The mission of the New Members Round Table (NMRT) is to help those who have been association members less than ten years become actively involved in the association and the profession.
Learn more about NMRT on the ALA website.
The Liaison Coordination and Support (LC&S) Committee is responsible for the Liaison Program. Liaisons provide a method of outreach from New Members Round Table (NMRT) to other American Library Association (ALA) divisions, round tables, and units, as well as other library associated organization to promote attendance and participation in programs, discussion forums, events and committees. The LC&S chair and assistant chair appoint liaisons every year.
The Liaisons were a loosely organized group, reporting to and coordinated by the Networking Director. Also, in the past, the NMRT groups of state ALA chapters sent representatives to NMRT, called the Affiliates Council. To revitalize these groups, a Liaison Coordination and Support Ad Hoc Committee was appointed in 2002-2003 to investigate the possibility of creating a standing committee for liaisons and to propose a plan to establish the NMRT Liaison Program. The Executive Board decided during Midwinter 2003 that a separate committee should reevaluate the Affiliates Program.
NMRT President
The committee chair and assistant chair maintains print or electronic copies of all correspondence. Reports are submitted to the NMRT Board at Midwinter and Annual. Additional reports submitted as needed or when requested by the Board.
NMRT members may find that there is no established liaison position serving a particular ALA Unit/organization in which they are interested. In this case, NMRT members are encouraged to contact the Liaison Coordination and Support Committee Chair, who will begin the process of establishing the new liaison relationship by contacting the unit or organization to ask them to accept the liaison.
Last Reviewed February 2012; Last edited: January 2011