A professional community for ALA members with ten or fewer years of membership. Benefits include free webinars, resume reviews, and mentoring connections.

Application deadline: December 16, 2022 The Shirley Olofson Memorial Award is presented annually in honor of Shirley Olofson, a well-respected former NMRT President, who died during her term in office. The award, which is intended to help defray costs to attend the ALA Annual Conference, will be presented in the form of a check for $1,000 during the 2023 Annual Conference in Chicago, IL. The winner will be chosen in February 2023. All applicants will be notified by March 2023. Requirements Applicants must be members of ALA and NMRT, participate actively in the library profession, show promise...

Emerging Leaders Mentoring Clearinghouse Toolkit

Resume Review Service NMRT Members can send their resume and/or cover letter as an attachment to resumereviewnmrt@gmail.com or fill out this form. Please include the information listed below in the body of your email. Your resume will be returned to you, complete with comments and suggestions from the reviewer, within a month. ___________________________________________________ Name: Address: Phone: E-mail address: Library Type (i.e. - Academic, Public, School, Archives, Special, etc): Area of Specialization (i.e. - reference, cataloging, archives, children's, unknown): Are you a member of...

Resume Review Service Anyone is welcome to use our service at the ALA Placement Center. For more information, please visit the ALA Placement Center website. Please direct any questions or comments to: NMRT Resume Review Service Co-chairs resumereviewnmrt@gmail.com

About the Program Becoming a liaison enables NMRT members to take an active role in the activities of NMRT and other ALA Units or other library-associated organizations and provides an opportunity to inform members of activities that may be of interest to them. Further, in accordance with Article II of the NMRT Constitution and Bylaws, becoming a liaison will enable "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." Definition A liaison from NMRT to another ALA unit...

2026 Student Chapter of the Year Award Purpose of the Award In the spirit of ALA's NMRT, the Student Chapter of the Year Award is presented in recognition of a chapter's outstanding contributions to the American Library Association, their school, and the profession. The purpose of the award is to increase student involvement in ALA through student chapters, and to recognize future leaders in the profession. Award and Award Criteria The Student Chapter winner will receive $1,000 to help defray travel expenses to ALA Annual; the winning chapter and the runner up will each receive a certificate...

2016-2017 Topic Schedule: October Non-Traditional Career Paths for Librarians November STEM Programming December Becoming a Manager January Mentorship and Taking Advantage of Those Relationships February How to Pitch Ideas to Your Supervisor Live Chat: How to Gain Professional Development with Limited Budget/Time March Early career librarians, staff and interns trying to gain a leg up in a position are often saying yes to too much and suddenly find that they have too much on their plate. How does a person say no when they are increasingly interested in growing and developing their career...

Endnotes vol. 8, no. 1, June 2017

2015-2016 Topic Schedule: October No Money Down: Open Source Software for Your Users November Challenges or obstacles people face with providing a service or a resource that may be non-traditional, and what they did to work around that challenge. Live Chat: Free MOOCs and their place (if they have one) in continuing LIS education December Ways that different library departments are collaborating to learn from each other and to make us all more knowledgeable about our collections so we can better serve our readers. January Dealing with "we-already-tried that" and "that-will-never-work"...