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.  RMRT Advocacy Committee seeking members

    Posted Jul 30, 2025 12:27 PM

    Hello, RMRT

    In case you missed the survey link in Chair Sara Kelly Johns' message, here it is again. Please join the reconstituted Advocacy Committee. That said, if your preferred retirement is sitting on the front porch eating bonbons, reading and drinking coffee or on the golf course 3 times a week, you can stop reading now.

    If your retirement from active paid librarianship has left you feeling out of the loop in an era when libraries need everyone's support, READ ON.

    MANY RMRT members think RMRT has the potential to be a powerhouse for advocacy, service projects, and collaboration with other RTs and library groups. Because we are not beholden to any employer, we can use our voices in ways our former colleagues who are still employed cannot.

    If you would like to join us to explore what that might look like, please answer these questions. RMRT has an Advocacy Committee, but it has been inactive recently. Let's revive it together. The Volunteer Form is linked at the bottom. Further information will come soon - this survey will close on August 21, 2025.



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    Dorcas Hand
    Chair, RMRT Advocacy Committee (2025- )
    Chair, Ecosystem Task Group of COLA (2024- )
    Member, Freedom to Read Foundation Board
    TXLA Chapter Councilor 2021-23
    School Library Advocate
    Houston TX
    www.studentsneedlibrariesinHISD.org
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  • 2.  RE: RMRT Advocacy Committee seeking members

    Posted Aug 05, 2025 01:50 PM

    REMINDER to fill out the survey! Thanks to those who have, and thanks in advance to those who are about to.

    In case you missed the survey link in Chair Sara Kelly Johns' message, here it is again. Please join the reconstituted Advocacy Committee. That said, if your preferred retirement is sitting on the front porch eating bonbons, reading and drinking coffee or on the golf course 3 times a week, you can stop reading now.

    If your retirement from active paid librarianship has left you feeling out of the loop in an era when libraries need everyone's support, READ ON.

    MANY RMRT members think RMRT has the potential to be a powerhouse for advocacy, service projects, and collaboration with other RTs and library groups. Because we are not beholden to any employer, we can use our voices in ways our former colleagues who are still employed cannot.

    If you would like to join us to explore what that might look like, please answer these questions. RMRT has an Advocacy Committee, but it has been inactive recently. Let's revive it together. The Volunteer Form is linked at the bottom. Further information will come soon - this survey will close on August 21, 2025.



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    Dorcas Hand
    Member, Ecosystem Subcommittee of COLA (2022-3)
    Co-Chair, Ecosystem Subcommittee of COLA (2020- 22)
    Chair, Ecosystem Task Group of COLA (2018-2020)
    Member, Freedom to Read Foundation Board
    TXLA Chapter Councilor 2021-23
    School Library Advocate
    Houston TX
    www.studentsneedlibrariesinHISD.org
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