CALA Newsletter CALA NEWSLETTER ISSN 0736-8887 Chinese American Librarians
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NO. 100 SPRING 2009 Announcement 2-10
Achievements of A Message from CALA President CALA Members 11-17 by Sha Li Zhang It has been a busy and excit- presented technical challenges Sustainable global out- CALA Board 18-21 ing year since July 2008. on the election. Led by Sally reaches Meetings Now it fast approaches the C. Tseng, CALA Honorary With three successful CALA 2009 ALA Annual Confer- Executive Director, with Bin seminars held in Kunming CALA Interim 22-25 ence in Chicago. The Execu- Zhang and Vincci Kwong as (July 2008), Wuhan (October Reports tive Committee members, CALA experts on setting up 2008), and Taiwan Board of Directors, commit- online events, the Election Ad (November 2008), CALA is tee and taskforce chairs, chap- Hoc Committee went through planning to conduct two more Chapter Reports 26-28 ter presidents, our members, numerous trials and changes seminars in Taiwan (August friends, and supporters have before finalizing the online 2009) and in Shanghai contributed much of their voting platform. The Com- (November 2009), in respond- Task Force Re- 29-32 time, expertise, and efforts in mittee kept tracking every ing to positive feedbacks and ports helping CALA move forward transaction and made sure that continual requests from the in several initiatives this year. every vote counted. Due to host institutions in China and Membership 33 It has been wonderful experi- their efforts with numerous Taiwan. Since 2006, these Form ence for me to witness and reminders, 236 CALA mem- seminars have provided involve in these activities. bers or 57 percent cast their CALA members with excel- votes this year. It was the lent professional development Successful online election highest participatory rate in opportunities to exchange
CALA has been with online CALA history. Congratula- with, share best practices, and CALA Newsletter (ISSN: tions to Sally, Bin, and Vincci learn from their library col- 0736-8887) is the official voting for several years. publication of the Chi- However, due to the system for their efforts on this suc- leagues in China and Taiwan. nese American Librarians change this year, it definitely cessful election. (Continue to page 2) Association.
The CALA Newsletter is published twice a year in Message from the Executive Director Spring and Fall. URL: http://www.cala-web.org/ Dear CALA Members and dent, Sha Li Zhang. Starting in electing me to the CALA Ex- publications/newsletter. Friends: July of 2008, in addition to the ecutive Director position this board meetings at ALA confer- year. I always believe in creat- President: Shali Zhang, I am happy to report to you that ences in Anaheim, Denver and ing opportunities for our mem- [email protected]. this has been an outstanding Chicago, the CALA Board has bers, and in recent years, we Vice President/ year for CALA under the capa- held 6 special online meetings have created many opportuni- President Elect: Xudong ble leadership of CALA Presi- and has made many important ties for many of our members. Jin, [email protected]. dent Sha Li Zhang. CALA has decisions at these meetings. It’s important to get our mem- Executive Director: made great strides on many The CALA Board of Directors bers involved and utilize the Haipeng Li, fronts and has been able to in- and CALA president Sha Li rich pool of talents and exper- [email protected]. volve many CALA members in Zhang should be commended tise our members have. I am its programs, events, and other for these efforts in leading very much looking forward to Newsletter Editorial activities both nationally and CALA forward in a very effi- working with many more of Team: internationally. cient manner. you in the future. Priscilla Yu, [email protected]. The CALA Board has also been I would like to take this oppor- CALA Executive Director Sai Deng, active this year, again thanks to tunity to thank all CALA mem- Haipeng Li [email protected]. the leadership of CALA Presi- bers for your trust in me by
