For Immediate Release
Contact: Easter DiGangi
Annual Conference Professional Development Attendance Award
Chicago- The New Member Roundtable (NMRT) announces the Annual Conference Professional Development Attendance Award.
NMRT members are invited to submit an essay to win a ticket to attend a ticketed event of their choice at the ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas. The essay contest is open to all NMRT members who are not currently serving on the Annual Conference Professional Development Award Committee or the NMRT Executive Board.
To apply for the award, fill out the application form at
The application requires an essay of approximately 250 words about why you would like to attend a ticketed event at Annual Conference and how it would benefit you professionally.
Applications are due April 16, 2014. Winners will be notified by May 7, 2014. The committee does not consider geographic location, age, sex, religion, race or national origin in the award selection process.
NMRT is an organization for people with fewer than 10 years of membership in ALA. Our mission is to help those who have been association members less than ten years become actively involved in the association and the profession.
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Teresa Slobuski
Reference and Instruction Librarian - San Jose State University
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
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