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 Mentoring Committee's responsibility is to develop mentoring programs, but currently supervises both conference mentoring and career mentoring programs. The Conference Mentoring Program matches mentors with new members at the ALA Annual Conference. The Career Mentoring program is an October - July program that making mentoring available to those who can't attend conferences. Finally, the committee is charged with exploring ways to use technology and up-to-date communication methods to expand mentoring initiatives and preparing guides dealing with mentoring.
Member Services Director
(need to create)
Co-chairs to introduce themselves to committee and set objectives and priorities for the year.
Send mentor program announcement and application to:
Career Mentoring Program pairs should be matched. Each pair should be assigned to a member of the committee who will provide monthly discussion topics and troubleshoot issues with the mentoring pair.
Review and update, with assistance from the Web Committee, the online form for interested participants in the mentoring program for ALA conference.
Midwinter meeting.
Last Revised: November 2013