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(Continued from page 1) of the delegation a pleasant Genuine support to the 5.12 Additionally, CALA leader- experience. Earthquakes victims ship has signed agreements As of June 2009, CALA raised with Yunnan and Shanxi host- Increased membership more than $20,000 in support- ing institutions to conduct the Recruiting new CALA mem- ing the library staff and librar- seminars in the coming years. bers and keeping them in the ies affected by the massive association has been a chal- earthquakes happened in May CALA members have enthusi- lenge task. The Membership 2009 in Sichuan Province and astically responded to the calls Committee, chaired by the surrounding regions in and participated in the Think Songqian Lu and Elaine Dong, China. It was the largest fund- Globally, Act Globally grant walked the walk and took ac- raising efforts in CALA his- Successful online project funded by IMLS in tions with the committee tory. Led by Sally C. Tseng, election U.S. and the Ministry of Cul- members this year. They used CALA Honorary Executive ture in China. Fifteen CALA a variety of methods to reach Director, the CALA Taskforce on Rebuilding Libraries in 512 Sustainable global members were selected to out and make connections participate in the three con- with the new members and Earthquake Areas in China has outreaches tinuing education programs inactive members. As it is had ongoing communications professional in China in 2009. listed on the committee’s re- with the Library Society of Increased The first team successfully port, between July 2008 and China (LSC) who is assisting membership completed their assignments June 2009, 82 new members in distributing the CALA do- in Beijing and Nanjing in May joined CALA, with 142 re- nations to the library staff af- fected by the earthquakes. In Timely CALA 2009. During the trip, Dr, newal members and 11 new Hwa-Wei Lee as the Project life members. As of this writ- January 2009, LSC officials Travel Grants Evaluator, the team members ing, the number of active went to Sichuan Province and (Lisa Zhao, Sha Li Zhang as CALA members is 431, the distributed the donations in Genuine support to Team Leader, Mengxiong Liu, largest in CALA history. The person to more than 30 library the 5.12 Robert Fernekes, and Wenwen two co-chairs and the commit- staff who were injured and lost personal properties in the Earthquakes Zhang), and Susan Schnuer as tee members are to be com- Co-PI, met with the librarians mended for their hard work earthquakes, including $2,000 victims at the National Library of and tireless efforts in achiev- to the family of a killed library China, Nanjing Normal Uni- ing this excellent outcome, staff and $3,000 to cover NLC’s 100th versity Library, and Nanjing despite the tough economic medical expenses for Ms. Li Anniversary Library, gave presentations on climate facing the nation. Chun, Library Director of the topics of public library Beichuan County which was celebration tally destroyed by the earth- services, administration, legal Timely CALA Travel to quakes. Ms. Li was buried issues, and assessment, ex- Grants Led by Mengxiong 2008-2009 CALA under rubbers of the damaged changed ideas, shared the best Liu, the CALA Conference library for 75 hours before Awards recipients practices, and visited libraries. Travel Grant Ad Hoc Commit- being rescued. Additional It was an excellent learning tee issued a call for applica- CALA donations will be dis- opportunity for the team mem- tions to the Travel Grant tributed through LSC soon to bers. In July 2009, three which was designed to support help the newly-built libraries CALA chapters (Northeast, CALA members in their pro- in these affected regions to Southern California, and fessional development activi- purchase library materials. Southeast) and two public ties. Due to the committee’s libraries in Kentucky and Mis- timely efforts since the ALA souri will host a delegation of Midwinter Meeting, the re- NLC’s 100th Anniversary ten library directors from the view process is on schedules. celebration provincial libraries in China. The selected CALA members This year is marking the 100th The CALA members on these will receive the $500 grant to anniversary for the National sites will contribute their time, assist in their participations in Library of China (NLC) in provide hospitality, and work the coming ALA Annual Con- Beijing, China. out logistics to make the visits ference. (Continue to page 3)
