CALA (Chinese American Librarians Association), in collaboration with other library organizations, is a leading librarians' organization which advances diversity and equality of library services to the library communities worldwide through the excellence of this organization and its members.

Winners of CALA Scholarship 2013

Dear CALA members

After thorough reading and discussion of all applications with supplemental materials, CALA Scholarship Committee has voted and decided to give the following two students awards based upon their outstanding achievements. This decision was also approved by CALA Board executive committee.

 1.       Ms. Zhang Mei (Ph.D. candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison) for CALA Scholarship ($1000), and

2.       Ms. Liu Yan (Master student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) for Sheila Suen Lai Scholarship of Library and Information Science ($500).

Sincerely,

Announcing recipients of the 2013 CALA Conference TravelGrant

Dear CALA Members:

The CALA Conference Travel Grant Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2013 Conference Travel Grant. Approved by the Executive Committee, this year’s grant recipients (and the conference they will attend) are:

  • Min Tong (University Central Florida)                       ALA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, June, 2013
  • Joy Wang (Soka University of America)                    ALA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, June, 2013

Both recipients are actively involved with the CALA community and have different roles in CALA and ALA. Each will receive $500 from CALA in support of their professional activity at the incoming conference. Please join us in congratulating them on receiving the CALA Conference Travel Grant and wishing them continued success in their future endeavors.

Sincerely,

CALA Conference Travel Grant Committee:

Ying Xu (Chair)

Raymond Wang

Jia Xu

Liana Zhou

Li Zhang

 

CALA 2013 Annual Program

Together We Make a Difference: Celebrate CALA 40 Years and Beyond!

Time: 1:00pm-2:30pm, June 30, 2013 (Sunday)

Location: Astor Ballroom of Westin Chicago River North (320 N Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60654)

Speakers:

-    Dr. Tze-chung Li:

        Look Forward for CALA

        (founding members’ view of CALA)

-    Minyan Li, Min Tong, Ning Zou:

        Voice of CALA Emerging Leaders

        (CALA younger generation’s voice)

-    Julia Wu:

        From an International student to a Pioneer in Education, to a Public Elected official, and to U.S. Presidential Adviser

        (Outstanding CALA member’s inspiring story)

-    Dr. Wilfred Fong:  

        Beyond The Horizon

        (Look beyond, facing the challenges in our careers by reviewing the model of lifelong learning and leadership)

Poster Exhibition:

-        Posters from CALA Seven Chapters;

-        CALA 21st Century Librarianship Series;

-        CALA Members in IMLS Project TGAG.

Greetings from CALA Members and Friends on video clips

Refreshments

For more information, visit http://cala-web.org/node/1536

2013 CALA Awards Banquet Details

Celebration of CALA's 40th Anniversary and 2013 CALA Awards Banquet

6:00pm-10:00pm (registration starts at 5:30pm), June 30, 2013

Cai Fine Dining and Banquet 彩蝶軒
2100 S Archer Ave
Chicago, IL 60616
Phone: (312) 326-6888

Early bird registration by May 30, 2013 (Thursday): (Register Now* [Express - myCALA-Web login is required] )

Members: $30
Student Members: $28
Non-members: $32

Late and on-site registration: 

Members and (non-member) students: $35
Non-members: $40

Due to limited space, we cannot guarantee seats for those who register on-site. Please take advantage of the early bird registration. Thank you for your understanding.

Please contact us for any questions related to the registration.

MENU 菜單

APPETIZER 頭盤
Seafood with Golden Corn 玉米海鮮湯

ENTRÉE 主菜
  1. Butterfly Platter 彩蝶大拼盘
  2. Pottage with Corn and Fish 金粟鱼肚羹
  3. Green Fresh 碧绿三鲜
  4. Beef Stew with Huangzi Mushroom 皇子菇牛肉
  5. Ganoderma Lucidum Mushroom with Cabbage Sprouts 灵芝菇白菜苗
  6. Good Luck Fried Chicken 鸿运一品炸子鸡
  7. Lobsters with Green Onion and Ginger 葱姜双龙虾
  8. Steamed Seafood 清蒸海上鲜
  9. Yangzhou Fried Rice 扬州炒饭
  10. Happy Ever After (Fried Noodle) 幸福满满炒麵
DESSERT 甜品
Red Bean Soup 紅豆羹
 
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2012-2013 Committee Appointments

CALA officers and committee chair/co-chairs is/are required to submit a committee report at midwinter board meeting and a report at the annual board meeting.

