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2016 Listen List: Outstanding Audiobook Narration for Adult Listeners revealed

BOSTON—The Listen List Council of the Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) has announced the 2016 selections of the Listen List Committee. The list was announced Sunday during the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting in Boston. The Listen List highlights extraordinary narrators and listening experiences that merit …

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2015 Listen List Announced: Outstanding Audiobook Narration for Adult Listeners

The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) serving expert readers’ advisory and collection development librarians, has announced its selections for the 2015 Listen List: Outstanding Audiobook Narration juried list. The Listen List highlights extraordinary narrators and listening experiences that merit special attention by a general adult audience and the …

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BREAKING NEWS: RUSA’s 2014 Listen List highlights audiobooks that provide extraordinary listening experiences

PHILADELPHIA –The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of ALA serving expert readers advisory and collection development librarians, has announced its selections for the 2014 Listen List: Outstanding Audiobook Narration juried list. The Listen List highlights extraordinary narrators and audio experiences that merit special attention by general adult listeners and the librarians who …

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Shortlist for 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Shortlist Nonfiction “The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice,” by Patricia Bell-Scott, published by Alfred A. Knopf, Penguin Random House LLC. Bell-Scott meticulously chronicles the boundary-breaking friendship of Pauli Murray and Eleanor Roosevelt, …

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