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NO. 100 Announcement PAGE 3 ALA Nominating Committee Seeks Candidates The ALA 2010 Nominating Committee is their employer regarding any restrictions Library Trustees, Arlington Heights Memo- soliciting nominees to run on the 2010 regarding lobbying activities or service on rial Library, Arlington Heights, IL. E-mail: spring ballot for the offices of ALA Presi- the governing body of a 501(c)6 organiza- [email protected]. dent-elect, ALA Treasurer and Councilor- tion. Members who wish to make nomina- · Haipeng Li, Reference Librarian/ at-large. tions should submit the following informa- Outreach Coordinator, Oberlin [OH] Col- tion: nominee name; present position; insti- lege. [email protected]. The Nominating Committee will select two tution; address; telephone; fax; and e-mail · Patricia Montiel Overall, Assistant Pro- candidates to run for President-elect, two address. Self-nominations are encour- fessor, University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ. candidates for Treasurer, and no fewer than aged. E-mail: [email protected]. 50 candidates for the 33 at-large Council All potential nominees must complete the · Janice M. Rice, Outreach Coordinator, seats to be filled in the 2010 spring elec- Potential Candidate Biographical Form University of Wisconsin-Madison. E-mail: tion. available at https://cs.ala.org/ [email protected]. potentialcandidates/ beginning June · Kathryn M. Toon, Hawkins, TX. E-mail: The President-elect will serve a three-year 1. Nominations and forms must be re- [email protected]. term: as President-elect in 2010-2011, as ceived no later than August 15, 2009. President in 2011-2012, and as Immediate To encourage diversity and leadership de- Past President in 2012-2013. The Treas- Nominations may be sent to any member of velopment, the Committee will refrain urer will serve a three-year term, beginning the 2010 Nominating Commit- from nominating any current Councilors after the 2010 ALA Annual Conference and tee. Committee members are: for election to another term. However, the ending at the adjournment of the 2013 An- · Nancy Allen, Chair, Dean and Director, Committee encourages all current Council- nual Conference. The Councilors-at-large University of Denver, Penrose Library. E- ors who wish to continue their service to will serve three-year terms, beginning after mail: [email protected]. the Association to file as petition candi- the 2010 ALA Annual Conference and · Kathleen E. Bethel, African American dates. Petitions will be available from Lois ending at the adjournment of the 2013 An- Studies Librarian, Northwestern Univer- Ann Gregory-Wood, Council Secretariat, nual Conference. sity. E-mail: [email protected]. ALA, 50 E. Huron, Chicago, IL 60611, · Wayne Bivens-Tatum, Librarian, Prince- Email: [email protected], or during the The ALA President, Treasurer and Council- ton University Libraries. E- 2009 Annual Conference or 2010 Midwin- ors also serve in corresponding roles in the mail: [email protected]. ter Meeting. Petitions require 25 signatures ALA-Allied Professional Association · Sarah I. Flowers, Morgan Hill, CA. E- for names to be included on the 2010 bal- [ALA-APA]. Individuals considering ALA- mail: [email protected]. lot. APA office are encouraged to consult with · G. Victor Johnson, President, Board of
A Message from CALA President (Cont.)
(Continued from page 2) The Library Award. The Committee also reviewed and co-chairs of the committees and has launched a series of celebration and recommended the nominations task forces, and the members for their activities since February 2009. CALA from CALA President that Ms. Barbara time, hard work, and accomplishments leadership sent a congratulatory letter Ford and Mr. Haipeng Li be the recipi- during the 2008 - 2009 year. I genu- and a gift to NLC to congratulate the ents of the CALA President’s Recogni- inely appreciate the advice, sugges- Library’s leadership role as an intellec- tion Award. The recommendations tions, support, and encouragements tual hub in China to collect, organize, were overwhelmingly approved by the from CALA members, colleagues, and preserve, and provide access to re- CALA Board of Directors. Congratu- friends. Being a CALA President is a corded knowledge and cultural heritage lations, Professor Ma, Ms. Ford, and great honor once in life. I hope that my to millions of citizens in China. Sev- Mr. Li, for receiving the awards this services on this position met the expec- eral CALA members, for instance, Dr. year. tations of an elected official and my Hwa-Wei Lee and Mr. Gary Strong, efforts helped move forward toward will be participating in a celebration * * * CALA’s goals. Xudong Jin, CALA event to be held in September 2009. President-Elect, will take the touch Again, it has been a wonderful year for after the ALA Annual. Let us continue 2008-2009 CALA Awards recipients being able to work with many CALA get involved, show support, take ac- The CALA Awards Committee recom- members and for representing CALA tions, and move CALA to the next mended Professor John Ma to receive on several occasions. I want to take level. the CALA Distinguished Services this opportunity to thank all the chairs
