Are you looking for a way to be more involved in the library profession? Being an ALA-NMRT Liaison is a good opportunity if you are an NMRT member and a member of another library section, roundtable, division, or organization. NMRT liaisons play a key role in increasing awareness of information and ideas of mutual interest to NMRT and liaison unit members with a minimal time commitment.
General liaison responsibilities are listed below. We are just beginning recruitment for next term, so if you see your organization on the list below, please consider volunteering! If you are interested, please fill out the volunteer form: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/nmrt/popularresources/getinvolved/liaison.cfm.
OR Contact me off-list to express your interest in volunteering as a liaison
Charlene Hsu Gross, MSLIS
NMRT Liaison Coordination & Support Committee, Chair, 2011-2012
charlene.hsu.gross @ gmail.com
You can volunteer for more than one and will be assigned to no more than three units. Your assignment will be for one year beginning July 1, 2012. Conference attendance is not required (see note for ALA Legislative Assembly***).
Liaison Responsibilities
NMRT-L and unit communication tools (listservs, blogs, wikis, ALA Connect, etc.) as well as conference attendance are appropriate ways to carry out these responsibilities.
The responsibilities of the liaisons are to:
1. Join appropriate listservs, including NMRT-L and their unit list-serv. Monitor publications of the liaison unit.
2. Submit committee meeting dates and program information for their liaison unit to NMRT-L. Publicize information concerning the unit including relevant program invitations, announcements and other information.
3. Keep their units informed of NMRT activities that would be of interest, such as the programs sponsored by the Student and Student Chapter Outreach Committee, the Student Reception, Mentoring, etc.
4. Invite unit representatives to attend functions including NMRT Orientation and the Student Reception at Annual Conference.
5. Report on discussions, policies, and action of their units that are relevant to NMRT.
6. Report on discussions, policies, and actions of NMRT that are relevant to their unit.
7. Identify and alert NMRT of unit programs which NMRT may wish to co-sponsor, either from unit breakout sessions, listservs, or other means.
Units in Need of 2012-13 Liaisons:
American Assoc of School Librarians (AASL)
American Library Assoc-Allied Professional Assoc (ALA-APA)
American Library Assoc Legislative Assembly (ALA-LA)*** This position requires attendance at Legislative Assembly meetings at Annual Conference 2013***
American Library Assoc Membership Meetings
Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA)
Asian Pacific American Library Association (APALA)
ACRL Arts
ACRL Science & Technology Section (ACRL-STS)
ACRL Women’s Studies Section (ACRL-WSS)
Assoc Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), 2 members
Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF)
Assoc Specialized & Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA)
Beta Phi Mu
California Library Association
Canadian Library Association
Chinese American Library Assoc (CALA)
Connecticut Library Assoc
Federal Library & Information Center (FLICC) “NewFeds” Group
Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF)
Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgener Roundtable (GLBT-RT)
Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT)
Illinois Library Association
Intellectual Freedom Roundtable (IFRT)
International Relations Roundtable (IRRT)
Iowa Library Association
Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC)
Kansas Library Association
Kentucky Library Association
Learning Roundtable (LRT)
Library Information & Technology Assoc (LITA)
Library Instruction Roundtable (LIRT)
Library Leadership & Mgt Assoc (LLAMA)
Library Support Staff Interest Roundtable (LSSIRT)
Maryland Library Association
Medical Library Association
Mountain Plains Library Association
Nassau County Library Association
New York Library Association
North Carolina Library Association
North Dakota Library Association
OCLC
Office for Information Technology Policy Advisory Committee (OITP)
Pacific Northwest Library Assoc
Pennsylvania Library Assoc
REFORMA
Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT)
South Dakota Library Association
Staff Organizations Roundtable (SORT)
Tennesee Library Assoc
Texas Library Assoc
Theatre Library Assoc
Video Round Table
Virginia Library Assoc
Wyoming Library Association
Young Adult Library Services Assoc (YALSA)