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<P><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Posted on behalf of the Mentoring Committee of the New Members Round Table (NMRT) of ALA:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Have you been a librarian for 5 years or more? Do you have a handle on all those professional questions that come up from day to day? Do you find yourself wishing that someone would have been there to teach you all that you now know? Do you find yourself wondering to whom you can impart all this hard-fought knowledge?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">In that case, we have just the person!</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Here is your chance to participate in a great new project from the New Members Round Table of ALA (NMRT), to meet a new librarian ally, and to have someone to guide as they learn the ins and outs of librarianship.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The NMRT Mentoring Committee's Career Mentoring Program focuses on long term mentoring. We will pair up "newbie librarians" with "seasoned vets" as part of a year-long mentoring program. If you are interested in finding a mentee and in charting new territory with our new program, please read all the details below.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The NMRT Career Mentoring program will last from October 2008 to July 2009. Conference attendance is not required, but membership in ALA is required, and NMRT membership is encouraged. Applications are due October 17, 2008, with the goal of notifying the matching pairs by the end of October.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Each pair will have a member of the NMRT Mentoring Committee assigned to them. This committee member will notify the mentor and mentee of their pairing, and send them monthly discussion topics via email. Mentors and mentees are of course free to discuss whatever they want, whenever and however they would like. These topics are merely guidelines. The committee member will also serve as a troubleshooter if any problems come up, for example if you stop hearing from your partner or never make contact.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">For further information and to apply, please visit </FONT><A HREF="http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/nmrt/oversightgroups/comm/mentor/mentoringcommittee.cfm"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/nmrt/oversightgroups/comm/mentor/mentoringcommittee.cfm</FONT></U></A></P>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Georgia">Lisa Tattersall</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Georgia">Reference Librarian, Adult Services</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Georgia">Corvallis-Benton County Public Library</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Georgia">645 NW Monroe Avenue</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Georgia">Corvallis, OR 97330</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Georgia">541-766-6488</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Georgia">lisa.tattersall@ci.corvallis.or.us</FONT>
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