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CHICAGO- for this popular event as we unveil the year’s best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, audiobook narration, and reference materials, featuring the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. This highly anticipated event is sponsored by , and . Winners are hand-picked by our expert selection committees that work closely with adult readers. Their tireless efforts narrow down hundreds of finalists to curate the highly regarded “Best of” lists used by librarians, publishers and booksellers nationwide.

The will be held virtually on Thursday, February 4 – 3:00pm to 4:00pm. Register today for this free event!

Below is a list of the awards that will be featured at the ceremony:

Bill Kelly (Chair), Alicia Ahlvers, Terry Hong, Nancy Pearl, Bill Ott, Javier Ramirez, Donna Seaman

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.

Andrea Gough (Chair), Meagan Day, Halle Eisenman, Matthew Galloway, Stephanie Handy, Marlene Harris, Sarah Jaffa, Liz Kirchhoff, Kara Krekeler, Teresa May, Karin Suni

Sarah B. Hill (Chair), Hilary Meg Albert, Ron Block, Janice Derr, Nanette Wargo Donohue, Sarah Hashimoto, Christa Van Herreweghe

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

Barry Trott (Chair), Donald Altschiller, Brian E. Coutts, Katie Mediatore Stover, Lauren A. Seegmiller

Valerie Freeman, Barbara Ghilardi, David Greene, Jean-ann Marie Stump, Henrietta Verma

Neal Wyatt (Chair), Danise G. Hoover, Sharon Rothman, Sarah Tansley

The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) is a division of the 91´«Ã½. RUSA serves all types of libraries in reference, user services, adult readers advisory and collection development as well as resource sharing, genealogy and archives, business reference and reference technology.

RUSA has six specialty sections that are free to RUSA members: (Business Reference and Services Section), (Collection Development and Evaluation Section) (History Section), (Emerging Technologies Section), (Reference Services Section) and (Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section

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