At 3pm Central today, RUSA, NoveList, and Booklist are hosting a webinar with the live announcement of the best adult titles as chosen by library workers-- RUSA Books a Media Awards.
Below, I have included a list of the awards being announced so you can click on the name of the award to go directly to the RUSA archive of past award winners for each category.
But before you dive in to that treasure trove of resources, and before you get ready to watch the exciting announcements, I wanted to draw your attention to one of my favorite resources that Booklist creates in relation to the Andrew Carnegie Medal finalists. They ask each of the 3 Fiction and 3 Nonfiction finalists to prepare a list of books they would like to share with us, the library worker, while we await the announcement of the winner.
Those finalist authors are:
Fiction: Ayad Akhtar, Megha Majumdar, and James McBride
Nonfiction: Rebecca Giggs, Claudia Rankine, and Natasha Trethewey
These are recs directly from the finalist authors, with sound bite info that you can share with readers immediately. Also, if you have any patrons who are particular fans of any of these books or authors, pass these lists on immediately to them. Why? Most readers love recs from their favorite authors. I have an entire post about that here.
Here is the schedule of events with links to each award archive. Tomorrow I will post the winners in one place.
See some of you there [signup here if you haven't already].
Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction
Committee: Bill Kelly (Chair), Alicia Ahlvers, Terry Hong, Nancy Pearl, Bill Ott, Javier Ramirez, Donna Seaman
Notable Books List
Committee: Lynn Lobash (Chair), Hana Zittel (Vice-Chair), Kaitlin Conner, Sara Duff, Allison Escoto, Gwen Glazer, William Patrick Kelly, Edward Kownslar, Rochelle Lundy, Eve A. Nyren, Nonny Schlotzhauer.
Reading List
Committee: Andrea Gough (Chair), Meagan Day, Halle Eisenman, Matthew Galloway, Stephanie Handy, Marlene Harris, Sarah Jaffa, Liz Kirchhoff, Kara Krekeler, Teresa May, Karin Suni
Listen List: Outstanding Audiobook Narration
Committee: Sarah B. Hill (Chair), Hilary Meg Albert, Ron Block, Janice Derr, Nanette Wargo Donohue, Sarah Hashimoto, Christa Van Herreweghe
Sophie Brody Medal
Committee: Sarah Barbara Watstein (Chair), Donald Altschiller, Barbara Bibel, Jack Forman, Patricia Gregory, Mary Parker, Adela Peskorz, Kristine Marie Sandy, David L. Suarez, Valerie Morgan Taylor
Dartmouth Medal
Committee: Barry Trott (Chair), Donald Altschiller, Brian E. Coutts, Katie Mediatore Stover, Lauren A. Seegmiller
Outstanding Reference Sources
Committee: Valerie Freeman, Barbara Ghilardi, David Greene, Jean-ann Marie Stump, Henrietta Verma
CODES List
Committee: Neal Wyatt (Chair), Danise G. Hoover, Sharon Rothman, Sarah Tansley
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