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The article announces the opening of submissions for the Bibliographical Society of America's William L. Mitchell Prize for Bibliography or Documentary Work on Early British Periodicals or Newspapers through September 30, 2017.

Information on the 2014 annual meeting of the Bibliographic Society of America (BSA), which took place in New York City on January 24, 2014, is presented. Topics discussed at the meeting included the St. Louis Mercantile Library Prize in American Bibliography, membership in the BSA, the BSA's finances, and forthcoming events. Speakers at the meeting included BSA president Claudia Funke and Michael Asaro of the accounting firm Condon O'Meara.

Two speeches are presented, on the awarding of the 2009 Marie Tremaine Medal and Watters-Morley Prize to Canadian bibliographer and book historian George L. Parker at the annual meeting of the Bibliographical Society of Canada on 24 June 2009 in Toronto, Ontario. Introductory remarks by Randall Speller are presented, followed by Parker's acceptance speech.

The article announces that Carla Mulford, an associate professor of English at Penn State University, received the Bibliographical Society of America's fourth triennial William L. Mitchell Prize for Bibliography or Documentary Work on Early British Periodicals or Newspapers in 2012.

Lists the winners of the first Alex Awards announced by the Young Adult Library Services Association and `Booklist.' Selected fiction titles; Significance of the award; How the winners were selected.