About NMRT

Our mission is to help those who have been association members less than ten years become actively involved in the association and the profession. The goals are fourfold: (1) to structure formal opportunities for involvement and/or training for professional association committee experiences on the national, state and local levels; (2) to provide a wide variety of programs to assist, encourage, and educate those new to the association and the profession; (3) to offer a variety of leadership training and opportunities to help those approaching the end of their NMRT eligibility make the transition to future positions in the association and the profession, and; (4) to develop and implement ongoing programs for library school students which encourage professional involvement and networking.

Welcome to the New Members Round Table (NMRT)!

NMRT is an organization for people with fewer than 10 years of membership in ALA. We have close to 2000 members representing every aspect of librarianship, from nearly every state and even some foreign countries.

My presidential theme this year is Growing Your Professional Skills. I want to help NMRT members grow their networking, public speaking, communications and other professional skills no matter where they are in their library career. Everyone is welcome to participate in our online discussions, via our electronic list NMRT-L, and everyone is invited to our Midwinter and Annual conference events. NMRT members can get further involved by volunteering for a committee, writing an article for our newsletter, NMRT Footnotes, or for our online peer-reviewed publication, Endnotes.

If you have questions or suggestions about NMRT, please feel free to contact me at jkinlaw@npr.org.

Janel Kinlaw
NMRT President, 2012-2013

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