Congratulations to the Newly Elected NMRT Members!

Posted on May 6, 2013 by nmrtsecretary

Congratulations to the newly elected board members, Megan, Kirby, Kate and Kari, who will join the returning members in July to form the 2013-2014 NMRT Executive Board.

Emily Prather-Rodgers, President

Megan Hodge, Vice-President/President-Elect

Janel Kinlaw, Immediate Past President

Kirby McCurtis, Secretary

Jonathan Lu, Treasurer

Susan Jennings, Councilor

Kate Kosturski, Leadership Development Director

Kari Weaver, Member Services Director

Barbara Lewis, Networking Director

Bohyun Kim, Outreach Director

Cory Lampert, Fundraising Director

Thank you to Jessica, Linda, Curtis, and Coral whose terms on the Executive Board are ending at the end of June.

Thanks to everyone who volunteered to run for office.  Thanks also to those of you who voted!

Full election results can be found here ->http://www.ala.org/aboutala/governance/alaelection

 

Congrats to NMRT Past President Courtney Young for being elected as ALA President-Elect as well as NMRT Member Services Director Coral Sheldon-Hess for being elected to ALA Council and NMRT member Dave Trudeau for being elected as Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) Chair-Elect

 

–Janel

NMRT President 2012-2013

 

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NMRT Resume Review Service at ALA Annual in Chicago!

Posted on May 6, 2013 by nmrtsecretary

The NMRT Resume Review Service (RRS) Committee is gearing up for the Resume Review Service Booth for the ALA 2013 Annual Conference located in Chicago, IL! We are currently scheduling appointments for individuals to have their resume reviewed as well as looking for booth greeters and resume reviewers.

The Resume Review Service for Annual will be at the ALA Job Placement Center, location TBA. Our services will be available from 9 am – 5 pm Saturday and Sunday, June 29-30, 2013.

To volunteer, please fill out either the Resume Reviewer form or the Booth Greeter volunteer form. We hope to have at least two greeters and four resume reviewers per shift.

For more information see the Volunteer Guidelines or feel free to contact nmrtrrs@yahoo.com for more information. The schedules of Resume Reviewers and Booth Greeters are available on the Committee’s Wiki. This is a fun way to meet, talk, and network with people from all over the country!

We are also accepting advance reservations for individuals who wish to have their resumes reviewed. To request an appointment, please fill out the Advanced Registration form (deadline is June 19th).

This service is free and open to all conference attendees, regardless of their affiliation with NMRT. Walk-ins are welcome, but we are encouraging people to schedule an appointment in advance because of the high demand of the service.

Want more details on the RRS & what we do? Please visit us at the NMRT Resume Review Service Web Site or http://nmrtrrs.wikispaces.com.

Hope to see you there!

Jodie Borgerding
NMRT Resume Review Service Committee

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Congratulations to Katy DiVittorio!

Posted on April 15, 2013 by nmrtsecretary

Katy DiVittorio is the 2013 recipient of the New Members Round Table (NMRT) Shirley Olofson Memorial Award. This award, named in honor of the late NMRT President Shirley Olofson, is given annually to defray the costs of attending the ALA Annual Conference. Criteria for the award include membership in ALA and NMRT, promise or activity in the area of professional development, and financial need.

Katy is a Serials Acquisitions Specialist at Auraria Library in Denver, Colorado.  She earned her MLIS from San Jose State University (San Jose, CA) and her BA in psychology at Seattle University (Seattle, WA).  Katy is active in the library profession, including within ALA, NASIG, and CAL.  She will receive $1,000 to attend the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL.

The committee would like to thank all who applied for this year’s Shirley Olofson Memorial Award. Further information about this award, including past recipients, is available at the NMRT awards page.

The Shirley Olofson Memorial Award Committee 2012-2013

Easter DiGangi, chair

Gail Shimokawa
Heather Thompson
Jenna Goodall
Kristin Jacobson
Mary Oberlies
Michael Mungin
Nicole Brock

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The University of Rhode Island receives the 2013 ALA Student Chapter of the Year Award!

Posted on April 12, 2013 by nmrtsecretary

The New Members Round Table (NMRT) and the American Library Association (ALA) Awards Committee wish to congratulate Student ALA at the University of Rhode Island as the winner of the 2013 ALA Student Chapter of the Year Award. They would also like to congratulate the ALA Student Chapter at Florida State University as this year’s runner-up.

The Student Chapter of the Year Award is presented in recognition of a chapter’s outstanding contributions to ALA, its school, and the profession. The purpose of the award is to increase student involvement in ALA through student chapters and to recognize its leaders. Official ALA Student Chapters are organizations formed by students at schools offering accredited programs of library and information studies. The winning student chapter receives a $1,000 travel grant to help with the cost of ALA conference attendance.

