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.

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In Chicago on Monday, 6/29? Consider the RMRT Dignity Index program! 10:30-11:30am, McCormick Place, W192C

  • 1.  In Chicago on Monday, 6/29? Consider the RMRT Dignity Index program! 10:30-11:30am, McCormick Place, W192C

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    How do we treat others who disagree with us? How do we manage difficult conversations in our libraries with people who disagree with our commitment to ALA's core values, including Intellectual Freedom? Our disagreements aren't causing the divisions we face; it's what we do when we disagree. We can treat the other side with dignity. In a discussion session co-sponsored by the Retired Members Round Table and United for Libraries, local AAUW Dignity Index trainers will lead a discussion and interactive activities to explore the principles of dignity and how to apply them in our families, communities, workplaces, and the country. Trust is the indispensable element that allows communities and societies to thrive. Treating others with dignity can lift it back up-not just for government, business, and libraries, or even for ourselves, our friends, and our families, but for our divided country, too.

    10:30-11:30am, McCormick Place, W192C



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    Sara Kelly Johns
    ALA COLA Ecosystem Subcommittee Member
    Chair, ALA Publishing Committee and RMRT
    AASL President, 2007-08
    Instructor, Syracuse University iSchool
    skjohns@gmail.com
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