{"id":1129,"date":"2020-01-15T14:19:26","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T19:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2021-06-03T14:12:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T19:12:40","slug":"join-us-at-the-ala-midwinter-nmrt-orientation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/join-us-at-the-ala-midwinter-nmrt-orientation\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Us at the ALA Midwinter NMRT Orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Greetings from the NMRT Orientation Committee!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is this your first conference?&nbsp; Are you looking to meet more librarians?&nbsp; Do you have questions about ALA, your professional journey, or the exhibit hall?&nbsp; This is the place for you!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us this year at ALA Midwinter on Saturday, Jan. 25 from 8:30 to 10 AM in Room 118-ABC in the Philadelphia Convention Center for a fun time including a networking event to meet fellow librarians along with an amazing panel.&nbsp; We have worked hard to put together a fun and interactive orientation session&nbsp;that will help you get your bearings: to the New Members Round Table (NMRT), to ALA, the conference\/exhibits, and to Philadelphia.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/5Ws-signs-25tpqm6-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1130\"\/><figcaption>Image courtesy of Ohio State University<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Our panel guests include Jennifer Wilhelm, Vice-President of NMRT; Tracey J. Hunter Hayes, Co-Chair of BCALA National Conference for African American Librarians; Kelly McElroy, Vice-Chair Librarian on the Exhibits Round Table Board; and Jennifer Chang, Chief, Central Public Services Division of the Free Library of Philadelphia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sooner you know what the NMRT has to offer, the sooner it can be a resource for navigating the first years of your career as an information professional.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope to see you in Philadelphia!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings from the NMRT Orientation Committee!&nbsp; Is this your first conference?&nbsp; Are you looking to meet more librarians?&nbsp; Do you have questions about ALA, your professional journey, or the exhibit hall?&nbsp; This is the place for you!&nbsp; Join us this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/join-us-at-the-ala-midwinter-nmrt-orientation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[11,250],"tags":[222,274,26,167],"class_list":["post-1129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-midwinter","category-networking","tag-conference-orientation","tag-exhibits","tag-philadelphia","tag-professional-development"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/5Ws-signs-25tpqm6-300x192-1.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbhMj7-id","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}