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		<title>M. Kathleen Kern, University of Illinois, elected vice-president/president-elect of RUSA</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[M. Kathleen Kern, reference librarian at the University of Illinois, has won election to the post of vice-president/president-elect of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), the division of ALA representing librarians and library staff in the fields of reference, specialized reference, collection development, adult readers’ advisory and resource sharing. Kern has been an active [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discover RUSA &#8211; Who we are and how to get involved</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2012/05/10/rusa101-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 16:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liane Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Are you interested in any of the following? Frontline reference Readers advisory Collection development Emerging technologies in reference Specialized business reference Genealogical research Managing local history collections Interlibrary loan and resource sharing Reference and outreach to special populations If you said YES to any of the above, there’s a place in RUSA for you!   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RUSA Online Course: Genealogy 101 registration closes Thursday, May 10</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 19:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our next offering of RUSA&#8217;s online course Genealogy 101 will start on Monday, May 14, and registration for this session will end on Thursday, May 10. REGISTER ONLINE NOW. Genealogy 101 is aimed at reference staff with little or no experience in genealogy, and will provide tools for assisting patrons with family history research. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RUSA Webinars: We await your ideas and proposal submissions!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 16:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have an idea for a webinar you’d like to present as a part of RUSA’s online learning offerings in upcoming months? We’re seeking proposals for a variety of topics (see a list of ideas below), and hope to receive your submissions before the ALA Annual Conference in June so that our professional development [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RUSA Election Results</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2012/05/04/rusa-election-results/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 20:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to the winners of the 2012 RUSA elections! RUSA President: Kathleen Kern Director-at-Large: Celia Ross Director-at-Large: Cynthia Levine Division Councilor: Jennifer Boettcher Proposed Bylaws Changes: Adopted Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Andy Spackman Secretary: Julia A. Martin Member-at-Large: Rebecca &#8220;Becky&#8221; Smith Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Asia Gross Member-at-Large: Carolyn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New RUSA Members: Learn about the division with our New Member Orientation Slideshow!</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2012/05/03/memberslideshow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 18:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rusa.ala.org/blog/?p=1097</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether you&#8217;re new, or you&#8217;ve been a member for a while but are looking for ways to engage with your division colleagues, the New Member Orientation Slideshow &#8220;RUSA Routes to Success&#8221; is an excellent way to get acquainted with RUSA, its mission, vision, special interest sections and other relevant work! The slideshow is posted in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authors bring adventure, intrigue and magic to RUSA’s 2012 Literary Tastes program</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2012/05/02/2012-literarytastes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 17:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Reference and User Services Association will host three award-winning authors — Erin Morgenstern, Candice Millard and Mark Adams — at the 2012 ALA Annual Conference program “Literary Tastes: Celebrating the Best Reading of the Year,”  a conference tradition that features authors from RUSA’s literary adult book awards. Each year expert readers’ advisory librarians from RUSA’s Collection [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neal Wyatt wins RUSA’s esteemed Monroe Award for adult library services</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2012/05/01/2012-monroeaward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 19:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Access the official ALA press release here. Neal Wyatt, Ph.D. candidate at Virginia Commonwealth University, is the 2012 winner of the Reference and User Services Association’s (RUSA) Margaret E. Monroe Award for significant contributions to library services for adults. Wyatt is in esteemed company—previous winners of this annual award include renowned readers’ advisory experts Nancy Pearl, Joyce Saricks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RUSA Reference Services Section honors Lisa R. Horowitz</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2012/05/01/2012-rssaward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 19:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Access the official ALA press release here. Lisa R. Horowitz, assessment librarian, Administrative Services &#38; User Experience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries, is the 2012 winner of the Reference and User Services Association’s Reference Services Section (RSS) Service Achievement Award. Horowitz was selected for her sustained contributions to RSS since its founding. She provided excellent section leadership and played a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>University of Michigan’s Ilana Barnes wins business librarian travel grant for ALA Annual Conference</title>
		<link>http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2012/05/01/2012-brassgalecengageaward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 19:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz, RUSA staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Access the official ALA press release here. Ilana Barnes, circulation supervisor and reference assistant at the University of Michigan Kresge Business Administration Library and a student at the University of Michigan’s School of Information, is the 2012 recipient of the BRASS Gale Cengage Learning Student Travel Award, a travel grant given annually by the Reference and User Services [...]]]></description>
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