PAGE 4 2009 CALA Election Results Dear CALA Members: Yi Liang, Board of Director and renewal members for and for 2009/2010-2010/2011 to during the election. Your con- We would like to take this op- fill Min Chou’s vacant two- tributions to CALA are deeply portunity to thank our mem- year term for the Board. appreciated. bers who took time to vote for the 2009 CALA Elec- The elected officers will offi- Respectfully submitted by, tion. Your active participation cially assume their positions on and service to the Chinese Monday, July 13, 2009 at the 2009 CALA Election Ad hoc st American Librarians Associa- 2009/2010 CALA 1 Board Committees: tion (CALA) are very much Meeting during ALA Annual The elected appreciated. Conference in Chicago. 2009 CALA Election Ad hoc officers will Committee for e-Ballots officially assume According to the CALA Con- CALA has many devoted and stitutions, Article VI, Section talented members. We would Bin Zhang, Board of Director their positions on 1, the nominees who receive like to encourage members Monday, July 13, the largest number of votes for who are interested to serve any offices shall be elected. CALA and those candidates Vincci Kwong, Board of Di- 2009 at the who have not been elected this rector 2009/2010 CALA Congratulations to the follow- year to run in the future. Sally C. Tseng, Chair and Board Meeting ing winners on being elected to CALA officers in 2009. Their I would like to take this oppor- CALA Honorary Executive during ALA names, titles and terms are: tunity to thank the 2009 Elec- Director Annual tion Ad Hoc Committees mem- bers: Bin Zhang, Vincci 2009 CALA Election Ad hoc Conference in Min Chou, Vice-President/ President-Elect (2010/2011), Kwong, Ying Xu, and Xiwen Committee for Mail Ballots Chicago. Haipeng Li, Executive Direc- Zhang for their hard work and tor (2009/2010), time, especially Bin for his Ying Xu, California Chapter expertise and tireless efforts on Past President the electronic voting process. Maria Fung, Hong Miao, Special thanks also go to Dr. Manuel Urrizola, Karen Wei Xiwen Zhang, California ShaLi Zhang, CALA Presi- and Lisa Zhao (in alphabetical Chapter Past President dent, for her leadership and order by last name), 5 new assistance, Elaine Dong and Board of Directors for Songqian Lu, Co-Chairs of the Sally C. Tseng, Chair and 2009/2010-2011/2012; and Membership Committee for CALA Honorary Executive their timely updates on new Director
CALA New Members Please join us in welcoming [email protected] Ye Li – Midwest our new CALA members Wenli Gao – Northeast [email protected] and new life members: [email protected] Hui-Fen Chang – Midwest Geoffrey Liu - Northern [email protected] Xiuying Zou - Northeast California Laura Fu – Midwest [email protected] [email protected] lau- Christopher Ross - North- Leo Lo - Midwest [email protected] Picture source: east [email protected] http://www.reading-counsellor.co.uk [email protected] Lesley Purnell – Midwest Suzhen Chen – Midwest Julie Wang - Northeast [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Minglu Wang - Midwest Ian Mason – Midwest Kam Yan Lee – Northeast [email protected] [email protected]
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NO. 100 Announcement PAGE 5 Sally C. Tseng Professional Development Grant
Dear CALA Members and Friends: Sally C. Tseng Professional Develop- Change in the Information Age: Ap- ment Grant Committee proaches of Academic Library Direc- On behalf of the 2009 Sally C. Tseng tors in the United States”. The follow- Professional Development Grant Com- Lian Ruan, Chair ing link is the announcement from the mittee, I’m pleased to inform you that Jian Anna Xiong newsletter of Beta Phi Mu, on the very Liana Zhou has been awarded $1,000 Yunshan Ye last page, http://www.beta-phi-mu.org/ from the Sally C. Tseng Professional Wenxian Zhang Publication/docs/ Development Grant for her project BPM_SPRING_2009_PIPELINE.pdf. titled “Sex Education and Its History, George Yi, Vice-President of the Progress, and Struggles in the United CALA-SW Chapter, has been awarded Congratulations, George! States: Thoughts and Analysis for To- the 2009 Eugene Garfield Doctoral day’s Chinese Sex Educators.” Dissertation Fellowship from Beta Phi Grace Gu, President, CALA-SW Chap- Mu, International Library & Informa- ter Congratulations, Liana! tion Science Honor Society. His dis- sertation is entitled “Management of
CALA New Members (Cont.)
