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Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Mar 07, 2025 05:31 PM
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ALA 150th Anniversary Commemorative Committee Update Informz remove preview ALA 150th Anniversary Commemorative Committee Update Dear colleagues, The American Library Association (ALA) will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2026, and we could not be more excited! Not only will we ...

March 2025 zoom link

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Mar 07, 2025 11:14 AM
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Topic: RMRT Book Club Zoom Link Time: Mar 30, 2025 03:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88031359532?pwd=AAcTFL9Y5TOvo42tt3aEwhEbx2tpvJ.1 Meeting ID: 880 3135 9532 Passcode: 816038 ------------------------------ Ann Marie Pipkin apipkin1@bellsouth.net RMRT ...

March 2025 Fifth Sunday Prompt

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Mar 07, 2025 11:11 AM
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RMRT March 2025 Fifth Sunday Prompt The prompt for the RMRT March Fifth Sunday Book discussion is to read a book that has inspired or inspires you. The term "inspire" is defined as "to exert an animating, enlivening, or exalting influence on" and "to influence, move, or guide by divine or supernatural ...

Viting

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Feb 13, 2025 10:59 AM
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What is Viting? An informal invitation to vote. From the ALA Governance Office; One benefit of your ALA membership is to vote for the Association's future member leaders. The upcoming 2025 election is an important opportunity for your voice to be heard! The 2025 ALA Election electronic ballot ...

Voting

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Feb 07, 2025 05:01 PM
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Each year around this time before the voting for different ALA positions and concerns, I always encourage our RMRT members to let us know if you are running for a position. Please give us a heads up if you are on the ballot (besides a position in RMRT) so that we may support you! And, please everyone…VOTE! ...

RE: ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee report from your RMRT liaison

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Jan 21, 2025 03:23 PM
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Thank you, Shelly, for being the RMRT liaison for RMRT to this important committee and keeping us informed. Being retired, it's easy to lose touch with what's going on in libraries. Thanks for all the information! Art is the triumph over chaos.John Cheever, writer

January Sunday Book Discussion

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Jan 01, 2025 04:21 PM
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I hope Jan 1 finds you with a book in your hand reading a humorous book for our discussion on January 26, 2025. I am fortunate to have a stack of TBR books that I received at "The Laugh's on Us" wine and cheese event at the ALA Conference this summer in San Diego. I haven't read any of them, but ...

RE: Statement from the Freedom to Read Foundation

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Nov 21, 2024 12:10 PM
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Thanks, Judi, for the information and being the RMRT liaison. Ann Marie Pipkin "I can't give you a surefire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: Try to please everybody all the time." - Herbert Bayard Swope, journalist

RE: Hi Everyone, Does this group include retired academic librarians or is it mainly a public library group? Thank you,

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Nov 08, 2024 10:18 PM
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Laura, the diversity of the group is what I love best. As librarians and staff from different aspects of the library world, we have had programing that is as diverse as our members. Our purpose is to develop programs of particular interest to retired members of ALA from all types of libraries and ...

December 2024 Fifth Sunday Book Club Discussion RESCHEDULED

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Nov 06, 2024 02:52 PM
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS! The next RMRT Book Club is January 26, 2025. The prompt is HUMOR. We will post more information closer to the date. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! ------------------------------ Ann Marie Pipkin apipkin1@bellsouth.net RMRT Board Member ------------------------------

RE: Check out the RMRT Member Spotlight on Nann Hilyard!

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Oct 11, 2024 04:39 PM
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Wonderful article! Kudos, Lisa, for introducing our members to the RMRT community. Nann and I did not cross paths as members of ALA, but we have gotten to know each other in RMRT! It's a great RT to meet ALA members that you have never met before but share common interests. Ann Marie Pipkin "Books ...

RMRT SEPTEMBER BOOK CLUB

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Sep 29, 2024 11:56 AM
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Join us for the RMRT Book Club discussion on Zoom at 3 pm Central time. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81115202709?pwd=WWbsAwrRB9YtxxQmGeTIMje4a0BASE.1 Meeting ID: 811 1520 2709 Passcode: 148130 ------------------------------ Ann Marie Pipkin apipkin1@bellsouth.net RMRT Board Member ...

RE: RMRT board meeting

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Sep 10, 2024 07:31 AM
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Do you have an agenda for this meeting and minutes from the last one? Thanks. Ann Marie Pipkin72 Cyprus Circle Sylacauga, AL 35151205-410-6787 "Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers." - Charles ...

And...the discussion is POLITICS!

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Aug 21, 2024 04:03 PM
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Your prompt for the RMRT Fifth Sunday Book Discussion on September 29th is "politics." The interpretation of the prompt is up to you. You may read, give a short summary and recommend a fiction, non-fiction, historical, poetic, foundational, biographical, French, etc. book about, on, concerning , etc. ...

RE: Recap of book club at conference

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Jul 22, 2024 02:11 PM
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Glad I was able to see you and chat on the Marketplace floor. And, thanks for your addition to the list! Miss working with you, but I have cut back some of my activities Maybe we will see you on Zoom at the next Fifth Sunday RMRT Book Club! ------------------------------ Ann Marie Pipkin apipkin1@bellsouth.net ...

Recap of book club at conference

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Jul 18, 2024 08:35 PM
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RMRT Book Club Annual Conference 2024 Prompt: California Dreaming Ray James Assembling California -- John McPhee Ray also recommends The Law and Literature by the Berkeley Judicial Institute Naomi Angier Cannery Row -- John Steinbeck Jana Prock The Women -- Kristin Hannah Shelley ...

RE: Thank you to RMRT conference attendees

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Jul 05, 2024 08:46 AM
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Thanks for your planning as co-chair. Also, kudos to Michele Lauer-Bader for her tenure as chair and co-chair. It was a very good year! See you all at Board meetings, fifth Sunday book club and in Philly for ALA next year! Ann Marie Pipkin Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of ...

We want to support our members

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Mar 11, 2024 08:13 AM
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Don't forget to vote in the ALA election. If your name is on the ballot other than RMRT, let us know! We want to support you. ------------------------------ Ann Marie Pipkin apipkin1@bellsouth.net RMRT Board Member ------------------------------

RMRT Book Club in a Nutshell

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Mar 05, 2024 08:15 AM
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How does the RMRT book club work? It's actually a book club that librarians can enjoy! We would love to have you join us. We have all read and discussed the same book but feel that with a prompt we have a better discussion and get everyone involved. We discuss many books and post the titles. The ...

March book discussion

Posted By Ann Marie Pipkin Mar 03, 2024 04:22 PM
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The March book discussion is Sunday, March 24th because the 5th Sunday is Easter this year. Our prompt is to read a western. Of course as always, YOU may interpret this to read a book about what you think that refers to! Happy reading! Cannot wait to hear your recommendations! ------------------------------ ...

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