Liaison/representatives

CALA Representatives to Joint Conference for Librarians of Color 2012
Haipeng Li, Co-Chair of JCLC 2012 Steering Committee
haipeng4cala@gmail.com

Dora Ho, member of JCLC 2012 Steering Committee
doraho@yahoo.com

Rep. to ALA Diversity Council (A Subcommittee of COD):
Hong Miao (2011-2013)
hongm@maryu.marywood.edu

CALA Liaison to Library Society of China
Michael Bailou Huang (2011-2014)
michael.b.huang@stonybrook.edu
Sally C. Tseng (2012-2014)
sctseng888@yahoo.com

Representatives to the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
Min Chou (2012-2014)
minhou.njcu@gmail.com
Sha Li Zhang (2012-2014)
slzhang511@yahoo.com

CALA Representative on the ALA Digital Working Group
Min Chou
minhou.njcu@gmail.com

CALA Board Parliamentarian

Mauuel Urizola (2010-2011)
mauuel.urizola@ucr.edu

Committees and Taskforces

CALA Happy 40th Anniversary!

Dear CALA,

We will put together a multimedia slide-show to play during the CALA Annual Program. Please take a minute and send us your wishes for CALA 40th celebration. We truly appreciate your support.

Call for Applications: 2013 Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) Scholarships

Application Deadline: April 30, 2013
Online Application URL: http://www.cala-web.org/node/303

Founded in 1973, CALA has seven regional chapters. It is affiliated with the American Library Association. In addition to holding annual and regional programs, CALA publishes its own Newsletter, Membership Directory, and the Journal of Library and Information Science in cooperation with the National Taiwan Normal University. CALA is pleased to announce the availability of the 2013 CALA Scholarships:

The CALA Scholarship of Library and Information Science

This scholarship awards $1,000 annually to a full time student at an ALA-accredited library school in North America.

The Sheila Suen Lai Scholarship

The scholarship awards $500 to a full time student at an ALA-accredited library school in North America.

These Scholarships are designed to encourage professional and leadership development in Chinese American librarianship. They are open to full-time students of Chinese heritage who are currently enrolled in an ALA-accredited master's or doctoral program of library and information science at an institution of higher education in North America. The recipient must be enrolled as a full-time student at the time the Scholarship is awarded. Applicants may apply for any or all of the scholarships listed above.

One application and reference package will be sufficient. For more information, please visit the CALA website at http://cala-web.org/node/204 to access the application guidelines, online application forms, online application reference forms, and other information.

The application deadline is 12AM Central Time April 30, 2013. The recipients of the scholarships will be announced by May 30, 2013. The awards will be presented by CALA at the CALA Awards Banquet during the 2013 CALA annual conference. 

Please contact the 2012-2013 CALA Scholarship Committee for any questions:

2012-2013 CALA Scholarship Committee:

Min Liu, Co-Chair, minliu@lilrc.org
Yongyi Song, Co-Chair, ysong@calstatela.edu
Hui-Fen Chang, huifen.chang@okstate.edu
Ai-Hua L. Chen, achen@queenslibrary.org
Elaine Dong, edong@uark.edu
Jin Xlu Guo, jguo2@washcoll.edu
GuoYing Liu, gliu@uwindsor.ca

Call for Applications - 2013 CALA Jing Liao Award for the Best Research in All Media

Dear CALA members,

The 2013 CALA "Jing Liao Award for the Best Research in All Media” is now accepting applications through April 1, 2013 for research published in 2012. 

The pursuit of excellence in research and service defined the career of Jing Liao (1954-2011), the late CALA member and a devoted and accomplished librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The CALA Jing Liao Best Research Award has been established to honor the memory of Jing Liao by awarding CALA members who achieve excellence in research in any media.

CALA members in good standing for at least three consecutive years are eligible for the competition that awards $500 annually. The deadline for this year's submission is April 1, 2013. The applications/submissions may be sent to the Chair or any of the Committee members listed below. The winner will be announced prior to the ALA annual conference in Chicago. The award will be presented and a citation read at the CALA Awards Banquet in June 2013.