This year’s Student Chapter of the Year Award Committee praises the University of Rhode Island’s Student ALA for its accomplishments in each of the six categories related to the Student Chapter of the Year Award. The committee was impressed by the chapter’s innovative, detailed application and by their commitment to reviving and nurturing their chapter to grow from only a handful of students to nearly 1/3 of the student body. The chapter leadership has approached this in a well thought-out and organized way to ensure the continued success of the chapter, and the committee is impressed with their efforts to reach out to regional and distance students, their extensive collaboration with their state library association, and their ambitious programming including organizing a conference on career development for librarians and students in the region.

Dr. Lauren Mandel, Faculty Advisor to Student ALA at URI, stated, “Truly, Student ALA at URI has gone from being an organization in name only to becoming an active student organization with increasing membership, activities and events, and democratic elections.” Dr. Mandel’s statement testifies to the dedication and determination of the Student ALA of URI.

The runner-up of this year’s award, the ALA Student Chapter at Florida State University, is recognized for their diverse and frequent programming, and their impressive use of a variety of social media communication tools to reach students both traditional and online. The award committee commends them for their continued commitment to excellence after being named the 2012 Student Chapter of the Year.

The members of the SCOTYA Committee, NMRT, and the ALA Awards Committee appreciate the time and effort put in by all of the nominated ALA student chapters this year, and we encourage all to keep up the great work!

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May Footnotes Call for Submissions: Reviews and Feature Articles

Posted on March 28, 2013 by nmrtsecretary

The NMRT Footnotes Committee seeks articles and reviews for the May 2013 issue.

Feature Articles
Footnotes can always use more feature articles. If you want to share a project, aspect of your job or interest, we want your article! Footnotes is a great opportunity to get your feet wet with professional writing. Give it a try!

Book and Website Reviews
Recently read a book that would appeal to other new librarians and want to share your thoughts? Have a favorite website or set of web resources for a particular topic? Consider writing a book or website review!

Interested in Submitting?
Please review the Submission guidelines on the Footnotes webpage for more ideas and examples from past issues, as well as instructions for formatting and submitting your article. If you are interested in writing an article, book or website review, please contact Heidi (hmsteiner@gmail.com) with your idea by Friday, April 12th. Submissions will be due by Friday, April 26th.

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Annual Conference Professional Development Attendance Award

Posted on March 6, 2013 by nmrtsecretary

Chicago- The New Member Roundtable (NMRT) announces the Annual Conference Professional Development Attendance Award.

NMRT members are invited to submit an essay to win a ticket to attend a ticketed event of their choice at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. The essay contest is open to all NMRT members who are not currently serving on the Annual Conference Professional Development Award Committee.

To apply for the award, fill out the application form.

The application requires an essay of approximately 250 words about why you would like to attend a ticketed event at Annual Conference and how it would benefit you professionally.

Applications are due April 16, 2013. Winners will be notified by May 7, 2013. The committee does not consider geographic location, age, sex, religion, race or national origin in the award selection process.

For more information, contact the committee chair, Maureen Cropper, at maureen164@gmail.com

NMRT is an organization for people with fewer than 10 years of membership in ALA. Our mission is to help those who have been association members less than ten years become actively involved in the association and the profession.

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Volunteer for NMRT Committees!

Posted on February 7, 2013 by nmrtsecretary

NMRT is looking for volunteers to appoint to NMRT Committees for 2013-2014! Committee members will begin serving as of July 1, 2013 and will continue through the 2014 Annual meeting in Las Vegas. You must be a dues paying member of NMRT to serve on a committee.

Many NMRT committees do not require conference attendance, but please note that, for some committees, attendance at the Midwinter and/or Annual Conferences is expected.

As some committees fill up quickly, we recommend selecting all committees you are interested in being appointed to. If you are interested in multiple committees, please rank the committees in order of your preference. Committee information can be found here (http://www.ala.org/nmrt/oversightgroups/comm) and detailed descriptions of committee work and responsibilities can be found here  (http://wikis.ala.org/nmrt/index.php/Section_4:_Committees).

If you are interested in serving, please complete the NMRT volunteer form (http://www.ala.org/nmrt/nmrt-committee-volunteer-form).

Offers to serve as member or chair of committees will not go out until late April/early May. Many thanks in advance for your patience.

Please contact Emily Prather-Rodgers directly (eapratherrodgers@noctrl.edu) if you have any questions. Thank you for your interest in and support of NMRT!

