RUSA awards


The Reference and User Services Association is a division of the American Library Association. In 1972, the Adult Services Division and the Reference Services Division of the ALA were merged into the Reference and Adult Services Division, which created the RUSA in 1996.
RUSA gives out annual awards to notable books, media, and professional librarians. Awards are selected by RUSA's Collection Development and Evaluation Section committees, the Business Reference and Service Section, and the History Section.
Book and Media Awards include "Notable Books for Adults", selected by the RUSA Notable Books Council since 1944. The Notable Books Council is in the RUSA CODES Section. RUSA also recognizes outstanding professional achievement in reference librarianship and its many specialties with annual achievement awards at the division level and by each section.

2024 awards

The association annually recognizes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, audiobook narration, and reference materials. Recipients are selected by committees composed of professionals who specialize in adult services. The sections that give book and media awards are CODES, BRASS, and the History Section.
RUSA also honors librarians with professional achievement awards. Each RUSA section gives awards in its area of specialization.

CODES book and media awards

These awards are given by the RUSA Collection Development and Evaluation Section committees.

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction

The Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, are administered by the American Library Association. The Reference and User Services Association and Booklist cosponsor the awards. Selection is by three former members of the RUSA CODES Notable Books Council and editors from Booklist.Fiction: The Berry Pickers: A Novel by Amanda Peters.Nonfiction: We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna Asgarian.

Notable Books: Fiction

Biography of X by Catherine Lacey Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Dearborn by Ghassan Zeineddine Hangman by Maya Binyam In Memoriam by Alice Winn North Woods by Daniel Mason Open Throat by Henry Hoke Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride The Reformatory by Tananarive Due Y/N by Esther Yi

Notable Books: Nonfiction

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation by Camonghne Felix How to Say Babylon: A Memoir by Safiya Sinclair King: A Life by Jonathan Eig Master, Slave, Husband, Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming by Ava Chin Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of 'Latino by Héctor Tobar Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science by Kate Zernike The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration by Jake Bittle The Talk by Darrin Bell The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann

Notable Books: Poetry

Promises of Gold / Promesas de Oro by José Olivarez Side Notes from the Archivist by Anastacia-Renee Trace Evidence by Charif Shanahan

Sophie Brody Award

The Sophie Brody Medal is an annual award of the Reference and User Services Association. It is given for outstanding achievement in Jewish literature for works published the previous year in the US. The award is named after Sophie Brody and was established by her husband, Arthur Brody, and the Brodart Foundation.The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

The Reading List

The Reading List is a RUSA CODES committee that compiles an annual list of the best genre books for the adult reader.
  • Adrenaline: Better the Blood: A Hana Westerman Thriller by Michael Bennett
  • Fantasy: Gods of the Wyrdwood: The Forsaken Trilogy, Book One by R. J. Barker
  • Historical fiction: Lady Tan's Circle of Women: A Novel by Lisa See
  • Horror: The September House by Carissa Orlando
  • Mystery: A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao
  • Relationship Fiction: The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise by Colleen Oakley
  • Romance: Role Playing by Cathy Yardley
  • Science fiction: House of Gold by C. T. Rwizi

The Listen List

The Listen List Council of the Collection Development and Evaluation Section of the Reference and User Services Association includes fiction and nonfiction and features voices that enthrall, delight, and inspire.The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty. Narrated by Lameece Issaq and Amin El Gamal. HarperAudio.Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. Narrated by Shayna Small, Aaron Goodson, Michael Crouch, and Lee Osorio. Books on Tape.Con/Artist: The Life and Crimes of the World's Greatest Art Forger by Tony Tetro and Giampiero Ambrosi. Narrated by Richard Ferrone, Tony Tetro, and Giampiero Ambrosi. Hachette Audio.Fractal Noise by Christopher Paolini. Narrated by Jennifer Hale. Macmillan Audio.Happiness Falls by Angie Kim. Narrated by Shannon Tyo, Sean Patrick Hopkins, and Thomas Pruyn. Books on Tape.The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride. Narrated by Dominic Hoffman. Books on Tape.Infinity Gate by M. R. Carey. Narrated by Dami Olukoya. Hachette Audio.King: A Life by Jonathan Eig. Narrated by Dion Graham. Macmillan Audio.The Laughter by Sonora Jha. Narrated by Christopher Grove and Deepti Gupta. HarperAudio.The Love You Save by Goldie Taylor. Narrated by Bahni Turpin. Harlequin Audio.Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murders by Jesse Q. Sutanto. Narrated by Eunice Wong. Books on Tape.

