NMRT Notes

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

Are you looking for a way to be more involved in the library profession? Being an ALA-NMRT Liaison is a good opportunity if you are an NMRT member and a member of another library section, roundtable, division, or organization. NMRT liaisons play a key role in increasing awareness of information and ideas of mutual interest to NMRT and liaison unit members with a minimal time commitment.

General liaison responsibilities are listed below. We have begun recruitment for next term, so if you see your organization on the list below, please consider volunteering!  You can volunteer for more than one and will be assigned to no more than three units.

Your assignment will be for one year beginning  +July 1, 2012.  Conference attendance is not required (except for the ALA Legislative Assembly).  If you’re interested, please fill out the volunteer form: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/nmrt/popularresources/getinvolved/liaison.cfm.

OR Contact Jessica Sender to express your interest in volunteering as a liaison.

Jessica Sender

Liaison Coordination & Support Committee, 2012-13 Chair

jsender23@gmail.com

Liaison Responsibilities
NMRT-L and unit communication tools (listservs, blogs, wikis, ALA Connect, social media, etc.) as well as conference attendance are appropriate ways to carry out these responsibilities.

The responsibilities of the liaisons are to:
1. Join appropriate listservs, including NMRT-L and their unit list-serv. Monitor publications of the liaison unit.
2. Submit committee meeting dates and program information for their liaison unit to NMRT-L. Publicize information concerning the unit including relevant program invitations, announcements and other information.
3. Keep their units informed of NMRT activities that would be of interest, such as the programs sponsored by the Student and Student Chapter Outreach Committee, the Student Reception, Mentoring, etc.
4. Invite unit representatives to attend functions including NMRT Orientation and the Student Reception at Annual Conference.
5. Report on discussions, policies, and action of their units that are relevant to NMRT.
6. Report on discussions, policies, and actions of NMRT that are relevant to their unit.
7. Identify and alert NMRT of unit programs which NMRT may wish to co-sponsor, either from unit breakout sessions, listservs, or other means.

Units in Need of 2012-13 Liaisons:

American Assoc of School Librarians (AASL)

American Library Assoc-Allied Professional Assoc (ALA-APA)

American Library Assoc Membership Meetings

Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA)

ACRL Arts

ACRL Science & Technology Section (ACRL-STS)

ACRL Women’s Studies Section (ACRL-WSS)

ALA Legislative Assembly (requires attendance at Annual Conference)

ALA Membership Meetings

Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA)

Assoc Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), 1 more member

Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)

Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF)

Assoc Specialized & Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA)

Beta Phi Mu

California Library Association

Canadian Library Association

Chinese American Library Assoc (CALA)

Connecticut Library Assoc

Federal Library & Information Center (FLICC) “NewFeds” Group

Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF)

Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Roundtable (GLBT-RT)

Illinois Library Association

Intellectual Freedom Roundtable (IFRT)

International Relations Roundtable (IRRT)

Iowa Library Association

Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC)

Kansas Library Association

Kentucky Library Association

Learning Roundtable (LRT)

Library Information & Technology Assoc (LITA)

Library Support Staff Interest Roundtable (LSSIRT)

Maryland Library Association

Medical Library Association

Mountain Plains Library Association

Nassau County Library Association

New York Library Association

North Carolina Library Association

OCLC

Office for Information Technology Policy Advisory Committee (OITP)

Pacific Northwest Library Assoc

Pennsylvania Library Assoc

REFORMA

Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT)

South Dakota Library Association

Special Libraries Association (SLA)

Staff Organizations Roundtable (SORT)

Tennesee Library Assoc

Texas Library Assoc

Theatre Library Assoc

Video Round Table

Virginia Library Assoc

Wyoming Library Association

Young Adult Library Services Assoc (YALSA)

Are you looking for a way to be more involved in the library profession? Being an ALA-NMRT Liaison is a good opportunity if you are an NMRT member and a member of another library section, roundtable, division, or organization. NMRT liaisons play a key role in increasing awareness of information and ideas of mutual interest to NMRT and liaison unit members with a minimal time commitment.

General liaison responsibilities are listed below. We are just beginning recruitment for next term, so if you see your organization on the list below, please consider volunteering! If you are interested, please fill out the volunteer form: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/nmrt/popularresources/getinvolved/liaison.cfm.

OR Contact me off-list to express your interest in volunteering as a liaison

Charlene Hsu Gross, MSLIS
NMRT Liaison Coordination & Support Committee, Chair, 2011-2012
charlene.hsu.gross @ gmail.com

You can volunteer for more than one and will be assigned to no more than three units. Your assignment will be for one year beginning July 1, 2012. Conference attendance is not required (see note for ALA Legislative Assembly***).

 
Liaison Responsibilities
NMRT-L and unit communication tools (listservs, blogs, wikis, ALA Connect, etc.) as well as conference attendance are appropriate ways to carry out these responsibilities.

The responsibilities of the liaisons are to:
1. Join appropriate listservs, including NMRT-L and their unit list-serv. Monitor publications of the liaison unit.
2. Submit committee meeting dates and program information for their liaison unit to NMRT-L. Publicize information concerning the unit including relevant program invitations, announcements and other information.
3. Keep their units informed of NMRT activities that would be of interest, such as the programs sponsored by the Student and Student Chapter Outreach Committee, the Student Reception, Mentoring, etc.
4. Invite unit representatives to attend functions including NMRT Orientation and the Student Reception at Annual Conference.
5. Report on discussions, policies, and action of their units that are relevant to NMRT.
6. Report on discussions, policies, and actions of NMRT that are relevant to their unit.
7. Identify and alert NMRT of unit programs which NMRT may wish to co-sponsor, either from unit breakout sessions, listservs, or other means.

Units in Need of 2012-13 Liaisons:
American Assoc of School Librarians (AASL)
American Library Assoc-Allied Professional Assoc (ALA-APA)
American Library Assoc Legislative Assembly (ALA-LA)*** This position requires attendance at Legislative Assembly meetings at Annual Conference 2013***
American Library Assoc Membership Meetings
Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA)
Asian Pacific American Library Association (APALA)
ACRL Arts
ACRL Science & Technology Section (ACRL-STS)
ACRL Women’s Studies Section (ACRL-WSS)
Assoc Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), 2 members
Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF)
Assoc Specialized & Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA)
Beta Phi Mu
California Library Association
Canadian Library Association
Chinese American Library Assoc (CALA)
Connecticut Library Assoc
Federal Library & Information Center (FLICC) “NewFeds” Group
Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF)
Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgener Roundtable (GLBT-RT)
Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT)
Illinois Library Association
Intellectual Freedom Roundtable (IFRT)
International Relations Roundtable (IRRT)
Iowa Library Association
Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC)
Kansas Library Association
Kentucky Library Association
Learning Roundtable (LRT)
Library Information & Technology Assoc (LITA)
Library Instruction Roundtable (LIRT)
Library Leadership & Mgt Assoc (LLAMA)
Library Support Staff Interest Roundtable (LSSIRT)
Maryland Library Association
Medical Library Association
Mountain Plains Library Association
Nassau County Library Association
New York Library Association
North Carolina Library Association
North Dakota Library Association
OCLC
Office for Information Technology Policy Advisory Committee (OITP)
Pacific Northwest Library Assoc
Pennsylvania Library Assoc
REFORMA
Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT)
South Dakota Library Association
Staff Organizations Roundtable (SORT)
Tennesee Library Assoc
Texas Library Assoc
Theatre Library Assoc
Video Round Table
Virginia Library Assoc
Wyoming Library Association
Young Adult Library Services Assoc (YALSA)