RA Tip: Display Idea - 2017 Book and Media Awards

RUSA's Book and Media Awards for 2017 were announced Sunday evening, 01/22/17 during the ALA Midwinter Conference in Atlanta, GA. If you haven't already seen the lists of winners or are looking for a great display idea, here are some links that may be of interest:

2017 Reading List - the best Adult fiction of the year in eight different genre categories, plus a short list of four honor titles for each genre

2017 Listen List - "... highlights extraordinary narrators and listening experiences that merit special attention by a general adult audience and the librarians who advise them." A list of twelve adult audiobooks each with three listen-alikes.

2017 Notable Books - "... an annual best-of list comprised of twenty-six titles written for adult readers and published in the U.S. including literary fiction, nonfiction and poetry."

2017 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction - "... recognize(s) the best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S. in the previous year." Information about all of the finalists can be found on the Andrew Carnegie site.

2017 Sophie Brody Medal - "... 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." There is also a list of Honorable mentions.

Winners of other RUSA Book and Media Awards can be found on the RUSA Update - News site. There are links to the press releases for the 2017 Louis Shores and Zora Neale Hurston awards as well as for the Dartmouth Medal, the Outstanding Reference Sources, and the Best of the Best Business Reference Websites among others.

Interested in the awards for children's and teen books? On Monday morning, January 23rd, the 2017 ALA Youth Media Awards were announced. The full list of winners and honor books can be found at the ALA News site.

2016 RUSA Book and Media Awards

This past year, I had the honor and joy of serving on two Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) award committees. Both awards are offered under the auspices of the Collection Development and Evaluation Services (CODES) section of RUSA. 

I served as Chair for the Louis Shores Award, an achievement award and as a member of the Listen List, a book/media award award. The winners were decided upon in December 2015, to be revealed in January at the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter conference.

The results of the committee deliberations were announced this evening in Boston, MA during the Book and Media Awards Ceremony. I was sworn to secrecy before although now I can now present the winners. :-)

Louis Shores Award - recognizes an individual reviewer, group, editor, review medium or organization for excellence in reviewing materials for libraries. The 2016 recipient is ...

• Multimedia & Technology Reviews offers incisive, objectively written critical reviews for a variety of free multimedia resources and is readily available online. It's a great resource, you should check it out!

The Listen List - highlights extraordinary narrators and listening experiences that merit special attention by a general adult audience and the librarians who advise them. And the audiobooks chosen for 2016 are ...

• All Involved by Ryan Gattis. Narrated by Anthony Rey Perez, Marisol Ramirez, Jim Cooper, Adam Lazarre-White, and James Chen
• All the Old Knives by Olen Steinhauer. Narrated by Ari Fliakos and Juliana Francis Kelly
• And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander. Narrated by Kate Reading
• Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson. Narrated by Scott Brick
• Dracula by Bram Stoker. Narrated by David Horovitch, Jamie Parker, Joseph Kloska, Alison Pettitt, and cast
• H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald. Narrated by Helen MacDonald
• The Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen. Narrated by Davina Porter
• The Jaguar’s Children by John Vaillant. Narrated by Ozzie Rodriguez and David H. Lawrence XVII
• The Knockoff: A Novel by Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza. Narrated by Katherine Kellgren
• The Strangler Vine by M.J. Carter. Narrated by Alex Wyndham
• Til the Well Runs Dry by Lauren Francis-Sharma. Narrated by Ron Butler and Bahni Turpin
• True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa by Michael Finkel. Narrated by Rich Orlow

Great listening experiences here, folks and wouldn't they make for a great display!  :-)

RUSA 2015 Book & Media Awards Announced!!

The Reference & User Services Association (RUSA) 2015 Book & Media Awards were announced Sunday February 1 during the American Library Association (ALA) 2015 Midwinter Conference in Chicago, IL.

The Listen List - highlights extraordinary narrators and listening experiences that merit special attention by a general adult audience and the librarians who advise them.

Reading List -is an annual best-of list composed of eight different fiction genres for adult readers.

 

Notable Books List - is an annual best-of list comprised of 26 titles written for adult readers and published in the United States, including fiction, nonfiction and poetry.

Sophie Brody Medal - is funded by the Brodart Foundation and 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.

 

The Dartmouth Medal - honors the creation of a reference source of outstanding quality and significance and is given to the best new reference source published during the previous year.

 

I had the honor of announcing the winner of the Louis Shores Award which  recognizes an individual reviewer, group, editor, review medium or organization for excellence in reviewing materials for libraries.

 

News and links to all of the 2015 RUSA Book & Media Awards can be found at ALA News