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CHICAGO - The New Members Round Table (NMRT) announced Kate Tkacik as its representative in the 2014 Emerging Leaders program. Tkacik is currently working as a business librarian with the Bank of Montreal Business Research Group in Chicago.

She received her MLIS from Dominican University in 2012. In addition to her work at BMO, Tkacik helped shape the "tumblarian" community (librarians on tumblr), and regularly blogs at "TheLifeguardLibrarian" (). She was named one of Library Journal’s 2013 Movers & Shakers for this work.

As the 2014 NMRT Emerging Leader, Tkacik is excited about the possibilities the program will bring to deepen her involvement with the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) and NMRT. “I’m incredibly thrilled and appreciative for this opportunity to participate in the Emerging Leaders program. I can’t wait to meet my cohort and do work,” she said. Tkacik joined NMRT in 2013 and currently serves on the Web Committee.

“Kate's abundant energy and commitment to engaging with and inspiring diverse groups of individuals was obvious from her Emerging Leaders Program application,” noted NMRT President Emily Prather-Rodgers. Tkacik is the seventh NMRT sponsored Emerging Leader.

As NMRT’s 2014 Emerging Leader, Tkacik will attend the in Philadelphia as well as the in Las Vegas.

The Emerging Leaders program enables newer librarians from across the country to participate in workgroups, network with peers, gain an inside look into 91´«Ã½'s structure and have an opportunity to serve the profession in a leadership capacity. Emerging Leaders receive up to $1,000 each to participate in the Midwinter Meeting and Annual Conference, and each participant is expected to provide years of service to 91´«Ã½ or one of its units.

NMRT, a roundtable of 91´«Ã½, is an organization for people with fewer than 10 years of membership in 91´«Ã½. To learn more about NMRT visit, .