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Looking for funds to help pay for your trip to ALA’s 2018 Annual Conference? Apply for the Shirley Olofson Memorial Award

Are you looking for funds to help pay for your trip to ALA’s 2018 Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA? Apply for the Shirley Olofson Memorial Award by December 14, 2017! The award, which is intended to help defray costs … Continue reading

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Volunteer as an NMRT Liaison!

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 … Continue reading

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Online Discussion Forum Topic Schedule 2017-2018

By: Leigh Milligan The Online Discussion Forum will be having monthly discussions on the NMRT listserv this year from Oct-May. We will also be having one live chat on Twitter in January. Here is the discussion topic schedule: Oct-Outreach to … Continue reading

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Call for Articles

By: Tammy Ivins & Leah Plocharczyk, Chairs, NMRT Endnotes Committee   The NMRT Endnotes Committee seeks contributors for the Spring 2018 issue of Endnotes: The Journal of the New Members Round Table. NMRT members, current LIS students, and recent graduates are … Continue reading

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Greetings from your NMRT president, Mandi Goodsett!

Hello from your new NMRT President! I’m so excited to take the reins this year and continue the awesome work of Past President, Kate Kosturski! We have lots of great projects and programs already in the works for the coming … Continue reading

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Seeking Nominations for the NMRT 2018 Elections

NMRT offers training, opportunities, and a wide variety of programs on the national, state and local levels to assist, encourage, and educate those new to the association and the profession. Now is the opportunity for you or a librarian you … Continue reading

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Hurricane Harvey: How Can You Help?

By Jennifer Wilhelm, Chair of the NMRT Communications Committee This week, Hurricane Harvey devastated an enormous swath of Texas, along with parts of Louisiana. Thousands of residents have been displaced, and damage assessment is just beginning. If you would like … Continue reading

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Annual NMRT Online Discussion Overview

By: Leigh Milligan The Online Discussion had a very successful year in terms of discussions. We had many active discussions on the NMRT listserv and Twitter. Here is a very brief overview on the discussions that we had this year … Continue reading

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MPDR Survey

NMRT and Membership, Promotion, Diversity, and Recruitment Committee are interesting in knowing how we are doing! We have created a brief survey asking for feedback on our past year’s programs, our communication methods, and the diversity & inclusion initiatives within NMRT. Your … Continue reading

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May NMRT Discussion Summary for Collaboration and Libraries

By: Carrie Fishner For the May online NMRT discussion, we posed the topic of “Collaboration: how can libraries collaborate or partner with other entities to provide programming and/or services”. The discussion led to many great examples of what different types … Continue reading

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