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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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RUSA readers advisory experts compile readalikes for this year’s Andrew Carnegie Medals shortlist finalists

This year our readers advisory experts on the Notable Books Council, of RUSA’s Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES), have compiled a list of readalikes for this year’s Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction shortlist finalists   Scroll down to view similar titles for the Fiction and Nonfiction finalists.  2014 Andrew Carnegie Medal …

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Showcase the Andrew Carnegie Medals For Excellence In Fiction And Nonfiction At Your Library, Bookstore And Reading Group!

Only two winners are picked from a shortlist of six titles, from the previous year’s  Booklist  Editors’ Choice and RUSA CODES Notable Books list. Here’s how Use social media, websites, newsletters, and other communication channels Tweet using #ala_carnegie and join the conversation. Include the link ala.org/carnegieadult  for more information on the award. Show us your #shelfie! …

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Join RUSA for “Literary Tastes: Celebrating the Best Reading of the Year! A conference tradition that features authors from RUSA’s literary awards.

RUSA will host three award-winning authors — Daniel J. Brown, Tessa Dare and V.E. Schwab – at the 2014 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 Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) spend hundreds …

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