Category Archives: ALA Annual

As you are looking over the conference event schedule and preparing for your travel to New Orleans, don’t forget these NMRT events and activities to complete your conference experience! Friday, June 24 Conference 101, 1:00-3:30 pm, Morial Convention Center, room … Continue reading →

NMRT Mentoring Committee is pleased to announce that they are accepting applications for their Conference Mentoring Program for the ALA Annual Conference in June! Attending your first ALA Conference? Overwhelmed by all the programs and events available at Annual? Sign … Continue reading →

NMRT President’s Program at ALA Annual Conference – Saturday, June 25 from 1:30- 3:30 pm Morial Convention Center, 265-268 Seizing Opportunities to Serve: Professional Involvement, Local to National Are you just getting started in librarianship? Are you looking for ways … Continue reading →

Join us at the NMRT events during the Annual Conference, June 23-28, 2011. Friday, June 24 Conference 101, 1:00-3:30 pm, Morial Convention Center, room 293-296 Mentoring Social, 7:30-8:30 pm, Doubletree Hotel, room Rosedown A Saturday, June 25 Conference Orientation, 8:00-10:00 … Continue reading →

From the First day to Everyday – finding and keeping your first library job and beyond Not attending the ALA Annual Conference and/or need something fun to do? Create and submit a short 1-3 minute video for new librarians who … Continue reading →

NMRT Vice President/President-Elect Linda Crook announces the 2011 Election results for NMRT. Congratulations to the candidates elected to the ALA New Member Round Table Board! Janel White, VICE PRESIDENT/PRESIDENT-ELECT Rebecca Kate Miller, SECRETARY Susan L. Jennings, COUNCILOR Megan Hodge, LEADERSHIP … Continue reading →

NMRT and the ALA’s Membership Committee wish to congratulate the American Library Association Student Chapter at Indiana University as the winner of the 2011 ALA Student Chapter of the Year Award. The runner-up of this year’s award is the ALA … Continue reading →

Three library professionals —Natalie Traylor Clewell, West Georgia Technical College, Jessica Nadine Hernandez, U.S. FDA Biosciences Library and Julie N. Kane, Sweet Briar College Library in Virginia — have been named to receive the 2011 3M/NMRT Professional Development Grant at … Continue reading →

Eamon Tewell is the 2011 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 help defray the cost of attending the … Continue reading →

The ALA New Members Round Table (NMRT) and the LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund are pleased to announce that we will be collaborating to present a joint reception at the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans! We’ll be combining the … Continue reading →