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Call for Applications: Student Chapter of the Year Award

Call for Applications: Student Chapter of the Year Award Presented by the New Members Round Table Deadline: March 2, 2020 Has your chapter had an outstanding year?Has membership in your chapter increased?Did your chapter develop and provide opportunities for members … Continue reading

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NMRT Alternative Voices – Mallary Rawls

The Alternative Voices Feature is meant to give a platform to the voices of librarians from underrepresented communities in the library field. The format of the feature is a journalistic question and answer format. It provides information that the librarian … Continue reading

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Making the jump: Translating your skills between library types

In a perfect world, you started your MLIS with dreams of becoming a children’s librarian with the best storytime in town, or perhaps an academic subject librarian who publishes in the top journals. You found a steady job that checked … Continue reading

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NMRT Mentoring Committee – Call for Mentors!

Want to be a mentor? Support the future of librarianship? Of course, you do! Applications are still being taken! “Do you have over 5 years of library experience and are looking for new ways to engage with other librarians? Use … Continue reading

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NMRT Alternative Voices

The Alternative Voices Feature is meant to give a platform to the voices of librarians from underrepresented communities in the library field. The format of the feature is a journalistic question and answer format. It provides information that the librarian … Continue reading

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Meet the 2019-2020 NMRT President!

My name is Nicole LaMoreaux and I am the 2019-2020 President of the New Members Round Table. I am the Assistant Director of Research and Instructional Services at The New School in New York, NY. I am proud to announce that … Continue reading

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NMRT Board 2019-2020 Nominations

Are you interested in becoming more involved in New Members Round Table?  We are currently recruiting candidates for the 2020 NMRT Board. NMRT offers training, opportunities, and a wide variety of programs on the national, state and local levels to … Continue reading

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NMRT President’s Program at ALA Annual

Sunday, June 23 from 1:00-2:30pm in the Washington Convention Center, 159A-B. The NMRT President’s Program: Building Tomorrow Together will focus on exploring unique mentorship programs. If you’ve ever been curious about formal mentorships or are looking for ways to innovate your library’s … Continue reading

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NMRT Needs Your Opinion!

The NMRT Online Program Committee is surveying to solicit information from NMRT/ALA members on future potential online programming, webinar promotion, and gain perspective on how users interact with webinar materials. We hope that with the constructive feedback and responses NMRT/ALA … Continue reading

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NMRT Annual Conference Field Trip

You’re invited! Are you new to ALA? Meet new people and socialize in a fun and different environment by attending the NMRT Field Trip, hosted by the NMRT Annual Conference Local Information Committee. We will meet for brunch on Sunday, … Continue reading

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