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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 COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Have you been a librarian for 5 years or less? Do you sometimes feel you have professional questions to ask and no one to direct them to? Do you find yourself wondering, in the midst of budget season, or in that massive collection development strategy meeting… what the heck are they talking about? Well, through NMRT's Mentoring Committee, help has arrived! Here's your chance to meet a new librarian ally, and to have someone to ask about all those questions you can't really ask.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The NMRT Mentoring Committee will pair up "newbie librarians" with "seasoned vets" as part of our Career Mentoring program. The 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">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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