2011

About the Program:
Embracing the Changes: Diversity and Global Vision in a Digital Age  [program brochure]

The program is designed to spearhead changes within the library profession through meaningful discussions on challenges facing libraries today, such as issues of cultural diversity as related to the library profession, global outreach and collaboration, and impact of new technology on library services.  The Program set the stage for the 2011-12 CALA Presidential Initiatives.
 

Keynote Speaker:

• Betty Turock, Former ALA President, Professor and Dean Emeritus, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University  [more information]

Panel Speakers:

• Michael Dowling,  Director of the Chapter Relations and International Relations Offices, ALA [more information]
• Miguel Figueroa, Director of Offices for Diversity and OLOS, ALA  [more information]
• Clara Chu, Chair and Professor, Department of Library and Information Studies, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro [more information]
• Michael Porter, President & CEO of Library Renewal, LJ Mover and Shaker 2009, elected ALA councilor and member of the Executive Board [more information]

Moderator:

• Min Chou, Chair of CALA 2011 Conference Program Committee, Vice President/President Elect of CALA 2010-11

Co-Sponsors:

• ALA Committee on Diversity
• ALA International Relations Committee
• ALA International Relations Office
• ALA International Relations Round Table (IRRT)
• American Indian Library Association
• Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association
• Black Caucus of the American Library Association
• Library and Information Technology Association (LITA)
• REFORMA - The National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking

Corporate Sponsors:

• SAGE Publications
• Wisers Information Limited
• Emerald Inc.

News Release:

• ALA news on the CALA Program publiched in American Libraries Magazine (7-12-2012)
• 2011-12 CALA Presidential Initiatives
• CALA 2011 Conference Program a Great Sucess (7-5-11)
• Meet Our Corporate Sponsors (5-11-11)
• Annual Conference Program to Set the Stage for 2011-12 CALA Presidential Initiatives (5-1-11)
• CALA 2011 Conference Program Website and Co-sponsors (3-31-2011)
• CALA 2011 Annual Conference Program Announced (2-24-2011)

Conference Program Committee:

• Min Chou (Chair), New Jersey City University (minchou.njcu@gmail.com)
• Sai Deng, Wichita State University (saideng@gmail.com)
• Nancy Hershoff, Florida International University (sunn@fiu.edu)
• Haipeng Li, Hong Kong Baptist University (haipeng4cala@gmail.com)
• Mengxiong Liu, San Jose State University (mengxiong.liu@sjsu.edu)
• Shuhua Liu, San Jose Public Library (shuhualiu2000@yahoo.com)
• Hanrong Wang,  Jacksonville State University (hwang@jsu.edu)
• Karen Wei, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (kwei@illinois.edu)
• Yunshan Ye, Dickinson College (yey@dickinson.edu)
• Bin Zhang, California State University, Sacramento (bzhang@csus.edu)
• Liana Zhou, Indiana University, (zhoul@indiana.edu)

Please stay tuned as more information will be forthcoming.

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2009

CALA Annual Program
International Outreach and Leadership:
The CALA 21st Century Librarian Seminar Series Program
Sunday: 7/12/2009
1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
McCormick Place West W-187

Speakers:

Barbara J.Ford, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

Impact on ALA and IFLA and librarianship and how CALA can develop the series in the future [ PDF ]

Shu-Hua Liu, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library

Impact on ALA and IFLA and librarianship and how CALA can develop the series in the future [ MS PowerPoint ]

Guoqing Li, The Ohio State University

Great teamwork achieves great success: Promoting collaboration and exchange between Chinese and US libraries through the CALA 21st century librarian seminar series program [ PDF, MS PowerPoint, MP3 ]

2008 Annual Conference Program and the speakers' powerpoint presentations

	CALA 2008 Conference Anaheim, CA June 29, 2008

June 29, 2008 (Sunday), 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Disney's Paradise Pier, Room C/D

With fast approaching dates of the 2008 Olympic Games to be held in Beijing and a continuously rising economy, China has become a buzzword in the media nowadays. But how much do we know about library services to users in China? This program presents first-hand experience from U.S. librarians in working with the library community in China. One keynote speaker and the four panelists will present several successful ongoing outreach programs to the libraries in China.

Keynote Speaker:

• Beverly Lynch
  Professor, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies
  University of California at Los Angeles
  Beverly P. Lynch is Professor in the Department of Information Studies at UCLA, where she teaches courses in management, academic libraries, information policy, intellectual freedom, and measurement and evaluation of libraries and library services. She directs the Senior Fellows Program, and is the founding director of the California Rare Book School. She served as Dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at UCLA, from 1989- 1994, University Librarian and Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1977-1989, and Executive Secretary of ACRL, 1972-1976. She was ALA President in 1985 -1986. In 2000?2001, Dr. Lynch was the President of the Center for Research Libraries, an international library organization located in Chicago. Dr. Lynch has published and consulted nationally and internationally in the areas of library organization and management and academic libraries, and has long been active in professional organizations, including numerous ALA committees, boards, and task forces.

Panel Speakers:

• Haipeng Li [Presentation in PowerPoint]
  Reference Librarian/Outreach Coordinator
  Oberlin College Library
  Haipeng Li is Reference Librarian/Outreach Coordinator at Oberlin College, Ohio. Haipeng has been actively involved in professional organizations, including ALA, ACRL, ALAO (Academic Library Association of Ohio), CALA (Chinese American Librarians Association) and others. For example, he has been appointed on the ALA International Relations Committee for 2007-09, is serving on the ACRL Dr. E.J. Josey Spectrum Scholar Mentoring Program Committee, and Co-Chair of the JCLC II Steering Committee. He also serves as a library consultant for academic libraries in China, India, and Indonesia. Haipeng has taken on many leadership roles in CALA, including President 2006-07, Chair of 2006 Conference Planning Committee, Chair of Publications Committee, Chair of the CALA MW Nomination Committee, and President of CALA MW Chapter, 2002-2003, among others.

