CALA - Chinese American Librarians Association 華人圖書館員協會

2012 Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) Scholarships

Application Deadline: Extended to April 27, 2012 

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 2012 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/203, choose and click the name of the scholarship to access the application guidelines, online application forms, online application reference forms, and other information. The application is completely online. Please submit all the documents online at http://www.cala-web.org/node/303  

The application deadline is 12AM Central Time April 27, 2012. The recipients of the scholarships will be announced by May 31, 2012. The awards will be presented by CALA at the CALA Awards Banquet during the 2012 CALA annual conference.  

Please contact the 2011-2012 CALA Scholarship Committee for any questions:
2011-2012 CALA Scholarship Committee:

Jian Anna Xiong (Co-Chair) axiong@lib.siu.edu
Vincci Kwong (Co-Chair) vkwong@iusb.edu
Chris Kyauk chriskyauk@gmail.com
Li Sun lisun@rci.rutgers.edu
Chihfeng Lin chihfeng@cc.shu.edu.tw
Sharon Yang yangs@rider.edu
Qunying Li qunying-li@northwestern.edu

Dear CALA Members and Friends:

Happy Chinese New Year – as we traditionally celebrate it for fifteen days till the Lantern Festival!  I am happy to share with you some Mid-winter photos.

• JCLC Fundraising 2012 during the ALA Midwinter in Dallas: http://www.flickr.com/photos/40939869@N07/sets/72157629039980235/ The JCLC Fundraising during the ALA has always been a fun and productive event. This year, people gathered to raise fund as well as to build momentum for the conference.  It was an honor for me to give greetings on behalf of CALA at the reception. CALA contributed a raffle basket - thanks to the CALA Southwest Chapter President Peggy (Guopeng) Zhang and Immediate Past President Irene Ke for their support, and to Irene for putting together a beautiful basket for CALA with a theme “DiverseTea”. CALA's representatives Haipeng Li and Dora Ho take a leadership role in the steering committee, and Haipeng Li is the co-chair of the steering committee.
• 2012 ALA Emerging Leaders Program - CALA's Project 40/40 Team: http://www.flickr.com/photos/40939869@N07/sets/72157629040302655/ CALA's project "A Prelude to Celebration: Project 40/40" has been selected by the 2012 Emerging Leaders Program owing to the enthusiastic participation of the group of very bright and aspiring young emerging leaders – Yuan Li, Laura Morlock, Candice Mack, and Chris Kyauk.  CALA Publications Committee will collaborate with the team in the project.  Min Chou and Dajin Sun met with the team during the Emerging Leader training session at Midwinter as member guide. Miguel Figueroa, Director of Office for Diversity, is the ALA staff liaison for this project.  Stay tuned for more news about the CALA’s 40/40 project.
• CALA Board Meeting and Networking during the ALA Midwinter in Dallas: http://www.flickr.com/photos/40939869@N07/sets/72157629040830335/  It was a very productive meeting as a lot of CALA business has been taken care of.

I would also like to share with you the following activities at the Midwinter as well:

• ALA Executive Board Liaison Michael Porter came to CALA Board Meeting to give ALA updates to us.  Mr. Porter was a speaker at CALA’s 2011 Program in New Orleans, and is on the 2011-12 CALA Presidential Initiative Advisory Board.  We are very happy to welcome Mr. Porter to work with CALA in another capacity.
• ALA presidential candidates Gina Millsap and Barbara Stripling came to meet the CALA Board to share their passion and vision to lead the ALA.  Both of them wish to join CALA to have more opportunities for collaboration with CALA.
• CALA President Min Chou and Executive Director Haipeng Li attended ALA affiliates’ meeting, shared many CALA initiatives and activities with leaders of those organizations. We took the opportunity to thank Carla Funk, Executive Director of MLA for the strong support of the MLA towards CALA’s relief efforts to Sichuan earthquake several years ago.
• CALA has become a new member of IFLA, and part of the North American Library Associations of IFLA group. CALA President and Executive Director met Ingrid Parent, IFLA President Ingrid; Michael Dowling, Director of ALA International Relations Office; and officers from North American Library Associations during the Midwinter in Dallas. It was a very exciting and learning experience for us. There are eight national association members of IFLA from the U.S.: ALA, Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), ARL, Chief Officer of State Library Agencies, MLA, SLA, Urban Libraries Council, and Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA).  CALA is the first ethnic library association in the U.S. that joined IFLA.
• CALA executive officers, chapter presidents, and chairs of committees and task forces, have all submitted interim reports for the Midwinter meeting.  I would like to take this opportunity to thank them all for their diligent work and dedication to CALA.

Best regards,

Min Chou, CALA President

2^nd Call for Presenters
International Conference on Leadership and Innovative Management in Academic Libraries in the Age of New Technology
Tongji University, Shanghai, China
April 25-27, 2012
http://www.ic2012.lib.tongji.edu.cn/index2.html

Academic libraries are in an era of new technologies with both challenges and opportunities posed by technological transformation. Libraries need to engage in extensive exchange and dialog on leadership vision, management and service innovation to enhance librarians’ mutual understanding in these areas and to inspire new thinking and approaches to challenges. The International Conference on Leadership and Innovative Management in Academic Libraries in the Age of New Technology is jointly organized by Tongji University and the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA). The meeting will be held in Tongji University, Shanghai, China, from April 25-27, 2012. Colleagues from around the world are invited to submit a PowerPoint file for consideration as a presenter. CALA members are preferred.

