Using Awards Lists As a RA Tool: ALA Adult Awards Part 2-- Remaining RUSA and YALSA Alex Award

This is part of my ongoing series on using Awards Lists as a RA tool. Click here for all posts in the series in reverse chronological order. Click here for the first post which outlines the details how to use awards lists as a RA tool.  

Yesterday, I posted 2 major ALA adult awards here. Today I have a bunch more with links and backlist access. Remember, all of these lists can be used to help readers right now, for displays, for collection development, and of course, use the backlist to double [or triple or quadruple] the resource [and the fun].

First the rest of the RUSA Books and Media Awards that are most pertinent to RA  Service [click here for the archives of all of the RUSA Books and Media Awards and winners on one page]:

• 2022 Notable Books List: "The Notable Books Council, first established in 1944, has announced the 2022 selections of the Notable Books List, an annual best-of list composed of 25 titles written for adult readers and published in the US including fiction, nonfiction and poetry. The list was announced today during the Reference & User Services Book & Media Awards Virtual Ceremony."
• Announcement of this year's books
• Backlist access
• 2022 Listen List: "The Listen List Council of the Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) has announced the 2022 selections of the Listen List: Outstanding Audiobook Narration. This year’s committee evaluated 284 titles with a total listening time of more than 3,118 hours.  The final deliberation produced a list of 12 winners. This award highlights extraordinary narrators and listening experiences that merit special attention by a general adult audience and the librarians who advise them."
• This one features annotations and listen-alikes
• Announcement of this year's audiobooks
• Backlist access
• 2022 Sophie Brody Medal: "The Sophie Brody Medal is given to encourage, recognize and commend outstanding achievement in Jewish literature. Works for adults published in the United States in the preceding year are eligible for the award."
• Announcement of this year's Medal winner and shortlist honor books
• Backlist access

And then over to YALSA-- The Teen arm of ALA-- for their Alex Awards: "The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning titles are selected from the previous year's publishing. The Alex Awards were first given annually beginning in 1998 and became an official ALA award in 2002."

• The 2022 Alex Award Winners
• Backlist access