   

  
• Trisha Davis [Presentation in PowerPoint]
  Head of Serials, Electronic Resources and Rights Management Department
  Ohio State University Libraries
  Trisha Davis is Head of Serials, Electronic Resources and Rights Management Department, Ohio State University Libraries. Trisha has served twice as a Visiting Program Officer (VPO) for the Association of Research Libraries from 1997-2004. Since 2007, she also served as VPO for Mapping of License Language. She remains actively involved in committee work for ALA, serving as Chair of the ALCTS Acquisition Section in 2006-2007. Trisha was awarded the ALA /ALCTS 2000 Bowker/Ulrich's Serials Librarianship Award which recognized her distinguished contributions to serials librarianship. In 2002 she received the ALCTS Presidential Citation for her vision and dedication in developing and presenting "Fundamentals of Acquisitions", a web-based continuing education course. Trisha has authored a book on automated serial control systems, and many articles on copyright and licensing issues for electronic products.

 


• Lian Ruan [Presentation in PowerPoint]
  Director/Head Librarian
  Illinois Fire Service Institute Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Lian Ruan is Director/Head Librarian, Director of China Programs, of the Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI), University of Illinois at Urbana?Champaign (UIUC) since 1999. Lian serves on several professional committees, such as the Illinois State Library’s IILINET Network Advisory Council (INAC) (2003-2009), Board of Director Special Libraries Illinois Chapter (2002-2004), and inFIRE (an international fire library consortium) Committee (1996- 2001). With numerous publications, her research interests cover use and user of information, outreach library services, special library administration and international librarianship. She is the winner of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Diversity Leadership Development Program award and UIUC Chancellor's Academic Professional Excellence award. She has helped organize the Chinese Librarians Summer Program since 2005 in cooperation with partners both in the United States and China.

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Co-Sponsors for the program:
ALA International Relations Committee (IRC)
ALA/IRC East Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee
ALA International Relations Round Table (IRRT)

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Sponsors for CALA Awards Banquet:
Blackwell
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China International Book Trading Corporation
East View
Oriprobe Information Services
Find over 6,000 electronic Chinese journal titles, 900,000 dissertations/theses, 240,000 legal records, 2.9 million patents, People's Daily (1946-present) and other materials offered by a leading China information provider, Oriprobe Information Services and Wanfang Data, an authentic affiliate of the Chinese Ministry of Science & Technolgy. Click here to explore authoritative electronic collections on Chinese studies, medicine, and science/technology.
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CALA 2008 Annual Conference Program Planning Committee
Sha Li Zhang (Chair)    University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Kuei Chiu     University of California at Riverside
Junlin Pan     Northern Illinois University
Hongyan Sun     Delta State University
Yunshan Ye     Dickinson College
Haiwang Yuan     Western Kentucky University
Li Zhang     Mississippi State University

2012 CALA Awards Banquet in Anaheim

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

You are cordially invited to join the 2012 Chinese American Librarians Association Program and the Awards Banquet during the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim:

The Chinese American Librarians Association
is
Proud to Present
The 2012 CALA/ALA Annual Program
Sunday, June 24, 2012, 1:30–3:30 p.m., Anaheim Convention Center, Room 201C

DISTINGUISHED LIBRARY LEADERS
Speaking On the Theme of
DIVERSE VOICES, ENRICHING COMMUNITIES

Dr. Camila Alire, ALA/ACRL/REFORMER Past Presidents and Dean Emerita of the University of New Mexico and Colorado State University: What Makes a Leader Tick? Personal Reflections.
Dr. Sha Li Zhang, CALA Past President and the Assistant Dean for Collections and Technical Services, University of North Carolina at Greensboro: Recruiting Future Librarians with Culturally Diverse Backgrounds: Progress Report
Director James Rettig, ALA Past President and the Library Director at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland: Bridges, Ships, and Connections.
Dr. Ingrid Parent -- Keynote Speaker, IFLA President and the University Librarian at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada: Future Library in the Digital Age.

Drawing for a free Kindle and a free Kindle Fire will be made at the end of this free program. We hope you are one of the lucky winners.
Special thanks go to our Co-Sponsors for the program:
Sage, Emerald, EBSCOhost, and JCLC!!!

CALA Awards Banquet
Sunday, June 24, 2012, 6:30-10:00 pm
King Harbor Seafood Restaurant, 13018 Harbor Blvd., Garden Grove, CA 92843
714-636-9103

To register, click http://my.cala-web.org/node/853. Early bird registration is $30 for members, $32 for nonmembers, and $28 for student members – Great food and great prices.  Seats are limited. First come first served. On-site registration is $38 for all members and $45 for nonmembers. Transportation service will be provided from the Convention Center to the restaurant.  Chance to win a free drawing of Kindle and an iPod Touch.  Special thanks to our Banquet Sponsors: SAGE, Emerald, EBSCO, Bepress, and East View.

Banquet Menu
1. Asparagus Soup with Crab Meat
2. 5 to 5.5 lb House Special Lobster with Yee-Mein Noodles
3. Peking Duck
4. French Style Beef Chunk
5. Black Mushroom with Chinese Greens
6. Walnut Shrimp
7. Sweet and Sour Fish Fillet
8. House Special Fried Rice
9. Dessert: Taro and Black Beans soup

We are looking forward to welcoming you at the CALA Program and the Awards Banquet!

