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Call for Proposals - IRRT Mission Enhancement Grant!

Posted By Mark Mattson Dec 09, 2025 01:29 PM
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The IRRT Endowment and Fundraising Committee is now accepting proposals for the IRRT Mission Enhancement Grant, which supports member-led international projects that advance IRRT's mission and strengthen global engagement in librarianship. Grants of up to $1,000 are available for initiatives that ...

Giving Tuesday: Support the Future of Global Librarianship!

Posted By Mark Mattson Dec 01, 2025 11:05 PM
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This Giving Tuesday, the Endowment and Fundraising Committee invites our IRRT community to help us continue building momentum toward our student engagement fundraising goal — an initiative originally launched during IRRT’s 75th milestone. The 75th Anniversary Fund will support travel grants for both ...

Reminder: Help Support Future LIS Professionals through Contributions to the IRRT 75th Anniversary Fund

Posted By Mark Mattson Jun 12, 2025 12:26 PM
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Pre- ALA Annual Reminder: The IRRT Endowment Committee invites you to contribute to the IRRT 75th Anniversary Endowment to support future LIS professionals! Once fully funded, this endowment will provide travel grants for LIS students (both international and domestic) to attend future ALA Annual ...

Support Future LIS Professionals by Contributing to the 75th Anniversary Endowment

Posted By Mark Mattson May 07, 2025 02:28 PM
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As we are nearing the end of the "ALA year" and look forward to the Annual Conference in Philadelphia at the end of June, the IRRT Endowment Committee invites you to contribute to the IRRT 75th Anniversary Endowment to support future LIS professionals! Once fully funded, this endowment will provide ...

Deadline Extended! IRRT Mission Enhancement Grant Call for Proposals

Posted By Mark Mattson Jan 07, 2025 11:22 AM
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The deadline for proposals for the IRRT Mission Enhancement Grant has been extended to January 27th. Details below. ----- IRRT announces the call for proposals for its 2025 Mission Enhancement Grant. In 2016, IRRT members & supporters established the IRRT Endowment. Interest from the Endowment ...

Minor Edits to IRRT Rules on the Upcoming Ballot

Posted By Mark Mattson Dec 19, 2024 03:03 PM
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Minor Edits to IRRT Rules on the Upcoming Ballot

Posted By Mark Mattson Dec 19, 2024 03:03 PM
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Dear IRRT Members, IRRT recently successfully updated our Rules (previously called Bylaws) in anticipation of the mandated changes from ALA through the Round Table Coordinating Assembly (RTCA). Since the last ballot, the RTCA Rules Template has been officially approved by ALA. While our new Rules ...

IRRT Mission Enhancement Grant CALL FOR PROPOSALS – due January 6, 2025

Posted By Mark Mattson Dec 16, 2024 12:31 PM
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IRRT announces the call for proposals for its 2025 Mission Enhancement Grant. In 2016, IRRT members & supporters established the IRRT Endowment. Interest from the Endowment is used to fund member-initiated proposals for international projects that contribute to ALA's role in international librarianship. ...

Announcing a New Major IRRT Initiative - We Need Your Help!

Posted By Mark Mattson Jun 13, 2024 02:40 PM
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Dear IRRT Members, As you will have seen from last week's message, we have some fantastic programming scheduled for the ALA Annual Conference in celebration of our 75th anniversary. With this message we would like to announce another major initiative to mark this milestone: At this year's ALA Annual ...

RE: IRRT Programs and Anniversary Celebration at Annual in San Diego!

Posted By Mark Mattson Jun 07, 2024 05:22 PM
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Apologies for the follow up post, but the first post did not include the International Sustainable Library Development Interest Groups Lunch which will take place at 11:45am on Saturday, June 29th. It is open to any interested members, but you must RSVP to Connie Champlin by June 20th at conniechamp ...

IRRT Programs and Anniversary Celebration at Annual in San Diego!

Posted By Mark Mattson Jun 07, 2024 04:54 PM
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Dear IRRT Members, The ALA Annual Conference in San Diego starts in only three weeks! In addition to the many programs and initiatives that we have run throughout the year, IRRT has worked hard this year to put together some great programs for Annual. I am providing a list of the IRRT programs below, ...

A Couple of Exciting Updates from the IRRT Executive Committee

Posted By Mark Mattson May 16, 2024 02:56 PM
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A Couple of Exciting Updates from the IRRT Executive Committee

Posted By Mark Mattson May 16, 2024 02:56 PM
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Dear IRRT Members, The Executive Committee is happy to be able to provide you with a couple of exciting updates related to our work as a round table: · The new round table Rules (previously called Bylaws) are now in place! Having successfully been voted in by the membership in the recent ballot, ...

Starting in 5 Minutes! IRRT Bylaws Revision Info Meeting

Posted By Mark Mattson Jan 29, 2024 10:58 AM
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IRRT Members, Just a friendly reminder that a meeting for a presentation and discussion of the upcoming membership vote on the IRRT Rules (which had previously been called bylaws) starts in a couple of minutes. You can join the meeting at: https://ala-events.zoom.us/j/81330765235?pwd=ZUhPO ...

Reminder: Informational Meeting on Upcoming IRRT Bylaws Revision Proposal

Posted By Mark Mattson Jan 26, 2024 09:46 AM
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IRRT Members, Just a friendly reminder that you are invited to join a meeting this coming Monday, January 29th at 12pm Eastern (5pm UTC) for a presentation and discussion of the upcoming membership vote on the IRRT Rules (which had previously been called bylaws). We will be sending out a draft ...

RE: A Couple Important Updates from The IRRT Executive Committee

Posted By Mark Mattson Jan 19, 2024 05:10 AM
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UPDATE: Unfortunately, due to weather conditions I will not be able to be at LibLearnX today. If you were planning to stop by the Networking Nook and would still like to speak with a member of the executive committee, please get in touch with my via Connect and we can set up a Zoom call instead. ...

A Couple Important Updates from The IRRT Executive Committee

Posted By Mark Mattson Jan 17, 2024 11:33 PM
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Dear IRRT Members, On behalf of the IRRT Executive Committee (EC), I would like to wish you a happy New Year and thank you all for the work that you have been doing for IRRT and international library connections over the last 6 months! I would also like to give you an update on a couple of important ...

RE: Gaza Resolution

Posted By Mark Mattson Jan 17, 2024 11:00 PM
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Hi Rachel, My apologies for the slow response. I just wanted to send an update and let you know that IRRT EC was forwarded the SRRT resolution as well as a couple other draft resolutions. While the International Relations Committee (IRC) is the group that is charged with the coordination of the ...

Volunteers Needed for Available IRRT Roles

Posted By Mark Mattson Oct 03, 2023 11:25 PM
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Dear IRRT Members, We currently have need of a couple of folks who might be interested in serving in a couple of roles within IRRT for this year: IRRT Liaison to the Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) Endowment and Fundraising Committee members If you feel that you may be able ...

Dmytro Shtohryn International Ukrainian Studies Conference

Posted By Mark Mattson Oct 03, 2023 11:18 PM
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Of possible interest: As part of the Dmytro Shtohryn International Ukrainian Studies Conference (https://uconference.web.illinois.edu/), taking place at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) on October 5-7, we are hosting a hybrid panel on Library and Archival Collections in Ukrainian ...