NMRT Notes

NMRT is  looking for volunteers to appoint to NMRT Committees for 2012-2013!  Committee members will begin serving as of July 1, 2012 and will continue through the 2013 Annual meeting in Chicago. 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 Janel Kinlaw directly (jkinlaw@npr.org) if you have any questions. Thank you for your interest in and support of NMRT!

–Janel
NMRT Vice President/President-Elect 2011-2012

In the spirit of ALA‘s NMRT, the Student Chapter of the Year Award is presented in recognition of a chapter’s outstanding contributions to the American Library Association, their school, and the profession. The purpose of the award is to increase student involvement in ALA through student chapters, and to recognize future leaders in the profession.

AWARD AND AWARD CRITERIA

The Student Chapter winner will receive $1,000 to help defray travel expenses to ALA Annual; the winning chapter and the runner up will each receive a certificate. Both will be recognized at the NMRT Student Reception at the 2012 ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA.

The six categories of Student Chapter of the Year Award criteria include:

• Membership Engagement and Programs
• Communications
• Leadership
• Financial
• Awards and Honors
• Student Chapter Advisor Statement

ELIGIBILITY

All ALA Student Chapters in good standing are eligible to receive the ALA Student Chapter of the Year Award. There is no limit on the number of times a student chapter may win the award. Any ALA Student Chapter advisor, Student Chapter officer or member, or ALAmember may nominate a Student Chapter, and self-nominations are encouraged.

For more information, contact the committee chair, Michelle Chronister at michelle.chronister@gmail.com.

NOMINATION FORM

Please e-mail the completed form and any supporting documents in either Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format to the committee chair, Michelle Chronister at michelle.chronister @ gmail.com. Completed nomination forms must be received by March 2, 2012 at 11:59pm Eastern for consideration. All nominations will be acknowledged upon receipt.

Download the 2012 Student Chapter of the Year Award nomination form (PDF format)

Past Student Chapter of the Year Award winners and runners-up include the 2011 winners:  the ALA student chapter at Indiana University and the ALA student chapter at San Jose State University (respectively).

For more information, view the the full call for nominations on ALA Connect: http://connect.ala.org/node/66305

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  February 2012 to July 2012. Conference attendance is not required. Membership in ALA is required, and NMRT membership is encouraged.

Applications are due January 27, 2012 with the goal of notifying the matching pairs by the middle of February.

For more information and to apply, visit:

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

Application: http://www.ala.org/nmrt/oversightgroups/comm/mentor/careerMentorApp

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

Sincerely,

The New Member Round Table Mentoring Committee

The November 2011 issue of NMRT Footnotes is now available:  http://www.ala.org/nmrt/news/footnotes/november2011

In this issue, you will find:

• How I Became the Master of My Own Destiny, by Sarah Travis
• App Reviews, by Caralyn Champa
• Headliners, by Heidi Steiner
• And more, such as the President’s Column and NMRT award announcements!

The purpose of Footnotes is to disseminate information and news to NMRT members; to alert members to developments of interest in ALA and in the library world; and to inform members of NMRT Board actions, state and regional events, and NMRTconference programs and committee activities.  Read more about Footnotes, and the committee behind it, here!

NMRT and the Endnotes Committee are pleased to announce publication of the latest issue of Endnotes: The Journal of the New Members Round Table. Vol. 2, Number 1 can be accessed here:

http://www.ala.org/nmrt/oversightgroups/comm/schres/endnotesvol2no1/endnotesvol2

Some of the articles that you will see in this issue include:

• Management Training in Library School: Do Graduate Programs Prepare an Individual for Real World Demands? by Susan A. Schreiner and Barbara M. Pope
• How to Become an Essential Librarian by Breanne Kirsch
• WorldCat Local and the Clinician: Is Discovery Improved? by Linda C.K. Crook
• Valuable website and book reviews!

Many thanks to the contributors for this issue, and to the members of the Endnotes Committee for their hard work preparing the publication. Article submissions for Endnotes are accepted on a rolling basis; please check the Submission Guidelines for more information.   Please direct any questions about the journal to editor Melissa Mallon (melissa.mallon @ wichita.edu) or the rest of the Endnotes Committee