RMRT (Retired Members Round Table)

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The Retired Members Round Table (RMRT) shall exist to develop programs of particular interest to retired persons from all types of libraries and all forms of library services, including formal opportunities for continued involvement and learning; a variety of leadership training and opportunities for mentoring; lifelong professional involvement and networking; and active engagement in the American Library Association and the profession of librarianship.

Visit the Retired Members Round Table (RMRT) on the ALA website.

  • 1.  Mary Jo Lynch obituary

    Posted Mar 02, 2020 04:29 PM
    You may have worked with Mary Jo when she was at ALA, or benefited from the research projects she contributed to. 
    https://www.niefuneralhomes.com/memorials/mary-lynch/4119681/?fbclid=IwAR1wMxiWaN_fMOPBQbG0hShKb11-VdI2SsxVW_l4vxmzmOh0zsssEyuSVCg

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    Nann Hilyard
    Librarian*Quiltmaker*Volunteer
    Winthrop Harbor, Illinois
    https://withstringsattached.blogspot.com
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  • 2.  RE: Mary Jo Lynch obituary

    Posted Mar 04, 2020 09:48 AM
    thank you Nann. I didn't know her but after reading her obituary with all her accomplishments, I hope I someday receive such a warm and loving tribute.  Thanks for sharing. 

    Shelley Lauer-Bader

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    Michele Lauer-Bader
    Library Trustee
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  • 3.  RE: Mary Jo Lynch obituary

    Posted Mar 04, 2020 06:16 PM
    I had the pleasure of working with Mary Jo and benefited from her Counsel often, when I served as OLOS director. I also visited her in Michigan once after retirement.  She was dedicated to our profession and her work at ALA.  A good life!

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    Satia Marshall Orange
    Retired
    Former director of ALA-OLOS (Office for Literacy & Outreach Services), 1997-2009
    Former founding director of Arthur As he, Jr. Foreign Policy as library, Washington, DC
    Former school, public librarian
    Satia.Orange@gmail.com
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  • 4.  RE: Mary Jo Lynch obituary

    Posted May 26, 2020 03:11 PM
    Edited by Virginia Palmer May 26, 2020 03:11 PM
    Mary Jo Lynch was one of my first professors in the MLS program at The University of Michigan.  She helped me attend my first professional conference on what we then called "library orientation" and helped set the course for my entire career.   May she rest in peace.

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    Virginia Palmer
    Retired
    Ohio Academic and Public Libraries
    Middletown, Ohio
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