Suggested topics for this conference include, but are not limited to, the following:
·        Modern approaches to effective leadership
·        Library management and developmental planning
·        Librarian career design
·        Building and sharing library resources in a new technology era
·        Practice and reflection for subject librarian services
·        Transforming and innovating user service models
·        Library technology rejuvenation and developmental prospects

Submissions:
1.        The deadline for submitting a detailed PowerPoint file (less than 10 MB) is extended to January 31, 2012.
2.        The PPT file should be in English.  
3.        The submission should contain original research results, viewpoints, or practice summaries.
4.        The PPT file should have title, abstract, and presenter’s name(s).
5.        The author(s) should indicate his/her personal full contact details including: name, professional affiliation, address, telephone and fax numbers, and email address.
6.        30 minutes will be allowed for a summary content delivery in the conference.
7.        All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the program committee. An official invitation will then be issued to presenters/authors as soon as the review process is finished.
8.        The selected presenters will automatically receive the CALA Presidential Initiative Mini-Grant in the amount of $250 as far as the presenter is a CALA member by the end of January 2012.  To join CALA membership, please visit http://cala-web.org/membership.
9.        The selected presenter’s accommodations, meals, conference registration fee, and local transportation will be covered by the organizer.
10.        Submissions from mainland China and Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan regions should be sent to: xjzeng@lib.tongji.edu.cn. Any inquires should be addressed to Zeng Xiaojuan (曾小娟) at (86-21) 65983835.
11.        Submissions from outside China should be sent to: michael.b.huang@stonybrook.edu. Please contact Dr. Michael Bailou Huang (黄柏楼) for any questions at (001) 631-444-3794.

Tongji University Libraries
Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA)

January 3, 2012

Kind regards,
Michael

Michael Bailou Huang, DA (RI), LAc, MLS, MS, MEd
Associate Librarian, Health Sciences Library
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8034
Phone: 631-444-3794; Fax: 631-444-6649; Cell: 631-786-7023
michael.b.huang@stonybrook.edu

Chair, International Relations Committee, Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA)
CALA Liaison to the Library Society of China

Report on Symposium on Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee's Thoughts on  Librarianship

李华伟博士图书馆学术思想研讨会

Dear CALA Members:

I am writing to report on the Symposium on Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee's Thoughts on Librarianship, 李华伟博士图书馆学术思想研讨会, held on November 17, 2011 at the Shenzhen Library in Shenzhen, China, co-sponsored by the Zhenzhen Library, Zhongshan University Library, Guangdong Public Library and the Chinese American Librarians Association.  The Symposium was a great success. Over 70 people from mainland China, Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the United States including Dr. Lee's friends and families, participated in the Symposium. CALA was well represented by 11 CALA members who attended the event. The conference organizers were gracious enough to have provided most of us the opportunity to speak.

CALA also presented Dr. Lee with a plaque of distinction to celebrate his accomplishments.  It was certainly a moment of joy and celebration for all, particularly for Dr. Lee.

There was much excitement at the Symposium. As we all know, Dr. Lee has become a legendary figure in the library profession, particularly among Chinese and Chinese American librarians. The symposium served as an excellent platform where his accomplishments, including his contribution to the library scholarship, his leadership in the profession, his love for the field and his care for all who met him, were all captured in this one day event. This event also served as a platform where all of us who followed him along have been fortunately given the direction for the future development for ourselves and for our profession. All present felt blessed by knowing him as a mentor,friend, colleague, and more importantly a leader.

Several CALA members submitted papers but were not able to attend the Symposium, and their papers were either presented by designated CALA members or included in the special publication for the program.  Dr. Lee expressed his appreciation to all.

The one day program ended with much admiration and best wishes for Dr. Lee, celebrating his 80th birthday at the same time. These moments will be long remembered through the wonderful photos taken by those who attended the event. Please see photos through the following links (we are still collecting photos from participants and will have them uploaded to a central site so that they are together for easy viewing):

• From sina.com blog: http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4978019f0102dtqi.html
• From WayeFu Bender: https://picasaweb.google.com/107419399308523674154/DrHwaWeiLeeConference#
• From Haipeng Li: https://picasaweb.google.com/101566390295358795846/DrLee?locked=true&feat=email#
• From Clement Lau: https://picasaweb.google.com/104715679101419440880/DrLeeHwaWeiSymposium2011ShenZhen?authkey=Gv1sRgCNCSo-W-3vbjIQ#
• From Hong Xu: https://picasaweb.google.com/109140322303464634841/DrLeeSCelebrationConference?locked=true&feat=email#
• Symposium on Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee's Thoughts on Librarianship [ View video ]

Congratulations again and best wishes to Dr. Lee!

Haipeng Li
University Librarian
Hong Kong Baptist University
Kowloon, Hong Kong

Executive Director, Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA)
Co-Chair, JCLC2012 Steering Committee
Chair, ALA IRC East Asia & Pacific Committee