2018-2019 Committees
CALA Committees, Task Forces, and Representatives (2018-2019)
(Appointed by President Ying Zhang, 2018-19)
Part I – Committees
1. Assessment and Evaluation Committee
- Anna Xiong (axiong@lib.siu.edu) (Co-Chair)
- Yan He (yh4@iuk.edu) (Co-Chair)
- Wenli Gao (wgao5@uh.edu)
- Jie Huang (lilyh@psu.edu)
- Xiaocan Wang (wang-x@mssu.edu)
- Lijun Xue (lxue@madonna.edu)
- Daisy Nip (Daisy_nip@yahoo.com)
2. Awards Committee
Oversees and advises all the subcommittees
- Leping He (Leping.He@asu.edu) (Co-Chair)
- Wenli Gao (wgao5@uh.edu) (Co-Chair)
Subcommittees:
- CALA Annual Best Book Award Subcommittee
- Hilda LoGuan (HLOHGUAN@santa-clarita.com) (Co-Chair)
- Li Sun (lisun@rutgers.edu) (Co-Chair)
- Daniel Xiao (danxiao@library.tamu.edu)
- Hong Li (Li-H@mssu.edu)
- Esther De Leon (esther.de-leon@ttu.edu)
- ALA (CALA) Emerging Leadership Program Award
- Handled by the Executive Committee
- Best Research Awards
Jing Liao Award for the Best Research; Sheila Suen Lai Research Grant Award
- Sai Deng (saideng@gmail.com) (Co-Chair)
- Yiping Wang (yiping4cala@gmail.com) (Co-Chair)
- Daniel Xiao (danxiao@library.tamu.edu)
- Jia He (jiahe@southalabama.edu)
- Jingshan Xiao (xiao@uhcl.edu)
- Best Service Awards Subcommittee
CALA Distinguished Service Award; Outstanding Library Leadership Award in Memory of Dr. Margaret Chang Fung*
- Leping He (leping.he@asu.edu) (Co-Chair)
- Hanrong Wang (hwang@jsu.edu) (Co-Chair)
- Daniel Xiao (danxiao@library.tamu.edu)
- Wei Peng (pengweilac@gmail.com)
- Li Sun (lisun@rutgers.edu)
- CALA President’s Recognition Award
- Handled by the Executive Committee
- CALA Conference Travel Grant
Conference Travel Grant; Chapter President Conference Travel Grant; IFLA Grant
- Yongyi Song (ysong2@exchange.calstatela.edu) (Co-Chair)
- Wenli Gao (wgao5@uh.edu) (Co-Chair)
- Leping He (leping.he@asu.edu)
- Maggie Wang (wang_maggie@hotmail.com)
- Wen Nie Ng (wenng@vt.edu)
- Scholarship Subcommittees
Sheila Suen Lai Scholarship of Library & Information Science; CALA Scholarship of Library & Information Science; Huang Tso-ping and Wu Yao-yu Scholarship Memorial Fund; Lisa Zhao Scholarship Fund Current Students; Lisa Zhao Scholarship Fund New Librarians
- Yue Li (yli3@fsu.edu) (Co-Chair)
- Daniel Xiao (danxiao@library.tamu.edu) (Co-Chair)
- Jia He (jiahe@southalabama.edu)
- Hanrong Wang (Hwang@jsu.edu)
- Zao Liu (zliu@email.tamu.edu)
3. Conference Program Committee
- Fu Zhuo (zhuof@umkc.edu) (Chair)
- Vincci Kwong (vkwong@iusb.edu)
- Toan Lam-Sullivan (Co-chair) (toanl@multcolib.org)
- Wenli Gao (wgao5@uh.edu)
- Hilda LohGuan (HLOHGUAN@santa-clarita.com)
- Jeannie Chen (jingpiano@ucla.edu)
Local Arrangement Committee
- Yunshan Ye (yye@jhu.edu) (Co-Chair)
- Andrew Lee (yli7@gmu.edu) (Co-Chair)
4. Constitution and Bylaws Committee
- Hong Yao (Hong.Yao@queenslibrary.org ) (Chair)
- Jie Huang (juh44@psu.edu)
- Liya Deng (ldeng@ewu.edu)
Handbook SubCommittee
- Liya Deng (ldeng@ewu.edu) (Chair)
- Qinghua Xu (xqhiris@gmail.com)
- Xiaoyu Duan (zhizhe13@gmail.com)
5. Election Committee
- Weiling Liu weiling4cala@gmail.com (Chair)
- Web & Membership:
- Minhao Jiang (minhao.jiang4cmte@gmail.com)
- Meng Qu (qum@miamioh.edu)
- Jingjing Wu (jingjing.wu@ttu.edu)
- Min Tong (min.tong@ucf.edu)
- Online and Print Ballot:
- Yan He (yh4@iuk.edu)
- Hong Li (goes by "Li") (Li-H@mssu.edu)
