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

About:

• Announcement of CALA 2011-2012 Presidential Initiatives
• CALA Launches 2011-2012 Theme “Embracing the Changes” – ALA News

Projects and Activities:
International Theme:

• CALA Joined IFLA
• CALA Co-sponsors “The International Conference on Leadership and Innovative Management in Academic Libraries in the Age of New Technology” with Tongji University

Diversity Theme:

• Food, Fun and Fundraising for Diversity
• CALA Emerging Leader Project to Promote Diverse Leadership

Technology Theme:

Advisory Board:

• Betty Turock, Former ALA President, Professor and Dean Emeritus, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University 
• Michael Dowling,  Director of the Chapter Relations and International Relations Offices, ALA
• Miguel Figueroa, Director of Offices for Diversity and OLOS, ALA 
• Clara Chu, Chair and Professor, Department of Library and Information Studies, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• Michael Porter, President & CEO of Library Renewal, LJ Mover and Shaker 2009, elected ALA councilor and member of the Executive Board

Corporate Sponsors:

• SAGE Publications
• Wisers Information Limited
• Emerald Inc.

Task Force:

• Liana Zhou (Chair) zhoul@indiana.edu
• Sai Deng saideng@gmail.com
• Maria Fung m.fung@brooklynpubliclibrary.org
• Nancy Hershoff sunn@fiu.edu
• Haipeng Li haipeng4cala@gmail.com
• Mengxiong Liu mengxiong.liu@sjsu.edu
• Shuhua Liu shuhualiu2000@yahoo.com
• Winyuan Shihwinyuans@usc.edu
• Hanrong Wang hwang@jsu.edu
• Bin Zhang bzhang@cscu.edu
• Sha Li Zhang SLZHANG@uncg.edu
• Luo Zhou luo.zhou@duke.edu

Photo Albums:

• CALA 2011 Annual Program "Embracing the Changes: Diversity and Global Vision in a Digital Age"
• CALA NE Holiday Party Raised Fund for Diversity
• CALA Welcomes Chinese Delegation to the Global Conference on Children's Librarianship
• CALA Award Winning Poster at the ALA Diversity Fair 2011
• ALA Presidential Inauguration 2011 and IRRT Reception
• JCLC Fund Raising Reception 2011