NMRT/Merritt Fund Joint Reception
@ 2011 ALA Annual Conference
Sunday, June 26, 2011
7:30 to 10:00 p.m.
L’Entrepot Gallery
527 Julia
New Orleans, Louisiana
Free Admission*
The ALA New Members Round Table (NMRT) and the LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund are presenting a joint reception at the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans! We’ll be combining the NMRT Awards Reception and the Merritt Fund "Reception for a Cause" into one great event.
NMRT will be honoring the NMRT Shirley Olofson Memorial Award recipient, Eamon Tewell, and the 3M/NMRT Professional Development Grant recipients, Natalie Traylor Clewell, Jessica Nadine Hernandez, and Julie N. Kane. These awards provide financial assistance for ALA/NMRT members to attend the annual conference in order to encourage and support professional development and participation in ALA and NMRT activities.
The LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund was established in 1970 and is devoted to the support, maintenance, medical care, and welfare of librarians who, in the Trustees opinion, are denied employment rights or discriminated against or denied employment rights because of defense of intellectual freedom.
The ALA Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) is co-sponsoring this event.
Questions?
Questions about the joint reception? Please contact Jonathan Kelley, jokelley@ala.org.
For information about the ALA New Members Round Table, please visit www.ala.org/nmrt
To learn more about the Leroy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund, visit www.merrittfund.org.
*As with prior Merritt Fund "Receptions for a Cause," there will be an opportunity to make a voluntary donation to the Merritt Fund and such donations will be very welcome.