NMRT Notes

Presented by the New Member Round Table

Deadline: March 1, 2013

Has your chapter had an outstanding year?
Has membership in your chapter increased?
Did your chapter develop and provide opportunities for members to participate in interesting and rewarding activities?
Has your chapter received any awards?
Do you have outstanding officers or members who should be recognized nationally?

If you answered YES to these questions:

Apply for the New Members Round Table Student Chapter of the Year Award!

Purpose of the Award:
The Award is presented in recognition of a chapter’s outstanding contributions to the American Library Association, their library school, and the profession. All interested applicants must be accredited ALA Student Chapters.

The Student Chapter winner will receive $1,000.00 to help defray travel expenses to ALA Annual; the winning chapter and the runner up will each receive a certificate.

The winners and runner up will be recognized at the NMRT Student Reception at the 2013 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL.

Application Process:
Please visit the NMRT Student Chapter of the Year Award website at http://www.ala.org/nmrt/scotya for more information on the award and nomination form. If you have any questions please contact committee chairs Amanda Grundmann (ajgrundmann@gmail.com) or Nicole LaMoreaux (nicole.lamoreaux@gmail.com)

The NMRT Resume Review Service (RRS) Committee is gearing up for the Resume Review Service Booth for the ALA 2012 Midwinter Conference located in Seattle, WA! 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, January 27-26, 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 January 11th).

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

LLAMA/NMRT New Leaders Discussion Group invites the submission of proposals for “Discussion Starters” at its meeting at the 2013 ALA Midwinter Conference in Seattle, WA. A Discussion Starter is a short and informal presentation that aims to provide a starting point for lively conversations.

We look for enthusiastic Discussion Starters to share their experience (it could either be a positive experience or a lesson learned), helpful tips, and advice on the topics. A panel discussion format will be used for this part of the program. Each Discussion Starter will have 8 minutes to present their topic. We will then break into small groups (joined by Discussion Starters) for in-depth discussions of the topics and ideas raised.

At this year’s Midwinter conference, we are interested in topics focusing on how to develop public speaking skills to engage people and to effectively convey our message. We seek proposals for discussion starters that address this topic from a variety of angles, including (but not limited to):
• Techniques that have contributed to your successful public speaking experience
• Learning and growing from harrowing experiences
• Advice and tips based on experience

Proposals are due by November 30. Notification of acceptance will be made by December 20. Please submit your proposal using this form.

The New Members Round Table is happy to announce Margaret Howard as the Class of 2013 Emerging Leader sponsored by NMRT!  Margaret is a Librarian with the Chesterfield County Public Library, and currently resides in Richmond, VA.  She received her MLIS from The University of North Carolina in Greensboro in 2010 and currently serves on the NMRT Annual Conference Professional Development Attendance Award Committee and the NMRT Liaison Coordination and Support Committee. She has two dogs and enjoys spending time with her husband, family and friends, and of course reading! In addition to financial support of $1000 towards attendance at the ALA Midwinter Meeting and the ALA Annual Conference, NMRT is providing Margaret with several professional development opportunities within the Round Table.

“I am so happy and honored to be an Emerging Leader for 2013 and to be sponsored by NMRT,” Margaret says. “I look forward to learning and growing professionally, collaborating with others in the program, and becoming more involved. I am truly a ‘new member’ and there is so much for me to learn. I look forward to this experience and believe that I can positively impact ALA and librarianship.”

The ALA Emerging Leaders program, now in its seventh year, was instituted under ALA Past President Leslie Burger, and is designed to enable library staff and information workers from across the country to participate in project planning workgroups; network with peers; gain an inside look into ALA structure; and have an opportunity to serve the profession in a leadership capacity early in their careers.

Previous NMRT-sponsored Emerging Leaders are Linda Crook (then Shippert) in 2008, Alexandra Tyler-Annen in 2009, Janel Kinlaw (then White) in 2010, Megan Hodge in 2011 and Heidi Steiner in 2012.

Congratulations to Margaret, and to all the NMRT members that are now part of the 2013 Class of ALA Emerging Leaders!

October

• Library Schools

Do library schools prepare students for professionalization? How can LIS programs (including online programs) better emphasize these skills and their importance within the profession?

November

• Writing Skills

How can librarians develop their own writing skills to entertain, inform and persuade?

December

• Publishing

How do you get started with writing for publication? What to publish? Where? How can you find collaborators?

January

• Professional development on a budget

Professional development budget/time allowance in LIS is increasingly being cut. What strategies have you developed to focus and prioritize? Any useful professional development resources?

February

• Skills for utilizing new technologies

With social media, mashups, APIs and various other technologies available to libraries and information centers, what innovations have you been involved in or aware of? How can we develop skills to enable us to work with these technologies?

March

• Public speaking skills

How can you develop public speaking skills? Do you have any tips or advice? Any recommended training opportunities, reading or organizations?

April

• Job interviews

How do you prepare for job interviews? What resources do you find useful? Any tips/advice?

May

• Professional/personal branding

How do you develop a professional/personal brand? Is it necessary? How can it be used to help you network?

June

• Professional networking to make introductions

If you have any questions, please contact jo@joeyanne.co.uk

Have you been a librarian for 5 years or more?

Do you like to help others and want to give back to your profession?

The New Members Round Table (NMRT) Career Mentoring Program offers you the chance to meet a new librarian and guide them as they learn the ins and outs of librarianship!

The Career Mentoring Program focuses on long term mentoring. We will pair up “newbie librarians” with “seasoned vets” as part of a year-long mentoring program that will last from  October 2012 to July 2013. Conference attendance is not required. Membership in ALA is required, and NMRT membership is encouraged.

Applications are due September 21, 2012 with the goal of notifying the matching pairs by the beginning of October.

For more information and to apply, visit:

http://www.ala.org/nmrt/oversightgroups/comm/mentor/mentoringcommittee

Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions after visiting the site:

The New Member Round Table Mentoring Committee
NMRT_Mentoring@Yahoo.com