Essential Cookbooks 2024

Essential Cookbooks highlights titles for both avid home chefs and those just learning the rewards of making a meal.Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s by B. Dylan Hollis. DK.The Cook's Book: Recipes for Keeps & Essential Techniques to Master Everyday Cooking by Bri McKoy. Revell.Every Season is Soup Season: 85+ Souper-Adaptable Recipes to Batch, Share, Reinvent, and Enjoy by Shelly Westerhausen Worcel with Wyatt Worcel. Chronicle Books.The Global Pantry Cookbook: Transform Your Everyday Cooking with Tahini, Gochujang, Miso, and Other Irresistible Ingredients by Ann Taylor Pittman and Scott Mowbrary. Workman.Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs & Juice: Cocktails from Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks by Toni Tipton-Martin. Clarkson Potter.Latinísimo: Home Recipes from the Twenty-One Countries of Latin America by Sandra A. Gutierrez. Alfred A. Knopf.Shabbat: Recipes and Rituals from My Table to Yours by Adeena Sussman. Avery.Signature Cocktails by Amanda Schuster. Phaidon Press.Tenderheart: A Cookbook About Vegetables and Unbreakable Family Bonds by Hetty Lui McKinnon. Alfred A. Knopf.Veg-table: Recipes, Techniques, and Plant Science for Big-Flavored, Vegetable-Focused Meals by Nik Sharma. Chronicle Books.A Very Chinese Cookbook: 100 Recipes from China and Not China by Kevin Pang and Jeffrey Pang. America's Test Kitchen.

Dartmouth Medal

The Dartmouth Medal of the American Library Association is awarded annually to a reference work of outstanding quality and significance published during the previous calendar year.Hymenoptera: The Natural History & Diversity of Wasps, Bees & Ants by Stephen A. Marshall. Firefly Books.

BRASS outstanding business information sources

The Business Reference and Services Section focuses on all aspects of business reference. BRASS publications are Academic BRASS, a biannual newsletter produced by the Business Reference in Academic Libraries Committee; Public Libraries Briefcase, a quarterly column produced by the Business Reference in Public Libraries Committee; and BRASS Notes, a quarterly column devoted to news about current BRASS activities. Each year BRASS awards "Outstanding Business Reference Sources" and "Best of the Best Business Web Resources".

Outstanding business information sources

Each year, the Business Information Sources Committee of the Business Reference and Services Section selects the outstanding business information sources published since May of the previous year.
Outstanding
Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology by Chris Miller. New York, NY: Scribner, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster, 2022.Routledge Handbook of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development edited by Natalia Yakovleva and Edmund Nickless. New York, NY: Routledge, 2022.
Notable
Entrepreneurship in the Creative Industries: How Innovative Agents Skills and Networks Interact by Phillip McIntyre, Janet Fulton, Susan Kerrigan, and Michael Meany. Cham, CH: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.Handbook of Research on Artificial Intelligence in Human Resource Management edited by Stefan Strohmeier. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence by Jay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2022.

Best of the Best Business Web Resources

The BRASS "Best of the Best Business Web Resources Award" debuted in 2009. Awards recognize four web-based resources that are highly relevant to information professionals involved in providing business reference services. Selected by members of the BRASS Education Committee.
2024:
  • Collective Bargaining, Labor Relations, and Labor Unions Guide. Published by Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University Library.
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2023:

