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Follow us on Twitter&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2008/08/19/follow-us-on-twitter/</link>
		<comments>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2008/08/19/follow-us-on-twitter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet tweet! What&#8217;s RUSA up to now? Find out by following us on Twitter, a neat communication tool that gives you instant updates on RUSA activity.
Find and follow us: &#8220;ala_rusa&#8221;.
Not on Twitter? Sign up for free and find out what all the chirping is about.
]]></description>
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		<title>Using Evaluation Data to Change &amp; 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>
				<category><![CDATA[Conference Programs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evaluation of VR Posters]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Products]]></category>
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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>Speakers&#039; Presentations from RUSA President&#039;s Program 2007</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2007/07/09/speakers-presentations-from-rusa-presidents-program-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2007/07/09/speakers-presentations-from-rusa-presidents-program-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cieslak</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[User Services]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Presentations
from two all four speakers are available! 
The first
from Genevieve Bell (Director, User Experience), who is an anthropologist with
Intel, concerns the nature and meaning of libraries with an emphasis on their
significance even as the size of personal digital collections keep growing. 
The second
is from Lee Rainie (Director, Pew Internet &#38; American Life Project) whose
research examines [...]]]></description>
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