Award Guidelines for 2013

1.     One award in the amount of $500 will be granted in 2013;

2.     Applicants must be CALA members in good standing for at least three consecutive years, including the year of application;

3.     Applicants must demonstrate excellence in scholarly research by publishing works in any media (e.g. print, multi-media, or e-Journals, including Open Access Journals);

4.     Applicants may submit one single work published in 2012 for consideration;

5.     Applicants must not be past recipients of the award.   

Selection Criteria

1.     Originality of the research;

2.     Quality and thoroughness of the research and its presentation;

3.     Contribution to the subject field;

4.     Significance to the library profession and to the library community.

For details, please check CALA website at http://cala-web.org/node/1297

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Karen Wei (kwei@illinois.edu), Chair, or any of the committee members.

Committee for the Jing Liao Award for the Best Research in All Media, 2012-2013
Karen Wei (kwei@illinois.edu), Chair
Heather Huibin Cai (heather.cai@mcgill.ca)
Vickie Fu Doll (vdoll@ku.edu)
Li Fu (lifuwc@gmail.com)
Wenling Liu (wliu@indiana.edu)

CALA Nominations Form for the 2013 Election

The 2012-13 Nominating Committee is calling for nominations for 2013 CALA general election for the following positions:

  • Incoming Vice President/President Elect (aka 2nd VP) 2013/2014, Vice President/President-Elect 2014/2015, President 2015/2016 (one position)
  • Executive Director 2013/2014 – 2015/2016 (one position)
  • Board of Directors 2013/2014 – 2015/2016 (five positions)

Nominations and self-nominations are all welcome. The online nomination form is available below. Or, you can send nominations directly to Min Chou, Nominating Committee Chair, via e-mail at minchou.njcu@gmail.com.

The deadline for nominations is 11:59 p.m. EST, on Sunday, December 2, 2012.

We thank you in advance for your nominations!

CALA 2012-2013 Nominating Committee:
Min Chou (Chair)
Xiaoli Li (Northern CA)
FuWaye Bender (Midwest)
Judy Xiao (Northeast)
Ding Ye (Greater Mid-Atlantic)
Li Zhang (Southeast)
Guopeng (Peggy) Zhang (Southwest)
Xiwen Zhang (Southern CA)

CALA's Participation in JCLC II

Dear CALA Members and Friends,    

I am pleased to share with you the following:

THE 2nd NATIONAL JOINT CONFERENCE OF LIBRARIANS OF COLOR

September 19-23, 2012, Crown Center, Kansas City, Missouri

Theme: Gathering at the Waters: Celebrating Stories, Embracing Communities

The Chinese American Librarians Association is one of the proud co-sponsors of the 2012 national Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC).  The other co-sponsors included the other four ethnic caucuses:  The American Indian Library Association, The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association, the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, and REFORMA: The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking.  Haipeng Li, Executive Director of CALA, and Janice Rice, the Past President of AILA, deserved high praise for their excellent leadership as Co-Chairs of the Steering Committee of the 2012 JCLC during the past six years.

Thanks to other corporate, organizational, government, institutional and individual sponsorship and participation, the Conference was a huge success.  It was attended by over 814 people in programs held at the Westin and adjacent Sheraton Hotels in Kansas City.  The attendees enjoyed the diverse presentations; the exhibits of the latest in books, audio and audio visual materials, equipment, technology, and services; the Opening Reception at the beautiful Kansas Public Library; the Opening General Session presented by Sonia Marzano, known as one of the most influential Hispanics by People en Espanol; the dancing at the All-Conference Celebration, and other fun activities. Many people gave rave reviews in their evaluations, and want to have another Joint Conference soon, as the wait between the first and second JCLC was too long – six years.

Among the programs that involved CALA’s participation are:

1.      THE CAUCUS PRESIDENTS PLENARY ALL CONFERENCE SESSION

Each of the Presidents from the five caucuses gave a lively talk on Diversity, Leadership, and Community Engagement, followed by a question and answer period.  Speakers were introduced and moderated by our ALA President Maureen Sullivan.   Janice Kowemy (AILA), Jade Alburo (APALA), Jerome Offord (BCALA), Esther Lee (CALA) and Denice Adkins (REFORMA) all spoke well. A group picture and a write-up appeared in American Libraries Direct, 9/26/12 (http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/inside-scoop/ethnic-caucus-presidents-discuss-advocacy-jclc).

