NMRT Notes

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

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

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.

Over the past couple of days the LITA listserv has been very active discussing advice for people considering getting an MLS.  NMRT’s  Online Discussion Committee has been leading a discussion about advice for new librarian right out of school.

Find a job right now – either your first or a new opportunity – is challenging.  This morning I saw a link to a blog post by Bobbi Newman (@librarianbyday) come across on Twitter.  She pulled together advice from across the web related to the MLS degree, job search in the library world, general professional advice and skills that a librarian might needed.
So You Want to be a Librarian? A Guide For Those Considering an MLS, Current Students and Library Job Seekers

What resources that you have referenced during your job search?  What skills have found useful to have at your current job?

The August 2010 issue (Volume 40, no. 1) of Footnotes is now available.

If you weren’t able to make it to the Annual conference this summer, you will find a number of recaps in this issue. You will find some great feature articles, too. We invite you all to take some time to read through the new issue. Thanks again to all committee members and all the authors for their contributions!

The inaugural issue of Endnotes: The Journal of the New Members Round Table is now available.

Volume 1, Number 1 2010 features book reviews and scholarly research.