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Diversity and Global Reach in a Digital Age: A Renewed Vision and Re-energized Commitment
The 2011-12 CALA Presidential Initiatives are derived from CALA's mission and are aimed at achieving CALA’s vision and strategic goals to make the organization 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. There are three key words/phrases in the theme of this year's CALA Presidential Initiatives: Diversity, International Collaboration, and Technology Integration. Many theme related projects have been carried out by many CALA officers and members. CALA's activities and initiatives in diversity and international collaboration and outreach are also in line with the ALA strategic goals under the leadership of President Molly Raphael.

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 for 2011-12 CALA Presidential Initiatives:

CALA Awards Banquet - Sunday, June 24, 2012 6:30-10:00PM
The 2012 CALA Awards Banquet held at King Harbor Seafood Restaurant was a huge success!  Attended by about 150 library leaders and dignitaries, award honorees, friends and colleagues, this gala event celebrated the excellence in librarianship and the success in promoting diversity and international collaboration.  Click here read more information about the Banquet (http://cala-web.org/node/1534#Banquet).  Please view some photos at Flickr.

CALA would like to thank the generous support from the following Banquet Sponsors:

2012 CALA Awards Banquet Sponsors:

Projects and Activities:
International Theme:

Diversity Theme:

  • Food, Fun and Fundraising for Diversity
    1. About: (click to read more)
    2.  CALA’s Food Fun Fundraising for Diversity initiative has raised $1,289 for the ALA Spectrum Scholarship Program.  CALA received a letter of acknowledgement and appreciation from ALA Executive Director Keith Michael Fiels.
    3. “Thank You” to the following donors for their generous support. We have raised more than $1000.00 (as of 4/30/2012):
      1. 1. CALA Southern California Chapter
      2. 2. CALA Northeast Chapter Holiday Party Group (click to see photos): Judy Xiao, Lina Ding, Xueming Bao, Hung-Yun Chang, Charlene Chou, Tian Zhang, Michael Huang, Yongming Wang, Li Sun, Paul Chao, Xiaoli Fang, Bonnie Fong, Minglu Wang, Min Chou, Frank Xu, Elizabeth Hsu, Loida Garcia-Febo, Mario Gonzalez, Esther Lee, and Carol Gee.
      3. 3. CALA Southeast Chapter
      4. 4. CALA Northern California Chapter
      5. 5. CALA Greater Mid-Atlantic Chapter
      6. 6. CALA Midwest Chapter
      7. 7. Individual Donors: Lina Ding, Min Chou, Songqian Lu, Sha Li Zhang, Li Zhang, Lian Ruan, Weiling Liu, Marian Chou, Maria Fung, Haipeng Li, Mengxiong Liu, Hwa-Wei Lee.
  • CALA Emerging Leader Project to Promote Diverse Leadership
    1. CALA Sponsors Li and Kyauk as 2012 Emerging Leaders - ALA News
    2. Each year, CALA submits a project proposal to the ALA Emerging Leaders Program for consideration. This year, the CALA proposal “A Prelude to Celebration: Project 40/40” (hereinafter referred to as Project 40/40) has been successfully selected as one to be worked on by this great team of the 2012 Class of Emerging Leader: Christopher Kyauk, Yuan Li, Candice Mack, and Laura Morlock. Please meet them in the photos. Project 40/40 will use interviews with both seasoned and emerging library leaders in CALA membership to generate 40 short quotes to celebrate CALA’s 40th anniversary. It aims to promote diversity in leadership and to provide role models to inspire new library professionals.
    3. The Team has successfully presented the project (clike to view photos) at the 2012 ALA in Anaheim, CA.

Technology Theme:

  • A Breakthrough: First CALA Board Virtual Meeting Via Webinar
    1. Last fall, the Presidential Initiative Task Force had a “test drive” on using webinar to conduct online meetings, and the feedback was very positive. The webinar meeting will enable us to conduct a meeting more like an in-person one and get things done in a very effective manner. On February 24, 2012, CALA Board held its first webinar meeting and had much business taken care of within one hour. Thanks go to board members who embraced the "brave new world" to make the first Board webinar meeting a success! Special thanks go to Bin Zhang for his expertise and technical support to make it possible!

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