Chin-Yin Chen – Mid-Atlantic Yuting Li – Midwest Bethany McGowan - Greater Mid- [email protected] [email protected] Atlantic Huimin Lu - Southeast Jiannan Wang – Northern California [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Susan Hoang – Northern California Connie Chow – Southeast Rebecca King – Southern California [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Harriett Green – Midwest Overseas: Dongyun Ni – Hawaii (Other U.S. [email protected] Wenyu Xiang - Canada States) Camille Chesley – Midwest [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Olga Garcia Seng – Saudi Arabia Wei Fu Bender – Midwest – Life Anissa Ali – Midwest [email protected] member [email protected] [email protected] Jameka Lewis – Midwest New Life Members: [email protected] More New Members: Hyeran Kang – Midwest Shuqin Jiao – Midwest - Life member [email protected] [email protected] Jennifer Thompson – Northeast Diana Olivares – Southeast CALA Membership Committee (2008- [email protected] [email protected] 2009) Katie Henningsen – Northeast Genevia Chamblec – Southwest [email protected] [email protected] George Gottschalk – Southwest New Members of May: Monica Shin – Northeast [email protected] [email protected] Labae Daniels – Northeast Ayman Shabana – Southern California Sharon Yang – Northeast [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Mukhtar Raqib – Northeast Andrea Gagliardi – Canada Peter Coyl - Northeast [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Sarah Lee – Northeast Adrienne Lai – Canada Rita Ormsby – Northeast [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Veronica Vichit-Vadakan – Northwest Weiling Liu - Midwest – Life Member Xiaoxuan Tang – Northeast [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Jennifer McDaniel – Greater Mid- Lisa Zhao – Midwest – Life Member Fang Wan – Midwest Atlantic [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
PAGE 6 CALA Congratulatory NLC Letter
May 18, 2009 and training sessions; in sup- and other international library Dr. Zhan Furui, Director porting research activities; in associations, and hosted librar- National Library of China promoting international ex- ian’s visits from NLC to Beijing, China 100081 changes and collaborations U.S. CALA will continue with libraries around the looking for opportunities that Dear Director Zhan: globe;, and in developing digi- CALA members will be able to tal resources and sharing them contribute in the projects that On this wonderful occasion of with library users in China and benefit library audience in celebrating the 100th anniver- around the world. Further- China and U.S. sary of the National Library of more, NLC has been a leader China (NLC), we, on behalf of on library issues on the global Please accept our whole- the Chinese American Librari- stage. NLC’s active participa- hearted congratulations on the ans Association (CALA) and tion in IFLA enabled the Chi- NLC celebrating occasion from its 1,200 members, would like nese language to become one CALA members in the U.S. to extend our sincerest con- of the seven official working languages of this international gratulations and best wishes to Sincerely Yours, NLC. library association. NLC’s development of Digital Library project has made Chinese lan- In the past century, NLC has guage materials available served as an intellectual hub in worldwide. The recent estab- China to collect, organize, pre- lishment of the IFLA Chinese serve, and provide access to Language Center at NLC will recorded knowledge and cul- no doubt help promote scholar- tural heritage of China to mil- ship, cultural heritage, and lions of citizens. In its long Sally C. Tseng recorded knowledge in the history, NLC has been a leader Chinese language to the world in the library profession in audience. Sha Li Zhang, Ph. D. China in developing standards, Haipeng Li classifications, and guidelines Sally C. Tseng in organizing resources and Many CALA members have bibliographic control; in pro- visited NLC, participated in CALA President viding professional develop- collaborative programs and CALA Executive Director ment opportunities, workshops, activities organized by NLC Honorary Executive Director
Top picture source: http://www.nlc.gov.cn/ Other pictures provided by Sha Li Zhang. The May 2009 team members in front of The May 2009 team at the seminar in the National Library of China. Nanjing.
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NO. 100 Announcement PAGE 7 NLC Response Letter to CALA
Sha Li Zhang presents the CALA gift to Ms. Zhang Yafang, NLC official.
