CALA Committees, Task Forces, and Representatives (2019-2020)

(Appointed by President Fu Zhuo, 2019-2020. November 3, 2019)

Part I – Committees

1. Assessment and Evaluation Committee

• Xiaoyin Zhang, ziaoyin.zhang@unlv.edu (Chair)
• Jia Mi, jmi@tcnj.edu (Member)
• Hui-Fen Chang, huifen.chang@okstate.edu (Member)

2. Awards Committee

Subcommittees:

• CALA Annual Best Book Award Subcommittee
  • Jie Huang, juh44@psu.edu Co-chair))
  • Xiaocan Wang, x4wang@bridgew.edu  (Co-chair)
  • Jen Woo, Jennifer.woo@sfpl.org (Member)
  • Li Sun, lisun@rutgers.edu  (Member)
  • Tiewei (Lucy) Liu, twliu@utexas.edu (Member)
• Best Research Awards

  Jing Liao Award for the Best Research; Sheila Suen Lai Research Grant Award

  • Li Sun lisun@rutgers.edu (Chair)
  • Feng-Ru Sheu, fsheu@kent.edu (Chair)
  • Zao Liu, zliu@email.tamu.edu (Member)
  • Hui-Fen Chang, huifen.chang@okstate.edu (Member)
  • Wei Peng, pengweilac@gmail.com (Member)
• 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)
  • Wei Peng,  pengweilac@gmail.com  Co-Chair
  • Crystal Chen, crystalchen@nypl.org  (Member)
  • Qinghua Xu, qinghua.xu@nyu.edu  (member)
  • Yan He, yh4@iuk.edu  (Member)
• CALA Conference Travel Grant

  Conference Travel Grant; Chapter President Conference Travel Grant; IFLA Grant

  • Yan He, yh4@iuk.edu (Chair)
  • Ya Wang, wangy@sfsu.edu (Chair)
  • Feng-Ru Sheu, fsheu@kent.edu (Member)
• 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

  • Jen Woo, Jennifer.woo@sfpl.org  (Chair)
  • Melody Leung, lmelody3@gmail.com (Member)
  • Jianying Shou, jianying.shou@duke.edu (Member)

3. Conference Program Committee

• Hong Yao, hong.yao@queenslibrary.org Chair
• Vincci Kwong, vkwong@iusb.edu  (Co-Chair)
• Toan Lam-Sullivan, toanl@multcolib.org (Co-Chair)
• Yuan Li, yl7@princeton.edu (Member)
• Jeannie Chen, jingpiano@ucla.edu  (Member)
• Liping Song, liping.song@northwestern.edu (Member)
• Mingyan Li, mli5@uic.edu (Member)

Local Arrangement Committee

• Liping Song, liping.song@northwestern.edu (Co-Chair)
• Mingyan Li, mli5@uic.edu (Co-Chair)
• Qi Chen, qchen@ccsj.edu  (Member)
• Yijun Gao, ygao@dom.edu (Member)
• Fu Zhuo, zhuof@umkc.edu (member)

4. Constitution and Bylaws Committee

• Liya Deng, ldeng@ewu.edu (Chair)
• Zao Liu, zliu@email.tamu.edu (Member)
• Ya Wang, wangy@sfsu.edu (Member)

Handbook SubCommittee

• Liya Deng, ldeng@ewu.edu (Chair)
• Zao Liu, zliu@email.tamu.edu (Member)
• Ya Wang, wangy@sfsu.edu (Member)

5. Election Committee

• Lian Ruan, lruan@illinois.edu (Chair)
• Web & Membership:
  • Meng Qu, qum@miamioh.edu (Member)
  • Jingshan Xiao, Xiao@uhcl.edu (Member)
  • Jingjing Wu, jingjing.wu@ttu.edu (Member)
  • Min Tong, min.tong@ucf.edu (Member)
• Online and Print Ballot:
  • Xiaoyu Duan, zhizhe13@gmail.com (Member)
  • Hong Li, Li-H@mssu.edu (Member)
  • Shuyi Liu, shuyil2@illinois.edu (Member)
  • Runxiao Zhu, rzhu@oberlin.edu (Member)

6. International Relations Committee

• Michael Huang, michael.b.huang@stonybrook.edu  (Co-Chair)
• Jiaxun Wu, jiaxun@uchicago.edu (Co-Chair)
• Wen Nie Ng, wenng@vt.edu (Member)
• Xiaocan Wang, wanglucy91@gmail.com (Member)
• Qinghua Xu, Qinghua.xu@nyu.edu (Member)
• Qi Chen, qchen@ccsj.edu (Member)
• Liya Deng, ldeng@ewu.edu (Member)

7. Membership Committee

• Wenli Gao, wgao5@central.uh.edu (Co-Chair)
• Ya Wang, wangy@sfsu.edu (Co-Chair)
• Jingjing Wu, jingjing.wu@ttu.edu (Member)
• Suzhen Chen, suzhen@hawaii.edu (Member)
• Lian Ruan, lruan@illinois.edu  (Member)

8. Mentorship Program Committee

• Qi Chen, qchen@ccsj.edu (Chair)
• Vincci Kwong, vkwong@iusb.edu (Member)
• Meng Qu, qum@miamioh.edu (Member)