- Shuyi Liu (shuyil2@illinois.edu)
- Runxiao Zhu (rzhu@oberlin.edu)
6. International Relations Committee
- Michael Huang (michael.b.huang@stonybrook.edu) (Co-Chair)
- Yue Li (yli3@fsu.edu) (Co-Chair)
- Wenli Gao (wgao5@uh.edu)
- Katherina Lee (lee_katherina@yahoo.com)
- Wei Peng (pengweilac@gmail.com)
7. Membership Committee
- Min Tong (min.tong@ucf.edu) (Co-Chair)
- Lei Jin (leijin@ryerson.ca) (Co-Chair)
- Wei Peng (pengweilac@gmail.com)
- Jingjing Wu (jingjing.wu@ttu.edu) (Advisor)
- Suzhen Chen (suzhen@hawaii.edu)
- Lian Ruan (lruan@illinois.edu) (Ex-Officio)
8. Mentorship Program Committee
- Qinghua Xu (xqhiris@gmail.com) Chair
- Jingshan Xiao (xiao@uhcl.edu)
- Susen Shi(susenshi@nypl.org)
9. Nomination Committee
- CALA Immediate Past President: Le Yang yanglegd@gmail.com (Committee Chair)
- NCA: Terry Barbara Carlson, terry.carlson@sfpl.org
- SCA: Icy Smith, icy@eastwestdiscovery.com
- GMA: Yan He, hey@gwu.edu
- MW: Yan He, yh4@iuk.edu
- NE: Clara Tran, yuet.tran@stonybrook.edu
- SE: Yue Li, yli3@fsu.edu
- SW: Wenli Gao, wgao5@uh.edu
10. Public Relations/Fundraising Committee
- Yuan Li (yl7@princeton.edu) (Co-Chair)
- Le Yang (yanglegd@gmail.com) (Co-Chair)
- Jia Mi (jmi@tcnj.edu)
- Lei Jin (leijin@ryerson.ca)
- Ray Pun (raypun101@gmail.com)
11. Publications Committee
- Guoying Liu (gliu@uwindsor.ca) (Chair)
- Mingyan Li (mli5@uic.edu)
- Weiling Liu (weiling4cala@gmail.com)
- Ray Pun (raypun101@gmail.com)
- Sai Deng (saideng@gmail.com)
Subcommittees:
- International Journal of Librarianship (IJOL)
- Guoying Liu (gliu@uwindsor.ca) (IJOL Editor-in-Chief)
- Editor Team: http://ojs.calaijol.org/index.php/ijol/about/editorialTeam
- CALASYS
- Mingyan Li (mli5@uic.edu) (Co-Chair)
- Weiling Liu (weiling4cala@gmail.com) (Co-Chair)
- Sai Deng (saideng@gmail.com)
- Suzhen Chen (suzhen@hawaii.edu)
- Minhao Jiang (minhao.jiang4cmte@gmail.com)
- Newsletter
- Ray Pun (raypun101@gmail.com) (Newsletter Co-Editor)
- Yingqi Tang (tang@jsu.edu)
- Xiaoyu Duan (zhizhe13@gmail.com) (layout)
- Xiying Mi (mixiying@gmail.com)
- Social Media
- Sai Deng (saideng@gmail.com) (Chair)
- Jeannie Chen (jingpiano@ucla.edu)
- Esther De-Leon (esther.de-leon@ttu.edu)
12. Web Committee
- Minhao Jiang (minhao.jiang4cmte@gmail.com) (Co-Chair & CALA Webmaster)
- Tiewei Liu (tieweil@csufresno.edu) (Co-Chair & Web Ads)
- Jingjing Wu (jingjing.wu@ttu.edu) (Co-Chair & CALA Database Admin)
- Meng Qu (qum@miamioh.edu)
- Weiling Liu (weiling4cala@gmail.com) (Advisor)
- Suzhen Chen (suzhen@hawaii.edu)
Part II – Representatives
Rep to JCLC
- Qi Chen (qchen@ccsj.edu) (2016-2019)
- Lian Ruan (lruan@illinois.edu) (2016-2019)
Rep to ODLOS
- Fu Zhuo (zhuof@umkc.edu) (2019-2021)
- Lian Ruan (lruan@illinois.edu) (2016-2019)
Rep to IFLA
- Lian Ruan (lruan@illinois.edu) (2018-2019)
- Shali Zhang (shali.zhang@mso.umt.edu) (2016-2019)
Rep to LSC
- Lian Ruan (lruan@illinois.edu) (2018-2020)
- Michael Huang (michael.b.huang@stonybrook.edu) (2016 -2019)
Rep to ALA Advocacy Coordinating
- Yiping Wang (yiping4cala@gmail.com) (2016-2019)
Rep to Beijing Academic Library & Information System (BALIS)
- Qi Chen (qchen@ccsj.edu) (2018-2019)
Rep to Organizing Committee of the China-U.S. Library Conference
- Ying Zhang (Ying.Zhang@ucf.edu) (2018-2019)
*Named awards are only granted if there are sufficient funds