PAGE 8 Library Leaders to Address IRC/ACRL at ALA Annual
The International Relations Com- cuss “OCLC and International ence. The program has been spon- mittee (IRC) of the Association of Librarianship”, Beverly Lynch, sored by many national librarians College and Research Libraries former President of ALA(1985- associations and committees in- (ACRL) has organized an historic 86) and professor at the Graduate cluding the Asian, African and session during the Annual Con- School of Education and Informa- Middle Eastern Section ference of the American Library tion Studies, University of Cali- (AAMES)/ACRL, Asian /Pacific Association (ALA) from July 9- fornia-Los Angeles will speak American Librarians Associa- 15, 2009. The meeting will be about “ALA/ACRL and Interna- tional (APALA), Black Caucus of held in Chicago on Saturday, tional Librarianship in the Twenty ALA, Chinese American Librari- July 11, 2009 from 10:30 AM to First Century”, and Winston ans Association (CALA), Ethnic 12:00 Noon. The theme of the Tabb, Dean of University Librar- and Multicultural Information CALA 2009 Annual meeting is “Academic Librari- ies and Museums of the Johns Exchange Round Table ans and International Librari- Hopkins University will speak on (EMIERT)/ALA the Intern- Award Banquet anship”. Five well known speak- “The International Librarianship tional Relations Committee ers will share their views on the and its Impact on Research Li- (IRC) of the Association for Li- Dear CALA members and topic. They will also discuss the braries in the United States”. brary Collections and Technical friends: importance and need of coopera- Claudia Lux, President of IFLA Services/ALA, Near East and CALA 2009 Annual Award tion among professionals and will be the chief guest at the South Asia Committee/ libraries in the fast changing meeting and she will present International Relations Commit- Banquet will be held on Sun- world with limited resources and plaques to all speakers for their tee/ALA, REFORMA(National day, July 12, 2009 in conjunc- budgets for academic libraries contributions to the international Association to promote Library tion with the ALA Confer- and high inflation. librarianship. R.N.Sharma, chair Services to the Spanish Speak- ence in Chicago. Registration of the IRC/ACRL will be the ing),and the Slavic and Eastern is now open. Adavanced regis- Professor Robert Wedgeworth , moderator of the session. It is the European Section/ACRL. ACRL first time in the history of Interna- is the largest division of the tration is $35 for members. On- former president of IFLA(1991- tional Committee of ACRL/ALA American Library Association. site registration is $50. Seats 1997) and University Librarian Emeritus, University of Illinois at that five distinguished speakers are limited. Urbana-Champaign will speak on will speak on the topic of Sha Li Zhang “Academic Librarians and Inter- the topic of “IFLA and Academic national Librarianship” on the CALA President For detailed information , Librarians”, Jay Jordan, Presi- dent and CEO of OCLC will dis- same stage in one national confer- please go to: http:// www.uic.edu/depts/lib/ projects/resources/calamw/ JLIS Call for Papers Local_arrange/ CALA_09_Banquet/ vites reviews of monographs, books, and reports about Registration.htm The Journal of Library and Information Science library and information science. Manuscripts in Eng- (JLIS) is a peer reviewed journal published semi- lish should be submitted via email attachment to Min Also, the Local Arrangement annually in April and October by the Department Chou at [email protected]. Manuscripts in Committee is calling for door of Adult & Continuing Education, National Tai- Chinese should be submitted to Dr. Ming-Hsin Chiu prizes for the Banquet. Dona- wan Normal University in Taiwan and the Chinese at [email protected]. Reviews of books, tions and suggestions are ac- American Librarians Association (CALA) in the monographs, and reports should be submitted to Dr. cepted and appreciated. Please U.S.A. Since its first publication in 1975, the JLIS Mengxiong Liu at [email protected]. contact Li Fu at li- has provided an outlet for scholars around world [email protected] or Qi Chen to contribute knowledge through their ongoing For publication in the April issue, it is preferred that at [email protected]. Thank research and to thrive through their intellectual you submit your manuscript by December 30; for the you. pursuits. October issue, please submit by June 30. For details about submission guidelines, please go to website CALA 09 Local Arrangement The JLIS invites both Chinese and English manu- http://www.cala-web.org/node/165. Committee: scripts of original research in all subjects pertain- Qi Chen, Li Fu, Denise Kwan ing to library and information science. It also in- Mingyan Li, Lisa Zhao