Warmly,

Min Chou, CALA President and
Local Arrangement Committee:
Ying Xu, Co-Chair
Manuel Urrizola, Co-Chair
Win Shih
Yongyi Song
Joy Wang
Maggie Wang
Wenwen Zhang

Program Planning Committee:
Esther Lee, CALA Vice Presiddent and Chair
Lili Li
Cathy Yang
Maria Fung
Xiaoli Li
Vincci Kwong
Wenwen Zhang

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2013 CALA/ALA Annual Conference Program

2013 CALA/ALA Annual Conference: “Together We Make a Difference: Celebrate CALA 40 Years and Beyond!”
   Sunday, June 30, 2013 
Westin Chicago River North, Astor Ballroom
320 N Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60654.

 

CALA Annual Program Committee cordially invites all of you to attend the 2013 CALA Annual Conference, which will be held from 1:00-2:30pm on Sunday June 30 at the Astor Ballroom of Westin Chicago River North.

Conference Registration Form       Speakers        Poster    Contact    Conference Evaluation Form

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Speakers

    Dr. Tze-chung Li served as official at Ministry of Justice, Ministry of National Defense, Taiwan Provincial Government, and Examination Yuan, and Director of the National Central Library. Li was librarian at Illinois State University and taught at Nova University, Triton College, Zhejiang University, Soochow University (Taiwan), Suzhou University, East China Normal University, National Taiwan University, and Peking University and was professor and dean at Dominican University Graduate School of Library and Information Science. He also served as advisor to many institutions including Enclopaedia Britannica. He is founding editor of Journal of Library and Information Science, and editor emeritus of World Libraries.

Li published and edited more than 20 books and authored hundreds of articles, translations, and numerous book reviews.

Li received many awards and honors, including best social science book award, Taiwan Provincial Government; Philip D. Sang Excellence in Teaching Award; ROC government citations; Honorary Professor, Jiangxi University; and Advisory Professor, East China Normal University. In 2011,Dominican University awarded him Doctor of Human Letters in recognition of his contributions and achievements in librarianship.

    Wilfred Fong, Chief Information Officer and Director of IT & Digital Learning, University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, is former President of CALA (1995) and Executive Editor of the Journal of Library and Information Science from 1995-2007. He was also Editor of the Asian Pacific Asian Librarians Association (APALA) Newsletter. A Founding Faculty and the Associate Dean of the Faculty of Business and Information Technology at University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Wilfred Fong joined the University in 2003. He helped build the Business and IT programs, and developed the first graduate program in IT security, as well as the inaugural Study Abroad Program at UOIT. Previously, he was the Assistant Dean of the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and initiated a distance education program that was ranked as one of the ten best web-based programs in 2001 by the US News and World Report. CIO Fong has developed and taught courses in information technology and leadership, as well as management. He has been a visiting professor at various universities including Hong Kong, Mexico, Egypt, Kuwait, Korea, Singapore, and Malaysia and is the author of two books and extensive journal articles. He is currently the Program Chair of the 6th International Conference on Hybrid Learning 2013.

    Julia L. Wu (吳黎耀華), She is currently working as the Trustee Emeritus, Los Angeles Community Colleges District Board; Founder and Chair, Performing Arts Foundation for Asian-Americans, and Trustee, Hollywood Arts Council.

From 1973 to 1992, she was appointed by Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan to U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science and served for four terms. In 2004-2008, she was appointed by President George W. Bush to Barry Goldwater Education Excellence and Scholarship Foundation. She was also appointed by Governor Peter Wilson to California Community Colleges Board of Governors (1992-1998), and appointed by Mayor Richard Riordan to the Los Angeles City Commission of Status of Women (1993-2001). She was public elected to the Board of Trustees, Los Angeles Community College District and served for three terms (1987-1999).

Her past career positions also include teaching in the English Department, Los Angeles City College as a professor; Head Librarian, Secondary School , Los Angeles Unified Schools; Assistant Institutions Librarian, Los Angeles County Libraries; Director, Indochinese English Training Program, L.A.U.S.D; West Coast Correspondent, Chinese Program, Voice of America.

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    Mingyan Li, Metadata/Cataloging Librarian, William Rainey Harper College, Palatine IL,became a CALA member since 2005. Mingyan Served in various committees in CALA MW chapter including: Program committee (2007 MW Chapter), Archive committee (2007-2008 MW Chapter), Local arrangement committee (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 MW Chapter) and worked with other chapter members to deliver several successful Annual Programs of CALA MW Chapter. She also served in CALA 2009 Awards Banquet local arrangement committee and participated in various tasks including registration, programming and banquet preparation. Mingyan was recommended by CALA to participate in ALA Emerging Leader Class in 2010. Mingyan holds two Master’s degrees including Master of Library and Information Science and Master of Computer and Information System from Bradley University. Currently, Mingyan serves in various committees in CALA including: CALA Financial Committee (2012-2013), Treasurer of CALA MW Chapter (2011-2014) CALA MW Professional Development Committee (2012-2013)

    Min Tong, a Reference and Instruction Librarian at the Cooper Memorial Library in Clermont, Florida. A unique three-way joint-use library between Lake County Library System, Lake-Sumter Community College and University of Central Florida (UCF), the Cooper Memorial Library serves as the public library for the greater Clermont area as well as an academic library. As a new professional she has been selected and participated in the 2011 American Library Association Emerging Leader Program. Her other honors and awards included the 2010 Excellence in Librarianship Award at UCF and the ACRL 14th National Conference Librarian Scholarship Award.

