Notable Books: The 2012 Selection of Titles

Nonny Schlotzhauer, Penn State University, chair; Terry Beck, Sno-lsle Libraries; Paul Cammarata, University of South Carolina; Sharon Castleberry, DeSoto Public Library; Julie Elliott, Indiana University South Bend; Bill Kelly, Cuyahoga County Public Library; Elizabeth Olesh, Nassau Library System;...

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Published in:Reference and user services quarterly 2012-06, Vol.51 (4), p.327-329
Main Author: RUSA Notable Books Council
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Authors
Awards
Barnes, Julian
British & Irish literature
Collection policy
Contemporary problems
Councils
English literature
Essays
Family (Sociological Unit)
Fiction
From Committees of RUSA
International standard book numbers
Libraries
Library Networks
Literature
Love poetry
Memory
Non fiction
Nonfiction
Phillips, Arthur
Poetry
Prose
Public Libraries
Reading
Surrealist poetry
Titles
Tragedy
World Views
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Summary:Nonny Schlotzhauer, Penn State University, chair; Terry Beck, Sno-lsle Libraries; Paul Cammarata, University of South Carolina; Sharon Castleberry, DeSoto Public Library; Julie Elliott, Indiana University South Bend; Bill Kelly, Cuyahoga County Public Library; Elizabeth Olesh, Nassau Library System; Katharine Phénix, Rangeview Library District; Camina Raphael, Westbury Memorial Public Library; Sara Taffae; Valerie Morgan Taylor, Great Falls Library; and Brooke Watkins, New York Public Library. The Notable Books Council, a group of readers' advisory experts within the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association, has announced its selections for the 2012 Notable Books List. Since 1944, the goal of the Notable Books Council has been to make available to the nation's readers a list of about twenty-five very good, very readable, and at times very important fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books for the adult reader. A book may be selected for inclusion on the Notable Books List if it possesses exceptional literary merit, expands the horizons of human knowledge, makes a specialized body of knowledge accessible to the nonspecialist, has the potential to contribute significantly to the solution of a contemporary problem, or presents a unique concept.
ISSN:1094-9054
2163-5242
DOI:10.5860/rusq.51n4.327