History Section: Historical materials

The History Section represents the subject interests of reference librarians, archivists, bibliographers, genealogists, historians, and others engaged in historical reference or research. It brings together representatives of history collections in all formats from all types of libraries, archives, and historical societies. It was established in 1961.
The RUSA HS Historical Materials Committee annually compiles and publishes the Best Historical Materials list with extensive annotation at the RUSA HS website.Election Atlas of India: Parliamentary Elections 1952–2019: 1st Lok Sabha to 17th Lok Sabha: updated till January 2022. Edited by R. K. Thukrai. New Delhi: Datanet India Pvt. Ltd., 2022.Enemy Archives: Soviet Counterinsurgency Operations and the Ukrainian Nationalist Movement – Selections from the Secret Police Archives. Edited by Volodymyr Viatrovych and Lubomyr Luciuk. Translated by Marta Daria Olynyk. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023.Historical Dictionary of Modern Coups d'État. By John J. Chin, Joseph Wright, and David B. Carter. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2022.Invitation to Syriac Christianity: An Anthology. Edited by Michael Philip Penn, Scott Fitzgerald Johnson, Christine Shepardson, and Charles M. Stang. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2022.The Mexican Revolution: A Documentary History. Edited by Jürgen Buchenau and Timothy J. Henderson. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing, 2022. The Oxford Handbook of Global Drug History. Edited by Paul Gootenberg. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022.The Portable Anna Julia Cooper. Edited by Shirley Moody-Turner. New York: Penguin Books, 2022.Qing Imperial Illustrations of Tributary Peoples: A Cultural Cartography of Empire. Edited and translated by Laura Hostetler and Xuemei Wu. Boston: Brill, 2022.The Routledge Handbook of Public Taxation in Medieval Europe. Edited by Denis Menjot, Mathieu Caesar, Florent Garnier, and Pere Verdés Pijuan. New York: Routledge, 2023.Salish and Kootenai Indian Chiefs Speak for Their People and Land, 1865–1909. Edited by Robert Bigart and Joseph McDonald. Pablo, Montana: Salish Kootenai College Press, 2023.The Travels of Richard Traunter: Two Journeys through the Native Southeast in 1698 and 1699. Edited by Sandra L. Dahlberg. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2022.Writing Gaia: The Scientific Correspondence of James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis. Edited by Bruce Clarke and Sébastien Dutreuil. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2022.

RUSA achievement awards

The Reference and User Services Association represents librarians and library staff in the fields of reference, specialized reference, collection development, readers' advisory, and resource sharing.
RUSA's Achievement Awards Program honors the best in reference librarianship and its many specialties.

Division level

Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES)

Emerging Technologies Section (ETS)

History Section (HS)

  • History Research and Innovation Award.
  • HS Genealogy/History Achievement Award: D. Brenton Simons, President Emeritus and Chief Stewardship Officer,

Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section (STARS)

2023 awards

CODES book and media awards

These awards are given by the RUSA Collection Development and Evaluation Section committees.

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction

Fiction: The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka.Nonfiction: An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong.

Dartmouth Medal

The World Atlas of Trees and Forests: Exploring Earth's Forest Ecosystems by Herman Shugart, Peter White, Sassan Saatchi, and Jérôme Chave.

Notable Books: Fiction

Seeking Fortune Elsewhere by Sindya Bhanoo Horse by Geraldine Brooks Trust by Hernan Diaz Stories From The Tenants Downstairs by Sidik Fofana The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories by Jamil Jan Kochai What We Fed to the Manticore by Talia Lakshmi Kolluri Vagabonds by Eloghosa Osunde The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin The Furrows by Namwali Serpell

Notable Books: Nonfiction

Also A Poet: Frank O'Hara, My Father, And Me by Ada Calhoun The Vortex: A True Story of History's Deadliest Storm, An Unspeakable War and Liberation by Scott Carney and Jason Miklian Bitch: On the Female of the Species by Lucy Cooke The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland This Body I Wore: A Memoir by Diana Goetsch We Are the Middle of Forever: Indigenous Voices from Turtle Island on the Changing Earth by Dahr Jamail and Stan Rushworth Easy Beauty by Chloe Cooper Jones The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human by Siddhartha Mukherjee His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life And The Struggle For Racial Justice by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa Under The Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and the Health of Our Nation by Linda Villarosa An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong

Notable Books: Poetry

Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency by Chen Chen Alive At the End Of the World by Saeed Jones Bless the Daughter Raised by A Voice in Her Head by Warson Shire The Rupture Tense by Jenny Xie

Sophie Brody Medal

One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World by Michael Frank. Art by Maira Kalman.

The Reading List

  • Adrenaline: Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
  • Fantasy: Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
  • Historical fiction: By Her Own Design: A Novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register by Piper Huguley
  • Horror: Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
  • Mystery: Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala
  • Relationship fiction: The Guncle: A Novel by Steven Rowley
  • Science fiction: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers.