She holds an MLIS from the University of British Columbia, Canada and an M.A. in Linguistics from the Beijing Language and Culture University, China.

    Ning Zou, received her dual Master of Library and Information Science from Indiana University-Bloomington and Bachelor of Science in Accounting with an Economics minor from Capital University of Economics and Business. Currently, she serves as instruction coordinator at Rebecca Crown Library at Dominican University. Ms. Zou provides leadership in the library’s Information Literacy (IL) program including designing IL and disciplinary-specific workshops, providing research consultation and creating assessment instrument. She also serves as an adjunct faculty at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science and a tenure-track faculty Librarian at the Rosary College of Arts and Sciences. Courses taught: Reference and Online Services, Library User Education and Sophomore Seminar on Searching for China’s Culture Diversity.

Ms. Zou is also actively involved in professional organizations and Chinese learning communities. She is a life member of the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA), president of the CALA Midwest Chapter in 2010-2011. She serves as co-chair of the American Library Association (ALA), Library Instruction Roundtable (LIRT), chair of the board of directors at Xi Lin Northwest Chinese School and board of directors of the nonprofit organization, Dr. C. Moore & Associates Inc. She was selected as the ALA 2010 Emerging Leader and the leading librarian to represent Dominican for the National RAILS project (Rubric Assessment of Information Literacy Skills). Before joining Dominican in 2009, Ning had been an academic librarian and instructor for several years at various institutions including Miami University, Eastern Kentucky University and Trine University.

Connect / Contact:

Lisa Zhao [zhls50@yahoo.com]

 

2007

	CALA 2007 Conference Washington, DC June 24, 2007

June 24, 2007 (Sunday), 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Grand Hyatt Washington (HYATT, Co-HQ), Constitution C-E
1000 H Street NW (at the corner of 11th and H St. )
Washington, DC 20001, USA

Sponsored in part by
StarMark International
International Publishing House
Eastview Information Services
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Stanley Associates
China Classics

Gift Sponsors for CALA Awards Banquet:
ProQuest
Chinese Embassy
China Sprout

2006

	CALA 2006 Conference New Orleans	June 25, 2006 1:30 - 3:30 pm Ernest N. Morial Convention Center

June 25, 2006 (Sunday), 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
900 Convention Center Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70130

 

Sponsored in part by

TigerCool

2005

 

Sponsored in part by:

Wanfang Data, ALA Booth #3827

Blackwell's Book Services

2004

June 27, 2004 (Sunday), 02:00 - 04:00 pm
The Peabody Orlando, BR II

 

Sponsored in part by:

Yu-Lan Chou

East View Information Services

ChinaSprout, Inc.

Blackwell's Book Services

2003

Library Resources and Services
for Chinese American/Canadian Communities

Program Description:

How to provide quality library services to the increasing Chinese American/Canadian communities? What to do when you don't have a language/cultural specialist on your staff? Where to go to get assistance? Panelists will share strategies and best practices in planning; networking; resource sharing; selecting, collecting and processing scholarly and popular materials; and outreach to the Chinese American/Canadian communities to introduce library services and resources.

Speakers:

• Sheng D. Chiu, President of Pan Asian Publications
  "Library Materials for Chinese-Americans and Chinese-Canadians"

   

• Fidelia Lau, Branch Head, Riverdale Branch, Toronto Public Library
  "Meeting the Needs of the Chinese Canadian Community - the Riverdale Branch Experience"

   

• Wei Chi Poon, Librarian of the Asian American Collection at University of California, Berkeley
  "Reclaiming a History of Chinese in America"

   

• Thomas Alford, Deputy Director, Queens Borough Public Library
  "An Urban Public Library Model"

Schedule of Events

1. Friday, June 20, 2003, 8:00-10:00 pm
   CALA Orientation
   Courtyard by Marriott Downtown, Room: Alexander (ALA Hotel no. 6)
   New Officers, Board of Directors, Committee Chairs and Members are especially encouraged to attend.

    

2. Saturday, June 21, 2003, 8:00-10:00 pm
   CALA 2003 2nd Board Meeting
   Courtyard by Marriott Downtown, Room: Alexander (ALA Hotel no. 6)

    

3. Sunday, June 22, 2003, 2:00-4:00 pm
   CALA Annual Program
   Hilton Toronto, Room: Camichael/Jackson (ALA Hotel no. 12)

    

4. Sunday, June 22, 2003, 4:15-5:30 pm
   CALA Membership Meeting
   Hilton Toronto, Room: Camichael/Jackson (ALA Hotel no. 12)

    

5. Sunday, June 22, 2003, 7:00-10:00 pm
   CALA Awards Banquet
   Bayview Garden Restaurant, 89 Chester Street, Toronto, Phone: (416) 971-8811

    

6. Monday, June 23, 2003, 8:00-11:00 am
   CALA 2003 3rd Board Meeting
   Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Room: Windsor (ALA Hotel no. 2)
   Newly elected Board of Directors should also attend this meeting.

2002

Chinese American and Other Ethnic Librarians
Building Library Community

Speakers:

• Hwa-Wei Lee, Dean Emeritus, Ohio University Libraries,
  CALA past-President and ALA Council member
  Leadership Development and Coalition Building
• Luis Herrera, Director of Pasadena Public Library, former REFORMA President and ALA Council member
  Embracing a New Activism: REFORMA Leadership in Librarianship
• Em Claire Knowles, Assistant Dean of Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science, ALA Black Caucus Board member, ALA Council member
  Shared Visions: Building Coalitions
• Patty Wong, Deputy Director of Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library, APALA past-president
  Community Outreach - Partnering for Better Library Services

Moderator:

Angela Yang, CALA Conference Program Planning Committee Chair

Abstract:

As librarians we serve very diverse users. The speakers will talk about the history of the various ethnic librarian organizations; the best practices of mentorship and leadership development; and the successful strategies for community outreach and partnership building in order to foster a strong library community.

