New Members Round Table (NMRT) Committees Student Chapter of the Year... Finding AidBy Cara Bertram
Title: Student Chapter of the Year Award Committee, 1999-2002, 2004-2005
ID: 46/10/12
Primary Creator: New Members Round Table (NMRT)
Extent: 0.6 Cubic Feet
Arrangement: Chronological order.
Date Acquired: 01/17/2020
Subjects: Awards, New Members Round Table (NMRT), Student Chapters, Student Organizations
Languages: English
Records of the Student Chapter of the Year Award Committee, containing nomination packets and supporting documentation from ALA student chapters consisting of nomination statements, chapter mission statements and bylaws, budgets, membership listings, letters of support, documentation of programming and engagement, event flyers and notices, samples of chapter meeting minutes, and samples of publications and websites.
The Student Chapter of the Year Award is presented in recognition of a chapter's outstanding contributions to the American Library Association, their school, and the profession. The purpose of the award is to increase student involvement in ALA through student chapters, and to recognize future leaders in the profession.
The Junior Members Round Table (JMRT) held its first informal meeting at the AlA Conference in New Haven, Connecticut in 1931 (1). Its primary purpose was to organize social meetings and to hold a Round Table devoted to issues of particular interest to members of the ALA who were under thirty years of age (2). In 1933 the membership age limit was raised to 35 (3). The Junior Members Round Table continued to meet informally until 1941, when a constitution was introduced and approved with a few minor changes, and by-laws were proposed (4). In 1942 several amendments to the constitution were made, and the by-laws, slightly modified from the 1941 version, were adopted (5). The requirements for membership in and the government and purposes of the Junior Members Round Table in 1941 were:
1. To help the individual member to become orientated to the profession and to encourage membership participation in its organizations, national, state, and local.
2. To promote a greater feeling of responsibility for the development of library service and librarianship.
3. To assist actively in the recruitment of qualified persons for the profession.
Membership in NMRT (New Members Round Table) is currently limited to members of ALA who have served in the profession less than ten years. The NMRT is governed by an executive committee composed of the president, the vice-president/president-elect, the treasurer, the secretary, the past president, and the chairpersons of the standing committees; the Round Table also has a board of directors. Its publications include the quarterly Footnotes (formerly Newsnotes, 1966-71) and Cognotes (1972- ), published during ALA's Annual and Midwinter conferences (7).
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/4610012a.pdf
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