The Listen List

The Angel of Rome: And Other Stories by Jess Walter. Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini and Julia Whelan. HarperAudio.The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra. Narrated by Soneela Nankani. Blackstone Publishing.Book Lovers by Emily Henry. Narrated by Julia Whelan. Books on Tape.The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn. Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld. HarperAudio.An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong. Narrated by Ed Yong. Books on Tape.Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley. Narrated by Clare Corbett. Books on Tape.A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin. Narrated by Eleanor Tomlinson. Books on Tape.The Patron Saint of Second Chances by Christine Simon. Narrated by Tim Francis. Simon & Schuster Audio.Playing with Myself by Randy Rainbow. Narrated by Randy Rainbow. Macmillan Audio.River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millard. Narrated by Paul Michael. Books on Tape.Stories from the Tenants Downstairs by Sidik Fofana. Narrated by Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Nile Bullock, Sidik Fofana, Dominic Hoffman, DePre Owens, André Santana, Bahni Turpin, and Jade Wheeler. Simon & Schuster Audio.Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez. Narrated by Lauren J. Daggett. Books on Tape.Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett. Narrated by Mark Bramhall and Kirby Heyborne. Books on Tape.

2022 Essential Cookbooks

"These wonderful books highlight titles for both avid home chefs and those just learning the rewards of making a meal. The list further supports those who appreciate the many joys of reading cookbooks, even if they rarely venture into the kitchen. As judged by librarians who cooked from, enjoyed, and discussed them, these cookbooks expand and enrich collections and offer cooks multiple ways to make delicious meals. They will become reliable favorites and nourish readers, today and for years to come."Cook this Book: Techniques That Teach and Recipes to Repeat by Molly Baz. Clarkson Potter.New Native Kitchen: Celebrating Modern Recipes of the American Indian by Chef Freddie Bitsoie & James O. Fraioli. Abrams.Vegetarian Chinese Soul Food: Deliciously Doable Ways to Cook Greens, Tofu, and Other Plant-Based Ingredients by Hsiao-Ching Chou. Sasquatch Books.Zoë Bakes Cakes: Everything You Need to Know to Make Your Favorite Layers, Bundts, Loaves, and More by Zoë François. Ten Speed Press.Baking with Dorie: Sweet, Salty & Simple by Dorie Greenspan. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.Milk Street Tuesday: Nights Mediterranean: 125 Simple Weeknight Recipes from the World's Healthiest Cuisine by Christopher Kimball.Grains for Every Season: Rethinking Our Way with Grains by Joshua McFadden with Martha Holmberg. Artisan.Bress 'n' Nyam: Gullah Geechee Recipes from a Sixth Generation Farmer by Matthew Raiford with Amy Paige Condon. The Countryman Press.Cook Real Hawai'i: A Cookbook by Sheldon Simeon. Clarkson Potter.Simply Julia: 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food by Julia Turshen. Harper Wave.Flavors of the Sun: The Sahadi's Guide to Understanding, Buying and Using Middle Eastern Ingredients by Christine Sahadi Whelan. Chronicle Books.

Outstanding reference sources

Free Speech and Censorship: a Documentary and Reference Guide by Cari Lee Skogberg Eastman. Greenwood An Imprint of ABC-Clio, LLC.Oxford Encyclopedia of the History of American Foreign Relations by Mark Atwood Lawrence, Michael R. Anderson. Oxford University Press.Chocolate: a cultural encyclopedia by Ross F. Collins. ABC-Clio An Imprint of ABC-Clio, LLC.Exercise and Physical Activity: From Health Benefits to Fitness Crazes by R.K. Devlin. Greenwood An Imprint of ABC-Clio, LLC.Handbook of Dynamics and Probability by Peter Müller. Springer.Nitrate Handbook: Environmental, Agricultural, and Health Effects by Christos Tsadilas. CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.Annelida by Greg Rouse, Fredrik Pleijel, and Ekin Tilic. Oxford University Press.Insectpedia: A Brief Compendium of Insect Lore by Eric R. Eaton. Princeton University Press.Bob Dylan: A Descriptive, Critical Discography and Filmography, 1961–2022, 3rd edition by John Nogowski. McFarland & Company.Vaccination: Examining the Facts by Lisa Rosner. ABC-Clio An Imprint of ABC-Clio, LLC.