Schedule of Events

1. CALA Board Orientation
   6/14/2002 Friday 08:00 pm - 10:00 pm
   Atlanta Marriott Marquis (MAR) - Champagne

   This meeting is for CALA officers' Orientation and provides a Forum for members to share their professional experiences. Everyone is encouraged to speak.

2. CALA - 3rd Board Meeting, 2001-2002
   6/15/2002 Saturday 08:00 pm - 10:00 pm
   Westin Peachtree Plaza (WEST) - International F
3. CALA - 1st Board Meeting, 2002-2003
   6/17/2002 Monday 07:30 am - 09:30 am
   Atlanta Marriott Marquis (MAR) - Yukon/McKenzie/Rio Grande
4. CALA Program
   6/16/2002 Sunday 02:00 pm - 04:00 pm
   Renaissance Hotel (REN) - Norcross
5. CALA Membership Meeting
   6/16/2002 Sunday 04:30 pm - 05:30 pm
   Renaissance Hotel (REN) - Norcross
6. CALA Awards Banquet
   6/16/2002 Sunday 07:00 pm - 10:00 pm
   Oriental Pearl Seafood Restaurant

   Oriental Pearl Seafood Restaurant, 5399 New Peachtree Road, Chamblee, GA 30341 (Easily accessible from Convention Center via the MARTA),

2001

The Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA)
2001 Annual Program
on

CULTURAL HERITAGE:
PROMOTION & PRESERVATION WITH PRIDE
to be held on
Sunday, June 17, 2001
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
at the
Moscone Convention Center, Room 309
During the American Library Association Annual Conference in San Francisco

Speakers and Topics:

Enriching Chinese Cultural Heritage at the Queens Library
Gary E. Strong, Director, Queens Borough Library, New York

Preserving Historical Truth and Strengthening Collective Memories
Yongyi Song, Senior Librarian, Dickinson College

RLG's Cultural Materials Initiatives
Karen Smith-Yoshimura, Research Library Group, Inc.

 

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Chinese E-Book demonstration - Bookoo.com: Sunday, 6/17/2001, 4:00 pm - 4:20 pm, MCC 309

Membership meeting: Sunday, 6/17/2001, 4:20 pm - 5:30 pm, MCC 309

Awards Reception: Sunday, 6/17/2001, 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm Yank Sing Restaurant, One Rincon Center, 101 Spear Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 (Ticket: $30.00 per person)

Board of Directors and Committee Chairs: Orientation, Friday, 6/15/2001, 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm, Parc Fifty-Five, Da Vinci

Board meeting I: 6/16/2001, Saturday, 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm, Hotel Nikko, Ballroom III

Board meeting II: 6/18/2001, Monday, 8:00am - 10:00 am, Pan Pacific, The Terrace

 

Program is sponsored in part by CDT Makers of HearSay Multimedia English Pronunciation Trainer HearSay Makes Your English Easier to Understand www.comdistec.com -- (812)336-1766 (1-800-647-7991)

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2001 CALA Annual Program: Three Distinguished Speakers:

 

Enriching Chinese Cultural Heritage at the Queens Library
Gary E. Strong
Director, Queens Borough Library, Jamaica, New York

Abstract: The Queens Borough Public Library, through its New Americans Program, has been providing opportunities for the Chinese community to experience quality library service for many years. The program provides a unique public library experience to its many immigrants by: building collections, providing opportunities to learn English, providing job information, coping skills classes, cultural programs, and electronic access in Chinese vernacular script. Through demographic analysis, the Library places its collections in the communities where immigrants live and provides programs of relevance to celebrate their cultures and traditions.

Biography: Currently serves as director of Queens Borough Public Library and Adjunct Professor, Queens College Library School. Previously held posts such as State Librarian of California, CEO of California Library Services Board, Deputy State Librarian at Washington State Library, Director of Everett Public Library in Washington, and Director of Lake Oswego (Oregon) Public Library. Queens Borough Public Library, with its Central Library, 62 branches and 6 adult learning centers serves 2 million people in the City of New York and has the largest circulation of any US public library (17.2 million items in 2000).

Mr. Strong has many accomplishments including: creation of WorldLinQ (www.worldlinq.org), a multi-lingual electronic service that resides at the Queens Library providing access in Spanish, Chinese, French, Korean and Russian. Chair of the National Organizing Committee for the 2nd China-US Library Conference scheduled for August 2001 in Flushing Queens, New York City. Established a Sister Library relationship with the Zagreb (Croatia) Public Library and a Sister Library relationship with the Mayakovsky (St. Petersburg) City Library. Director of the Center for International Public Librarianship, hosting study fellows from Romania, Russia, and Croatia during 1999 under a grant from the Open Society Institute, six fellows are expected during 2001. Also, Consultant to the Open Society Institute on its public libraries and community centers grant program in Latvia (1999) and Slovenia (2000).