9. New Strategic Plan Preparing Committee

• Lian Ruan (lruan@illinois.edu) Co-chair
• Wenli Gao (wgao5@uh.edu) Co-chair
• Hong Yao (Hong.Yao@queenslibrary.org)
• Qi Chen (qchen@ccsj.edu)
• Ping Fu (Ping.Fu@cwu.edu)
• Jianye He (jhe@library.berkeley.edu)
• Leping He (Leping.He@asu.edu)
• Michael Huang (michael.b.huang@stonybrook.edu)
• Katherina Lee (katherinalee@ntu.edu.sg)
• Yuan Li (yl7@princeton.edu)
• Grace Liu (gliu@uwindsor.ca)
• Weiling Liu (weiling4cala@gmail.com)
• Lucy Wang (X4WANG@bridgew.edu)
• Wen Nie Ng (wenng@vt.edu)
• Ray Pun (raypun101@gmail.com)
• Min Tong (Min.Tong@ucf.edu)

10. Nomination Committee

• CALA President 18/19: Ying Zhang (Chair), yzhang@ucf.edu
• NCA: Ray Pun raypun101@gmail.com
• SCA: Jie Tian, jtian@fullerton.edu
• GMA: Yunshan Ye yye@jhu.edu
• MW: Mingyan Li,  mli5@uic.edu
• NE: Hong Yao, Hong.Yao@queenslibrary.org
• SE: Peng Mu, pmu@samford.edu
• SW: Xiping Liu, xliu54@Central.UH.EDU
• Canada: Grace Liu gliu@uwindsor.ca

11. Public Relations/Fundraising Committee

• Katherina Lee lee_katherina@yahoo.com (Co-Chair)
• Weiling Liu, weiling4cala@gmail.com (Co-Chair)
• Ray Pun, (raypun101@gmail.com), (Member)
• Sai Deng, saideng@gmail.com (Member)
• Crystal Chen, crystalchen@nypl.org (Member)

12. Publications Committee

• Guoying Liu, gliu@uwindsor.ca  (Co-chair and editor-in-chief)
• Lei Jin, leijin@ryerson.ca  (Co-Chair) 
• Mingyan Li, mli5@uic.edu  (Member)
• Sai Deng, saideng@gmail.com (Member)
• Meng Qu, qum@miamioh.edu (Member)

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
  • Sai Deng, saideng@gmail.com (Co-chair)
  • Weiling Liu, weiling4cala@gmail.com (Co-Chair)
  • Mingyan Li, mli5@uic.edu (Member)
  • Suzhen Chen, suzhen@hawaii.edu (Member)
  • Meng Qu, qum@miamioh.edu (Member)
• Newsletter
  • Ray Pun, raypun101@gmail.com  (Newsletter Co-Editor)
  • Yingqi Tang, tang@jsu.edu (Co-Editor)
  • Xiying Mi, mixiying@gmail.com (Member)
  • Esther De-Leon, esther.de-leon@ttu.edu (Member)
• Social Media
  • Sai Deng, saideng@gmail.com (Chair)
  • Esther De-Leon esther.de-leon@ttu.edu (Member)
  • Wen Nie Ng, wenng@vt.edu (member)

13. Web Committee

• Minhao Jiang, minhao.jiang4cmte@gmail.com (Chair & CALA Webmaster)
• Jingshan Xiao, xiao@uhcl.edu (Assistant Chair)
• Weiling Liu, weiling4cala@gmail.com (Advisor)
• Jingjing Wu, jingjing.wu@ttu.edu (Member)
• Suzhen Chen, suzhen@hawaii.edu (Member)
• Meng Qu, qum@miamioh.edu (Member) 

Part II. Task Forces

Patty Wong Election Coordination Task Force

1. ShuHua Liu, shuhua2007@gmail.com  (Chair)
2. Shuqin Jiao,  jiaoshuqin@gmail.com  (Member)
3. Jingshan Xiao, xiao@uhcl.edu  (Member)

Part II – Representatives

Rep to Joint Council of Librarians of Color (JCLC)

• Fu Zhuo, zhuof@umkc.edu (2019-2022)
• Wenli Gao, wgao5@central.uh.edu  (2019-2022)

Rep to ALA Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services (ODLOS)

• Hong Yao, hong.yao@queenslibrary.org (2019-2020)
• Lian Ruan, lruan@illinois.edu  (2016-2020)

Rep to International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

• Lian Ruan, lruan@illinois.edu  (2018-2020)
• Shali Zhang, shali.zhang@mso.umt.edu  (2018-2021)

Rep to Library Society of China (LSC)

• Lian Ruan (lruan@illinois.edu) (2018-2020)
• Michael Huang (michael.b.huang@stonybrook.edu) (2016 -2020)

Rep to ALA Advocacy Coordinating

• Yiping Wang (yiping4cala@gmail.com) (2016-2020)

Rep to Beijing Academic Library & Information System (BALIS) 

• Qi Chen (qchen@ccsj.edu) (2018-2020)

Rep to Organizing Committee of the China-U.S. Library Conference 

• Ying Zhang (Ying.Zhang@ucf.edu) (2018-2020)