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NO. 100 Announcement PAGE 9 IMLS “Think Globally, Act Globally” Program Seeks U.S. Presenters
The IMLS "Think Globally, Act Globally" colleagues China/U.S. Librarian Collaboration Grant Check out more detailed information about To apply: Project is seeking 30 U.S. librarians for 6 the topics http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ Send the following documents to Dr. Professional Development Programs in China/calls/faq.html#6. Shuyong Jiang at [email protected] various locations in China in 2009-2010. Qualifications: and Lisa Zhao at [email protected], Each program is expected to last 7-10 days. - An ALA-accredited MLS degree or its and indicate which trip you are applying Selected presenters may be asked to partici- equivalent is required. for: pate in training/preparation session before - Experience in making presentations is - A cover letter, including a statement of the trip. required. your expertise in terms of the needed topics Presentation Topics: - A minimum of three years of post-MLS (listed above); - Laws, policies, and strategic plans of professional working experience in a field - Your current resume/CV; U.S. libraries of library services in the U.S. is preferred. - Examples of previous presentations. - Library management and operational - Public library experience or experience Deadlines: mechanisms with public services is preferred. To ensure the full consideration of your - Public library services - CALA membership is preferred; CALA application, please apply at least 3 months - Library assessment and librarians' pro- members will be given first priority for before the professional development pro- fessional development, promotion and speaker positions. gram is to be presented. For example, for evaluation system Benefits: the May 2009 presentation, please submit it - Public relations activities and their val- - Speakers will have their travel arranged by Feb 18th. ues by the University of Illinois and costs cov- Scheduled Presentation Timeline: - Academic libraries, special libraries, ered by the Grant agreement May 18 - May 23, 2009, Nanjing, China; library education, and professional organi- - Will receive $1,000 honorarium Sep. 2009; Oct. 2009; Feb. 2010; Apr. zations in the U.S. - Opportunity to interact with Chinese 2010; Jul. 2010
Orientation for the UIUC-CALA IMLS Grant Project held on Jan. 23 in Denver
In photos: Shali Zhang, CALA President; Shuyong Jiang, Project Coordinator; Haipeng Li, CALA Executive Director; Barbara Ford, Susan Schnuer from Mortenson Center; Karen Wei, Lisa Zhao, Xudong Jin, CALA Committee members. (Photos by Sai Deng)
PAGE 10 Haipeng Li Joins Rutgers University
Haipeng Li recently became the ship role in library planning, as- Haipeng is newly elected as the new Associate Director of the sessment, and innovation. He will executive director of the Chinese John Cotton Dana Library, on the direct initiatives to expand out- American Librarians Association Rutgers-Newark campus. He had reach, engagement, collabora- and a past CALA president, “He has such an served as reference librarian and tions, and fundraising for the taskforce chair, conference plan- impressive set of outreach coordinator at the Ober- Dana Library on campus, in New ning chair, and publications professional and lin College Library in Ohio, Jersey, nationally, and interna- committee chair. He is also a where he had worked for 16 tionally. member of the American Library scholarly years, and is a widely published Association nominating commit- accomplishments. author of books and articles in Haipeng has gained prominence tee and served as a member of He is a national professional journals. here and abroad for his authorita- ALA's international relations and international tive studies on United States aca- committee and co-chair of the JCLC2012 Steering Committee. leader in fostering demic libraries, information liter- acy initiatives, managing and diversity in library fostering diversity, and global services, in collaborations. Congratulations go to particular bringing Karolyn S. Thompson his unique In the professional community of experience and more than 120,000 libraries in the Karolyn S. Thompson, President valuable U.S., he is an international leader Black Caucus of the American in fostering collaboration between Library Association (BCALA) perspective on the United States and China. how librarians in Haipeng has played a key leader- the U.S. and China ship role in the first official col- Dear President Thompson: laboration between the United can share On behalf of the Chinese States government and China's expertise and American Librarians Associa- Ministry of Culture in the grant- tion (CALA), we