Mr. Strong is a member of the American, California, New York and Chinese American Library Associations; past President of the Library Administration and Management Association, the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies, the Western Council of State Librarians; the Pacific Northwest Library Association and the Oregon Library Association; and member of the Committee on Intellectual Property Rights in the Emerging Information Infrastructure of the National Research Council (1998-99). He is listed in Who's Who in America. Mr. Strong started the California Literacy Campaign and the California Research Bureau at the California State Library. He is a frequent lecturer, speaker, writer and editor. He is an avid book collector. For more information, please visit his Web site at: http://www.queenslibrary.org/about/gstrong/

 

Preserving Historical Truth and Strengthening Collective Memories
Yongyi Song
Senior Librarian, Dickinson College

Abstract: The librarians' role as information providers has special significance in preserving historical truth and strengthening collective memories. However, when their bibliographical research touches upon sensitive topics such as the Cultural Revolution in China (1966-1976), that are censored or banned by the government, librarians are compelled to be defenders of their professional dignity and academic freedom despite the painful experiences it may involve. They must uphold the principle of "Free Access to Information" that distinguishes their profession.

Biography: Yongyi Song is Senior Librarian at Dickinson College, and researcher on China's Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). He came to the United States in 1989 as a graduate student at the University of Colorado at Boulder where he obtained his first master's degree in East Asian Studies (1992). In 1995, Mr. Song received his second master's degree in library and information science from Indiana University at Bloomington. Mr. Song's deep interest in the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) and growing prominence as an expert on this subject led him to make research trips to China in the summers of 1996, 1998 and 1999.

Mr. Song has published several books in both English and Chinese including The Cultural Revolution: A Bibliography, 1966-1996 (Cambridge: Harvard-Yenching Library, 1998), Heterodox Thought during the Cultural Revolution [in Chinese and will be translated in English by M.E. Shape at the end of 2001], and The Historical Dictionary of the Cultural Revolution in China (London: Scarecrow Press, incoming book). He also currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief for a CD-ROM Database, The Cultural Revolution Database, which will be published in 2002 by The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press.

 

RLG's Cultural Materials Initiatives
Karen Smith-Yoshimura
Research Library Group, Inc.

Abstract: RLG's international membership of over 160 research institutions in 15 countries cross the spectrum of "memory institutions" - libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and other cultural repositories. These all share custodial responsibility for collections of "cultural materials" - the rare and often unique works and artifacts that reflect and document human culture and civilization. These cultural resources are crucial to support research in a wide range of scholastic disciplines.

Digital representations, or "surrogates", of published and unpublished texts, images, artifacts, video, and sound open up new opportunities to access cultural resources dispersed around the world using Web-based tools. RLG members have formed a "Cultural Materials Alliance" to develop a pool of digitized research materials and a coherent, integrated discovery service. Alliance members are identifying the best practices to create and describe digital surrogates and a rights-management framework addressing institutional intellectual-property mandates.

Aggregating a variety of dispersed digital objects will significantly enhance the value of individual collections while providing rich, cross-collection links. Bringing together descriptive details and contextual background with individual digital objects will lead scholars to discover new themes within and among cultures. The paper outlines the issues addressed in developing this new research resource that will promote "cultural heritage" in an unprecedented way. Examples from the RLG Cultural Materials service to be released later in 2001 will illustrate the work done so far.

Biography: Karen Smith-Yoshimura has worked at the Research Libraries Group for nineteen years, with a focus on supporting East Asian studies. She led the development of the first unified character set for all Chinese characters used in China, Japan, and Korea, which was folded into the unified ideographic repertoire of Unicode (ISO 10646). Throughout her career, she has promoted integrating access to East Asian research materials with research collections' other materials. She holds a degree in Chinese studies from Yale University, and lived in Asia for nine years, primarily in Japan and Taiwan.

 

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CALA Program Committee: Wilfred Fong, Linda Tse, Priscilla Yu, Linna Yu, Liana Zhou (Chair)

2000

Schedule of Events at CALA Annual Conference

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Friday, July 7, 2000, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
CALA Midwest Chapter Annual Program, "Library Leadership and Management."
Location: MCC-E350
Among the speakers is our CALA Treasurer, Jian Liu, who will share with us his experience from participating in the ARL Leadership Program.

Friday, July 7, 2000, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
National Conference on Asian Pacific American Librarians, Planning Committee Meeting (I)
Location: SHER-Parlor C
Members of the NCAPAL Conference Planning Committee are requested to attend this meeting.

Saturday, July 8, 2000, 4:30pm - 7:00pm
National Conference on Asian Pacific American Librarians, Conference Planning Open Forum.
Location: HYT-Acapulco
All CALA members and friends: Please put this on your calendar. This Open Forum is designed for the NCAPAL Planning Committee to give you a comprehensive report on all aspects of the conference and our planning progress. Equally important is the need for the Conference Planning Committee to hear your comments, suggestions and answer any question you have about this very important National Conference. Please plan to attend.

Saturday, July 8, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
CALA Board Meeting (I)
Location: HYT-Acapulco
This is the first of the two regular CALA Board Meetings during the Annual Conference. All 1999-2000 voting and non-voting board members are requested to attend. The meeting is open to all CALA members.

Sunday, July 9, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
CALA Annual Conference Program, "From the First Chinese-American Exchange of Publications in 1869: Review & New Challenges for Chinese Collections in the U.S. Libraries".
Location: MCC-N427 b,c
Our President-Elect, Yu-lan, has planned an excellent program with the theme to celebrate the history of Chinese Collections in the U.S. and looks toward the future. Speakers include Winston Tabb, Rush Miller, Eugene Wu and Ching-chih Chen. Don't miss it.

Sunday, July 9, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
CALA Annual Membership Meeting
Location: MCC-N427 b,c
All CALA members are requested to attend the membership meeting, which immediately follows the Program.