-Emily
NMRT Vice President/President-Elect 2012-2013

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LLAMA/NMRT New Leaders Discussion Group Meeting: Speak Up: Developing Effective Public Speaking Skills

Posted on January 15, 2013 by nmrtsecretary

LLAMA/NMRT New Leaders Discussion Group Meeting (http://alamw13.ala.org/node/8705)

Washington State Convention Center, Room 619
Sunday, January 27, 2013 – 10:30am to 11:30am

Join us for a fun discussion about developing public speaking skills and meet some new friends! This program to open to everyone.

Speak Up: Developing Effective Public Speaking Skills

Learn tips and tricks on how to develop public speaking skills that engage people and effectively convey your message. Join us for discussion and networking with LLAMA and NMRT members, new librarians, new members of LLAMA and/or NMRT, librarians making career shifts, and anyone interested in developing their leadership skills.

This is an informal group discussion meeting. The “Discussion Starters” will have 7-10 minutes to share their experience, helpful tips/advice, and provide potential topics for discussion. There will be about 30 minutes of “presentation.” The remaining hour will consist of roundtable discussions, wherein the Discussion Starters will join different tables to speak with the attendees, facilitate discussions, answer questions, etc. Attendees are encouraged to share their experiences, ask questions, get to know each other, and make some new friends.

Discussion Starters

Annie Pho from University of Illinois Chicago in “Stay Calm and Keep Talking” will share her experience and tips regarding how to overcome introversion and develop public speaking skills.

University of California Riverside’s Manuel Urrizola‘s talk, titled “Show What You Mean,” will cover the elements of skillful speaking and effective communication, especially how to communicate verbally, vocally, and visually.

Megan Watson from University of Washington Bothell, in her talk “All I Really Need to Know, I Learned In…”, will cover how take stock of and draw on existing skills and previous experience in order to become a successful public speaker.

This program is sponsored by the LLAMA/NMRT Joint Committee on Collaboration.

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Footnotes Call for Articles

Posted on January 5, 2013 by nmrtsecretary

The NMRT Footnotes Committee is still seeking articles and reviews for the February 2013 issue. The submission deadline for feature articles, book and website reviews has been extended to Friday, January 25th. We would also love to have more Midwinter recaps.

Headed to Seattle for the ALA Midwinter Meeting?
We especially need members to write article recaps of NMRT events. Find the NMRT schedule here (or copy and paste http://www.nmrt.ala.org/notes/?p=204). If you are planning to attend any of these events, please consider doing a recap.

Feature Articles
Footnotes can always use more feature articles. If you want to share a project, aspect of your job or interest, we want your article! Footnotes is a great opportunity to get your feet wet with professional writing.

Book and Website Reviews
Recently read a book that would appeal to other new librarians and want to share your thoughts? Have a favorite website or set of web resources for a particular topic? Consider writing a book or website review!

Interested in Submitting?
Please review the Submission guidelines  on the Footnotes webpage for more ideas and examples from past issues, as well as instructions for formatting and submitting your article.

Please email Editor Heidi Steiner at hmsteiner@gmail.com if you are interested in writing an article, book review, Web site review, or a piece on Midwinter by Friday, January 11th.

Feature articles and reviews will be due by January 25th. Midwinter authors will have until February 6th.

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Midwintering in Seattle

Posted on December 19, 2012 by nmrtsecretary

This Midwinter is my last on the NMRT Board, and going back to Seattle seems like coming full circle.

Six years ago, Midwinter 2007 was held in Seattle, and it was my first ALA event EVER! I reported on the Executive Board meeting for Footnotes, and that’s where it all began. Unless I should say it began the first evening of Midwinter with the erstwhile NMRT Meet & Greet, where I rubbed shoulders (sometimes literally) with the NMRT elite; or perhaps it truly began the next night at the Midwinter Social, where I met lots of great people, including Michael Golrick and the then-infamous Aaron Dobbs, both very supportive NMRT alums. Al, my now-husband, was also at that Social…little did we know!

Thanks to then-Board members Amanda, Amy, Catherine, Courtney, Kara, Katie, Michelle, Nadine, Nanette, Sally, Sam and Kim, and everyone else I met at that conference. You were all so nice, and so welcoming, and you helped make me feel like I had something to offer. That conference was when ALA took my job and turned it into a career. I’ve spent almost 5 of the intervening years on the NMRT Board, and it’s one of the best things I’ve ever done.

My favorite part of conferences now is meeting folks who are like I used to be, and helping them find their place in ALA and the profession. I’m looking forward to ALA Midwinter 2013!

Linda Crook
ALA NMRT Past-President 2012/2013

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Michael Golrick, Linda Crook, Anna Creech (back to the camera)

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