BRASS Best of the Best Business Web Resources awards

The 2023 Awards recognize four web-based resources that are highly relevant to information professionals involved in providing business reference services. Selected by members of the 2022/23 BRASS Education Committee.

History Section: Historical materials

African Voices from the Inquisition, Vol. 1: The Trial of Crispina Peres of Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau . Edited and translated by Toby Green, Philip Havik, and F. Ribeiro da Silva. Oxford: British Academy, Oxford University Press, 2021.Codex Sierra: A Nahuatl-Mixtec Book of Accounts from Colonial Mexico. Written by Kevin Terraciano. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2021.A Companion to American Agricultural History. Edited by R. Douglas Hurt. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2022.Fighting Hunger, Dealing with Shortage: Everyday Life Under Occupation in World War II Europe: A Source Edition. Edited by Tatjana Tönsmeyer, Peter Haslinger, Włodzimierz Borodziej, Stefan Martens, and Irina Sherbakova. Boston: Brill, 2021.Global Press Archive. East View Information Services. This massive archive currently offers over 30 million digitized full-image newspaper pages from 1,600 newspapers covering the 18th century to the present.
  • Mifflin, Werner. Writings of Warner Mifflin: Forgotten Quaker Abolitionist of the Revolutionary Era. Edited by Gary B. Nash and Michael R. McDowell. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 2021.Muslim Sources of the Crusader Period: An Anthology. Edited and translated, with an introduction, by James E. Lindsay and Suleiman A. Mourad. Indianapolis/Cambridge: Hackett Publishing Company, 2021.The Persecution and Murder of the European Jews by Nazi Germany, 1933–1945. Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2019–present. 16 vols.The Rise of the Mongols: Five Chinese Sources. Edited and translated by Christopher P. Atwood, with Lynn Struve. Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Publishing Co., 2021.Seen/Unseen: Hidden Lives in a Community of Enslaved Georgians. Written and edited by Christopher R. Lawton, Laura E. Nelson, and Randy L. Reid. Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, 2021.To Address You as My Friend: African Americans' Letters to Abraham Lincoln. Edited by Jonathan W. White. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2021.Wartime North Africa: A Documentary History, 1934–1950. Edited by Sarah Abrevaya Stein and Aomar Boum. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2022.

RUSA achievement awards

Division level

  • Isadore Gilbert Mudge Award to an individual who has made a distinguished contribution to reference librarianship: Jennifer C. Boettcher, Business Librarian at Georgetown University.
  • John Sessions Memorial Award recognizes a library or library system which has made a significant effort to work with the labor community: Princeton University Industrial Relations Library.
  • RUSA Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Library Services: Rebecca Clarke, Manager, Adult Services at St. Louis County Library.
  • Gail Schlachter Memorial Research Grant: Christina Plakas, PhD student of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of South Carolina – Columbia.
  • Exceptional Service Award to patients, home bound, people in group homes, inmates: Willetta M. Grady, Librarian/Library Media Specialist, Trousdale Turner Correctional Center in Hartsville TN.
  • Federal Achievement Award: Michelle A. Ortiz, Supervisory Librarian, Vicenza and Del Din Library, USAG Italy, ARMY-IMCOM.
  • Federal Rising Stars Award: Mariah Antoinette Lovick, Thomas Lee Hall Library.
  • Francis Joseph Campbell Award: No award.
  • Keystone Library Automation System & National Organization on Disability Award: No award.
  • Stephen T. Riedner Grant for Life Enhancing Library Programs for People Living with Dementia: East Chicago Public Library, IN and Roddenbery Memorial Library in Cairo, Georgia.

Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES)

  • Louis Shores Award recognizes an individual reviewer, group, editor, review medium, or organization for excellence in book reviewing and other media for libraries: Diana Tixier Herald, Genreflecting series and Fluent in Fantasy and Strictly Science Fiction.

Emerging Technologies Section (ETS)

History Section (HS)

  • History Research and Innovation Award: Whitney Thompson, Graduate Library Assistant, Edgewood College.
  • HS Genealogy/History Achievement Award: Michelle Enke, Manager of Genealogy / Special Collections, Wichita Public Library.

Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section (STARS)

  • Virginia Boucher Distinguished ILL Librarian Award: Jalesia Horton, Director of Access and Resource Sharing Services, Southern Methodist University.

Older awards

Winners of RUSA Awards for previous years are at the website of the Reference and User Services Association: .