Sunday, July 9, 6:30pm - 10:00pm
CALA Annual Awards Banquet
Location: The Phoenix Restaurant, 2131 S. Archer Ave.
You don't want to miss the celebration, the friendship, the fun, AND the food. A Banquet ticket purchase form is available on CALA website. Please reserve your ticket now to take advantage of the discount price.

Monday, July 10, 7:30am - 9:30am
CALA Board Meeting (II)
Location: SHER-Columbus A,B
Please note the time of this meeting, which is a change from previous years. All 2000-2001 voting and non-voting board members are requested to attend. The meeting is open to all CALA members.

Monday, July 10, 10:00am - 12:00pm
National Conference on Asian Pacific American Librarians, NCAPAL Planning Committee Meeting (II)
Location: SHER-Michigan A
Members of the NCAPAL Conference Planning Committee are requested to attend this meeting.

1999

CALA 1999 Annual Conference Program

Board Meeting 1
Friday (June 25) 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Sheraton New Orleans, Room Pontcha. D

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Annual Program
Sunday (June 27, 1999) 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 342

Leadership, Socialization and Community Relations
Program Chair: Dr. Ling Hwey Jeng
School of Library and Information Science
University of Kentucky
502 King Library South
Lexington, KY 40506-0039
Phone: (606)257-5679

Program Description:
This program highlights the role of Chinese American librarians in connecting with and serving the library communities, especially the communities of minority groups. Program presenters will address issues relating to the needs of minority users, their socializing patterns and the specialties of minority librarians in satisfying these needs. The presenters will also share successful strategies for promoting the needs of minority users including Chinese Americans and the visibility of minority librarians, especially Chinese American librarians, their leadership and social skills, and their relationships within and with outside library communities.

Speakers:
Dean K. Jue & Christie Koontz
Co-Directors of Geo-Lib
a Program of Florida Resources and Environmental Analysis Center
Florida State University
K.G. Ouye
City Librarian
San Mateo, CA
Chair of Schools and Libraries Universal Service Program
Ken Yamashita
Library Manager
Stockton Public Library, CA

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General Membership Meeting
Sunday (June 27) 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 342

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Distinguished Service & Scholarship Awards Banquet
Sunday (June 27) 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Five Happiness Chinese Restaurant
3605 S. Carrollton Ave., New Orlean, LA 70118
Tel: (504) 486-0743

The menu includes:
Smoked fish, Roasted beef, Pickled cucumber, Shirmp with snow pea in white sauce, House baked duck, Lemon chicken with almond Bean curd with pork in brown sauce, Citrus beef, Chinese green

The dinner will be served in a separate Banquet room with ample space for show and award ceremony. This is our annual awards ceremony, where we honor and appreciate those who made distinguished contribution to the library profession, and award scholarships to outstanding students who demonstrated a potential leadership in the profession. This is the time to renew old friendship and make new ones.

Tickets to the Banquet are available at $28.00 by May 15 ($35.00 after May 15). To reserve your Awards Banquet tickets, please send a check, payable to CALA, to:

Eugenia Tang
Reference Librarian
Sterling C. Evans Library
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-5000

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Board Meeting 2
Monday (June 28) 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Sheraton New Orleans, Rm Pontcha. B

1998

CALA 1998 Annual Conference Program

Board Meeting 1
Friday (June 26) 8:00-10:00 p.m.
Days Inn Premier, Franklin Square Room

Annual Program
Saturday (June 27) 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Sheraton City Centre, Mount Vernon Room
CALA Reaches Across the Pacific
Moderator: Linna C. YU

Speakers:
Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee
Dean of University Libraries
Ohio University
US-China Library Cooperation: Significant Developments in the 20th Century
Dr. Wilfred W. Fong
Assistant Dean
School of Library and Information Science
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Hong Kong Librarianship: A Year After 1997
Dr. Margaret C. Fung
Professor
National Cheng Chi University
New Library/Information Directions for the 21st Century in Taiwan, ROC
Mr. Heping Zhou
Deputy Director
National Library of China
Library and Information Services in the PRC: Current Developments and Future Plans

General Membership Meeting
Saturday (June 27) 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Sheraton City Centre, Mount Vernon Room

Distinguished Service & Scholarship Awards Banquet
Saturday (June 27) 7:00-10:00 p.m.
Golden Palace Restaurant
720-24 7th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001

Board Meeting 2
Monday (June 29) 9:30-11:00 a.m.
Days Inn Premier, Franklin Square Room

1997

CALA 1997 Annual Conference Program

Board Meeting 1
Friday (June 27) 8:00-10:00 p.m.
Marriott - Golden Gate C2

Annual Program
Saturday (June 28) 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Building the Future : Library Youth Services in Asia & U.S. - A Panel Presentation
Westin St. Francis - California E

Speakers:
Janet S. Wong
Children's Author, Poet
Medina, Washington
Children's Poetry Across Cultures: Working with Children, Teachers, Librarians in Singapore and the U.S.
Sieu-Mei Cheng
professor of Library Science
Information Systems & Administrative Services
National Taiwan University
Children Services in Taiwan
Susan W. Denniston
Administrative Librarian
Sunnyvale Public Library, California
Public Libraries: Reaching Out to Kids
David Kakishiba
Executive Director
East Bay Asian Youth Center
Berkeley, California
Information Needs of Asian American Youth

General Membership Meeting
Saturday (June 28) 3:30-4:15 p.m.
Westin St. Francis - California E

Annual Award Banquet
Saturday (June 28) 7:00 or 10:00 p.m.
Royal Jade Seafood Restaurant
675 Jackson Street, San Francisco

Chinatown Walking Tour
Sunday (June 29) 10:00 a.m.
(a possible second tour at 1:00 p.m.)
Start at the Chinatown Dragon Gate (On Grant Avenue and Bush Street)
(415)355-2189

Board Meeting 2
Sunday (June 29) 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Pan Pacific Hotel - Olympic Ballroom C

AsianWeek Reception
Sunday (June 29) 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Borders Bookstore on Union Square (400 Post Street)

CALA 1997 Annual Conference Hotel Accommodation
Our local arrangement committee has located a hotel for CALA members at discount rate. The hotel is located at the heart of SF Chinatown and within walking distance of the Convention Center. Hotel rooms are quite busy during summer months in SF, the local arrangement committee members urge you to book your hotel room ASAP. Please book your room directly and mention CALA to get the discount rate.

