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 purpose of the Membership Promotion Diversity and Recruitment Committee is to promote membership and encourage diversity in NMRT and ALA. MPDR accomplishes this mission by promoting a positive image of the New Members Round Table and attracting underrepresented librarians and library school students for membership in ALA and NMRT.
The Membership Promotion Diversity and Recruitment Committee was created in 2007 by combining the Membership, Promotion and Relations Committee and the Diversity Committee. Documentation is scarce for the history of the Membership Promotion and Relations Committee and needs further investigation. The Diversity Committee was created in 1981 as the “Minority Recruitment Committee”, it became a standing committee January 17, 1987. Its charge was focused on the recruitment and retention of minority librarians. In 1996, a motion was made and passed to change the committee name. This committee was renamed the Diversity Committee, and its charge expanded to reach broader groups of underrepresented people. The responsibility of welcoming new members was added due to the May 2009 disbanding of the Membership Relations Committee.
Outreach Director
The Membership Promotion Diversity and Recruitment Committee maintains records relating to the committee and all correspondence.
Articles or advertisements can be used to promote membership. Media to be considered include Footnotes, Cognotes, American Libraries, other national library journals, state library association newsletters, and state NMRT newsletters. All articles and publicity should be submitted to the chairs of the Endnotes Committee or Footnotes Committee, or other committees as appropriate.
The Membership Promotion Diversity and Relations Committee submits written reports to the NMRT President and Executive Committee at the Midwinter Meeting, at the Annual Conference, and at other times upon request. When appropriate, articles and publications may be submitted to the Footnotes Editor and to the Publicity Committee Chair.
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