After the presentation, the group, together with Haipeng Li and Janice Rice, met with the present (Maureen Sullivan), past (Molly Raphael), and future (Barbara Stripling) ALA Presidents and the ALA Executive Director (Keith Michael Fiels), to discuss on retention, expansion, and development of members, and see how caucuses could work more closely with ALA.  The exchanges of ideas were meaningful and will be continued at the Midwinter Meeting in Seattle in January, 2013.

2.      TAKING DIVERSITY ONE STEP FURTHER: SUCCESS STORIES

Introduced and moderated by Esther Lee, CALA President, five outstanding leaders from CALA each gave an excellent presentation.

Min Chou presented “Embracing Diversity, Celebrating Success: CALA Recent Achievements”.  Min is the immediate CALA Past President and a Librarian at the New Jersey City University.  Recently she came back from a CALA co-organized International Conferences held in Shanghai and the IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations) in Helsinki.  She shared CALA’s international initiatives, including CALA joining the IFLA, in the effort to expand its vision, increase its visibility in the library communities across the world, and to give its members broader networking and professional development opportunities.  She also elaborated on CALA’s success stories, showing how CALA has grown stronger in working together with the ALA and other ethnic caucus organizations in promoting diversity in the library profession.

Liana Zhou talked on Building Diverse Collections and Relationships with Donors.  Liana is a former President of CALA and the Director of the Library and Archives of the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University.  She has received the CALA Distinguished Service Award, the CALA President’s Recognition Award, the ALA Equality Award, and the JCLC Advocacy Award.

Maria Fung spoke on the Selection of World Language Materials.  Maria is a former President of the Northeast Chapter of CALA and the World language Materials Specialist, Office of Materials Selection, Brooklyn Public Library, New York.  Over 40 % of the people living in Brooklyn are immigrants.

Shali Zhang spoke on Diversity Recruitment.  Shali is a former President of CALA and she became the Dean of Libraries, University of Montana, Missoula in October 2012.  She thanked efforts and supports from ALA’s five ethnic caucuses in assisting her recruiting of diversity students into the Academic and Cultural Enrichment Program at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, funded by two IMLS grants. She was the Principal Investigator/Project Director for the federal funded Program.  Shali was the recipient of the CALA Distinguished Service Award and the CALA President’s Recognition Award.  At this Conference, she received the JCLC Distinguished Service Award.

Haipeng Li talked on Library Collaboration and Global Outreach.  Haipeng is a former President of CALA, the Executive Director of CALA, and the University Librarian of the Hong Kong Baptist University. He has received the CALA Distinguished Service Award, the CALA President’s Recognition Award, and the ALA President’s International Innovative Project Award.

3.COVERAGE FOR THE CALA BOOTH 

The CALA Booth, located near the exhibition and registration area, was manned by at least two CALA librarians continuously for nearly three days.  The long table, in front of the large CALA sign with its logo, was displayed with CALA brochures, colorful flyers, Newsletters, the CALA publication “Bridging Cultures”, a laptop computer showing continuously the 40/40 poster result:  A Prelude to CALA’s 40th Anniversary in 2013, and candies for giving away.  The helpful CALA volunteers who provided coverage included:  Emily Chan, Min Chou, Sai Deng, Zhou Fu, Maria Fung, Su Hui Ho, Shuqin Jiao, Esther Lee, Kristen Mulvihill, Shali Zhang, and Jian-Zhong Zhou.  Some attendees stopped by to exchange pleasantries or look at the displayed materials.  Others stayed briefly to have pictures taken or questions answered.  A few wanted to join our Association.  What a fun way that was for CALA to win friends and visibility.

4. AUTHOR LUNCHEON

At the author luncheon, a photo of some CALA members was taken with the bestselling Chinese author Da Chen, a graduate from the prestigious Columbia University Law School.  Chen gave a moving account of his growing up in China.  He also played a bamboo flute solo, in memory of his late father who first presented him with the instrument.  His books were later distributed free from the Random House exhibit floor.  Long lines of people waited for his signing of the good books.

At the presentation of the JCLC Awards, three CALA members were among the winners.  Liana Zhou won the Advocacy Award, Icy Smith the Author Award, and Shali Zhang the Distinguished Service Award.  Bravo to all recipients of the Awards, three from each caucus.

Please click on the links below for pictures taken at the Conference:

On CALA Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/CALA-Chinese-American-Librarians-Association/281336511932864#!/pages/CALA-Chinese-American-Librarians-Association/281336511932864

On Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/m40939869@N07/sets/72157631619254535/

Esther Lee, CALA President

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