Hotel: Royal Pacific Motor Inn
Address: 661 Broadway Street (between Kearny and Stockton St.)
Date: June 26 - July 3, 1997
Rate: $72 plus tax =$82.06 per night for single or 2-3 persons
Reservation: 1-800-545-5574

1996

CALA 1996 Annual Conference Program

Board Meeting 1
Friday (July 5) 8:00-10:00 p.m.
Sheraton NY-Royal Br A

Northeast Chapter Meeting
Saturday (July 6) 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Javits CC-1E 17

Annual Program
Saturday (July 6) 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Javits Convention Ctr-1A 3
Global Information Internetworking: Pacific Rim Perspectives

Moderator:
Mengxiong Liu
CALA Vice President

Speakers:
Gary Strong
Director
Queens Borough Public Libraries, New York
Queens Library: Perspectives of Services to New Americans/Connections to the World

Clifford Lynch
Director
Information Systems & Administrative Services
University of California-Berkeley
Networked Information and Collaboration: the International Challenges

Ling Hong Too
University Librarian
Nanyang Technology University, Singapore
Internetworking Craze on an "Intelligent" Island Known as Singapore

Yuan-tiang Ma
Director
Shanghai Library & Institute of Science & Technology Information of Shanghai
An Information Internetworking Project in the Shanghai Library of China

Nancy Ou-lan Chou
Director
University Libraries, National Chengchi University
Toward the Twenty-First Century Library: the Development of the Library and Information Network in Taiwan Area

Michael Lee
University Librarian
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Libraries Development and Information Network: a Virtual Asia and Pacific Gateway

Membership Business Meeting
Saturday (July 6) 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Javits CC-1E 17

Annual Award Banquet
Saturday (July 6) 6:30 or 7:00 p.m.
China Peace 46 Restaurant

Board Meeting 2
Sunday (July 7) 9:30-11:00 a.m.
Hilton-Mercury Rotunda

AsianWeek Reception
Sunday (July 7) 6:30 p.m.
Keewah Yen Restaurant
50 West 56th Street
New York, NY 10019
212-246-0770
Note: Please RSVP to Mamie Huey at AsianWeek
415-395-0220 (Direct) or 800-615-2742 (Voice mail)
Keewah Yen Restaurant is located between 5th and 6th Ave.

CALA 1996 Annual Conference Hotel Accommodation
Twenty rooms have been blocked from July 4-10 for CALA members at the:
Ramada Milford Plaza
270 West 45th Street (on 8the Avenue)
New York, NY 10036

The rates are $99 for a single or double room (twin beds), and go to $114 and $129 for 3 and 4 people to a room respectively.

Researvations may be made by calling 800-221-2690 (or 212-869-3600 in NYC). CALA members MUST mention the Chinese American Librarians Association in order to receive this special rate. They must reserve by June 3 at the latest.

Those wishing to secure dorm facilities may contact:
Columbia University's Summer Housing, 212-854-2775 (after Feb.1); or
International House, 212-932-3389

CALA members should be aware that these are pretty far uptown (between 116th and 123rd Streets) while the main convention center is on 34th Street and ALA hotels are in the 30's to the 50's streets.

For B&B's, contact:
A Home-Run B&B, 800-437-8353 (or, 212-879-4229 in NYC); email:manhtnbb@aol.com
Hospitality Co., 800-987-1235 (or, 212-987-9286 in NYC)

1995

CALA 1995 Annual Conference Program

Annual Program
Saturday (June 24) 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Palmer House - Crystal Room
Internet: Highway to Cities of Multimedia and Chinese Resources

Moderator and Commentator:
Dr. Yan Ma, Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Science
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Latest Development of the Internet in Mainland China
Professor Qiang Zhu
Deputy Director and Associate Professor
Peking University Library

The Role of Libraries in the Information Superhighway:
The Experience of the National Center Library, Republic of China
Dr. Chi-chun Tseng, Director
National Central University

Accessing Chinese Resources on the Internet
Yu-Lan Margaret Chou
Chinese Cataloger
The Ohio State Universities Libraries

Mosaic: The Multimedia Internet
Trisha Fabugais
Law Librarian
Schwell & Riggs
Texas

Membership Forum & Meeting
Sunday (June 25) 9:30-12:30 p.m.
Chicago Hilton & Towers - Boulevard A

Moderator and Commentator:
Dr. Clara Chu
Assistant Professor
UCLA-GSLIS

Do Developing Countries Need National Archives?
Dr. Chang Lee
University Librarian and Archivist
University of Central Florida

Information Seeking Behavior of Multicultural Studies:
A Case Study at San Jose State University
Dr. Mengxiong Liu
Engineering Librarian, and
Dr. Bernice Redfern
Reference Librarian

Library Mission: Embracing Change in the Year 2000
Vicki Toy Smith
Librarian
University of Nevada, Reno