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NMRT 2019-2020 Candidates : Vice-President/President-Elect

ALA elections are here and this year NMRT is electing a Vice-President/President-Elect, Secretary, and Leadership Development Director. Below, our candidate for VP/President-Elect answers a few questions about their plans for the position. More information on these positions can be found … Continue reading

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NMRT 2019-2020 Candidates : Secretary

ALA elections are here and this year NMRT is electing a Vice-President/President-Elect, Secretary, and Leadership Development Director. Below, our candidates for Secretary answer a few questions about their plans for the position. More information on these positions can be found here. … Continue reading

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Alternative Voices: kYmberly Keeton

The Alternative Voices Feature is brought to you by the NMRT’s Membership, Diversity, Promotion, and Recruitment committee. It is meant to give a platform to the voices of librarians from underrepresented communities in the library field. The format of the … Continue reading

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Authority File: Susan Jennings

This month, the NMRT Communications Committee is featuring the second installment of a new blog series—Authority File: Interviews with ALA Committee Chairs. This new series presents interviews of Chairs of different ALA committees, sharing their experiences as committee volunteers, their … Continue reading

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Get to Know ALA: Mimi Lee

Mimi Lee New Jersey State Library Diversity & Literacy Consultant Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT) Immediate Past Chair (2018-2019) Describe how long you have been on the committee and what initially interested you in joining. My first … Continue reading

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December 2018 NMRT Live Chat – Online Discussion

Our December discussion focused on a topic that impacts almost everyone’s daily life: stress. Oregon State University describes stress as “the state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances.”  (Oregon State University, 2019).  … Continue reading

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December 2018 NMRT Live Chat – Twitter

December’s NMRT Live Chat took place on Twitter and covered the topic “What Kind of Librarian Are You?” which asked participants to think about how they can “find themselves” and where they belong as a librarian. Typically, when someone thinks … Continue reading

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NMRT Midwinter Orientation & Exhibit Hall Tour

Join the NMRT Orientation this year at ALA Midwinter on Saturday, Jan. 26 from 8:30 to 10 AM in the Compass Room of the Renaissance Seattle Hotel, 515 Madison St, Seattle WA for a fun time including a networking event … Continue reading

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Alternative Voices: Raymond Pun

The Alternative Voices Feature is brought to you by the NMRT’s Membership, Diversity, Promotion, and Recruitment committee. It is meant to give a platform to the voices of librarians from underrepresented communities in the library field. The format of the … Continue reading

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NMRT Resume Review Service @ Midwinter

The NMRT Resume Review Service Committee is recruiting volunteer resume reviewers and booth greeters as well as taking resume review appointments for the 2019 ALA Midwinter Meeting!  This is a free in-person service that will be located in the ALA … Continue reading

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