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NEWS
November 25, 2008
For Immediate Release

CHICAGO--You can thank your colleagues for their outstanding contributions to the library profession this year by nominating them for an award offered by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA).

The association, representing information service professionals in reference, collection development, readers advisory, genealogy, resource sharing and many other related fields, is accepting nominations for the following 2009 awards until Monday, Dec. 15:

Awards for Individuals and Groups for Professional Achievement

Zora Neale Hurston Award
ABC-CLIO Online History Award
Virginia Boucher/OCLC Distinguished ILL Librarian Award
Margaret E. Monroe Library Adult Services Award
Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Library Services
John Sessions Memorial Award
Louis Shores/Greenwood Publishing Group Award
Reference Services Press Award
Genealogical Publishing Company Award
Isadore Gilbert Mudge Award
Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship
BRASS Dun and Bradstreet Outstanding Service to Minority Communities Award
BRASS Dun and Bradstreet Public Librarian Support Award

Travel Grants to ALA Annual Conference

BRASS Gale Cengage Learning Student Travel Award
STARS Atlas Systems Mentoring Award

Awards for Literary Excellence

The Sophie Brody Award
Dartmouth Medal

More information about these awards, including nominating instructions, can be found at the RUSA Awards webpage. Questions about these awards should be directed to the awards committee chairperson, or to the RUSA headquarters staff.

The Reference and User Services Association, a division of the American Library Association, is the foremost organization of reference and information professionals who make the connections between people and the information sources, services, and collection materials they need.