Making the most of a conference

Check out this brief article featuring seven pointers you may find useful at your next conference.

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Candidates for 2011 NMRT Executive Board

NMRT’s Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the candidate slate for the 2011 election:

Vice-President/President-Elect
Janel White

Secretary
Shana Harrington
Rebecca Miller

Member Services Director
Damon Campbell
Coral Sheldon-Hess

Leadership Director
Megan Hodge

Councilor
Susan Jennings
Jacob Sherman

Candidate biographies will be available online in February and the Online Candidate Forum will take place in February/March.

The forum will allow nominees to discuss their candidacy and answer questions while providing NMRT members with an opportunity to ask questions about the issues that matter most to them.

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NMRT @ ALA Midwinter 2011

Here are the NMRT events during ALA’s Midwinter Meeting  in San Diego, CA on January 7-11, 2011.

Saturday, January 8th

8:00-10:00am

NMRT Conference Orientation – SDCC-Room 11A

NMRT Membership, Networking & Committee Interest Meeting – MAR-Laguna

10:30-12:00 Noon

NMRT Executive Board Meeting- SDCC-Room 01 B

5:30-7:30pm

NMRT Midwinter Social – Borders, Gaslamp District

SDCC – San Diego Convention Center

MAR – San Diego Marriot and Marina

Hope to see you there!

Deana Groves

ALA NMRT President, 2010-11

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NMRT Sponsors 2011 Emerging Leader

NMRT is pleased to sponsor Megan Hodge for the 2011 Emerging Leaders program.  The sponsorship consists of $1000 towards the costs of attending the 2011 Midwinter Meeting in San Diego and the 2011 Annual Conference in New Orleans.

Megan earned her Master of Science in Library Science in August of 2010 from the University of North Texas and is currently the Circulation Supervisor for Randolph-Macon College. She is also a reference librarian for the collaborative virtual reference service My Info Quest, chair of NMRT’s Nominating Committee, and a book reviewer for Library Journal. Her professional interests are outreach, UX, instructional design, and emerging technologies.

Previous NMRT sponsored Emerging Leaders are Linda Shippert in 2008, Alexandra Tyle-Annen in 2009, and Janel White in 2010.

Congratulations to Megan and to all the NMRT members accepted into this year’s Emerging Leaders program!

Deana Groves

ALA NMRT President, 2010-11

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2010 President’s Program article

The article “What can you do, here and now, to broaden your scope of potential employers?” about my NMRT President’s Program was posted today on the ALA Student Membership Blog.

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Call for Endnotes Proposals

The 2010-11 NMRT Endnotes (formerly Scholarship, Research, and Writing) Committee invites you to submit an article for publication in spring 2011.

The publication, Endnotes: The Journal of the New Members Round Table, is dedicated to providing an opportunity for new librarians to get published and to make an impact as library professionals. Along with the publication opportunity, authors will gain experience with the peer-review and editing process. New librarians from all types of libraries are encouraged to submit proposals.

The publication will also include scholarly reviews of recently published books and web reviews on topics relevant to new librarians. We are also accepting applications to be considered for the pool of book reviewers.

Please submit a proposal describing your article topic and research methodology in less than 250 words.  Remember to include your name, job title, contact information and ALA member number. Authors are required to be NMRT members at the time of proposal submission.

Proposals or questions should be submitted to NMRTEndnotes @ gmail. com by close of business on November 30, 2010. The tentative deadline for first drafts of accepted proposals is January 30, 2011.

Book and Web reviewer application guidelines:

Please submit a resume, brief statement of qualifications and interest in the position, and writing sample. A sample book review is preferred, but other writing samples will be accepted. Remember to include your name, job title, contact information and ALA member number. Authors are required to be NMRT members at the time of application.

Applications or questions should be submitted electronically to NMRTEndnotes @ gmail .com by close of business on November 15, 2010.

Reviewers will receive review copies in mid-December, with reviews due in mid-January.

Thank you,

Endnotes Committee

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Call for submissions for Headliners Column

Do you have a new job?  Have you been published? Have you presented at a recent conference? Have you received a promotion or an award? Please send your submissions by Monday, October 18th to have your announcement included in the November issue. Please include “Headliners” in the subject line.  Email sarahjneubauer @ gmail . com with your news and updates.

Thank you,
Sarah Jo Neubauer
NMRT Footnotes Editor, 2010-2011

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Applicants Sought for 3M/NMRT Professional Grant

Deadline: 15 December 2010

We are excited to announce that members of ALA’s New Members Round Table (NMRT) can apply to receive a grant, sponsored by 3M Library Systems, which will cover expenses to attend the ALA Annual Conference, June 23 – 28, 2011 in New Orleans, LA.

Want to read about the ALA experiences of last year’s winners? Take a look at the August 2010 issue of Footnotes.
You will see how professionally rewarding attending an ALA conference can be.

The application form and further information about the grant is available on the NMRT website. You must be a current member of NMRT in order to apply. To join NMRT, visit the ALA website and follow the “Join ALA” link to add NMRT to your ALA membership.

For further information about the grant, please contact:

Susan L. Jennings
Chair, 3M/NMRT Professional Development Grant Committee
Phone: 828.262.2782
Email: Jenningssl @ appstate .edu

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Call for Nominations: 2011 NMRT Executive Board

Help lead NMRT into an exciting future! The NMRT Nominating Committee seeks candidates to run for the following positions:

Vice-President/President-Elect (3 years, 2011-2014)
Secretary (1 year, 2011-2012)
Leadership Director (2 years, 2011-2013)
Member Services Director (2 years, 2011-2013)
Councilor (3 years, 2011-2014)

Elections will take place in March/April 2011. Nominations and self-nominations are encouraged!

Nominees must be current NMRT members. For more information on each position, visit the NMRT Handbook

Send your nominations by November 15 to:

Megan Hodge <mlhodge @ gmail.com>, Nominating Committee Chair
Courtney Young <cly11 @ psu.edu>, NMRT Past-President
Deana Groves <deana.groves @ wku.edu>, NMRT President

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Call for Mentors & Mentees

NMRT Mentoring Committee is looking for participants in this year’s Career Mentoring Program lasting from October 2010 to July 2011.

Conference attendance is not required. Membership in ALA is required, and NMRT membership is encouraged. Applications are due September 30, 2010, with the goal of notifying the matching pairs by the middle of October.

If you are interested in additional information or would like to be paired with a mentor, please complete the online application.

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