would like to build substantive Haipeng Li. funded “Think Globally, Act congratulate you on your elec- partnerships in Globally” partnership that will “facilitate collaboration, exchange tion as the President of the support of goals In the newly created post of Asso- of information, and professional Black Caucus of American that benefit both ciate Director, Haipeng Li will development of librarians from Library Association (BCALA) countries…” oversee research support services the U.S. and China.” in October 2008. You have for undergraduate and graduate set an agenda for the BCALA students, coordinate personnel that will further enhance its administration, and play a leader- Haipeng has spoken at a variety of forums in China including the scope and influence library Beijing Normal University, the services nationwide. The World Digital Li- China Society for Library Science Annual Conferences, Yunnan In the past decades, CALA has brary University, and Shansi Agricul- worked with colleagues in tural University, and Northeast BCALA on many initiatives On April 21, 2009, the World Normal University. He is the co- and projects, including JCLC Digital Library (WDL) was offi- author of Academic Libraries in cially launched with 34 institu- the United States for the 21st cen- 2006 and the upcoming JCLC tions and Google. tury: Theories and Practices 2012. We are facing many (Beijing Library Press, 2007), common challenges; working “Leadership Diversity: A Study together, we will be able to The World Digital Library (WDL) of Urban Public Librar- find solutions and opportuni- makes available on the Internet, ies,’“Information Literacy and ties. We are looking forward free of charge and in multilingual Librarian-Faculty Collaboration: to working with you during format, significant primary mate- A Model for Success,’“Global your presidential years. Collaboration: The Case of Ober- rials from countries and cultures Picture source: around the world. lin College and Yunnan Univer- sity Libraries,’ “Managing Diver- Sincerely, http://www.wdl.org/en/ Sha Li Zhang, CALA President Site link: http://www.wdl.org/ sity in Liberal Arts College Li- braries,’ and other books and Haipeng Li, CALA Executive en/ Director journal articles as well.
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NEH-Afghan Grant Project Report Yan Han
The last quarter-century has been ing bibliographic control over this collec- mail them from these countries where lo- devastating for Afghanistan with an unin- tion, the collection will become accessible gistics services are reliable. As of January terrupted period of invasions, civil wars and for the first time to researchers, educators, 2009, the UAL team has received 7 hard oppressive regimes. and policy makers outside of the Middle Libraries had been shut down, ruined or East. destroyed since 1979. Yan Han and Atifa Rawan and Han are helping to catalog and Rawan, librarians at the University of Ari- digitize the center's collection, and are also zona Libraries (UAL), are rebuilding and building a digital library infrastructure that the 19 universities in Afghanistan can eventually gain access to the digital information. This project is challeng- ing. Electricity was not available all the time in the beginning of the project; quality scanners were not available; storage units were difficult to find. In Yan at Herat University. 2007 Han found that only consumer- grade limited brand scanners were available from local computer stores, disks consisting of 200,000 image files. and no major computer companies Han and Rawan were originally scheduled such as Dell, IBM, and HP operated to provide digitization training in Kabul in and provided services in Kabul. August 2007. Just a few weeks before their Hila, Saleh, Kevin, Atifa, and Maria, Ka- trip to Kabul, the 2007 South Korean hos- bul University During Yan Han’s visit to Dubai, United Arab of Emirates (UAE), the author tage crisis occurred on July 19, 2007 when restoring the country's academic libraries. found that Dubai had plenty of supplies for 23 South Korean missionaries were cap- In 2007 they were awarded a National tured and held hostage by the Taliban. Due Endowment for the Humani- to the hostage crisis, they were asked to ties Grant, totaling nearly cancel their trip to Afghanistan. Knowing $300,000, on the proposal of not to be able to hold any formal training in “Preserving and Creating Access digitization would have had a huge nega- to Afghanistan Literature” in tive impact upon the project, a creative idea partnership with the Afghanistan by Han and Rawan emerged at an emer- Centre at Kabul University gency meeting: why not try to schedule the (ACKU). The grant covered the digitization training in a different location, purchase of equipment, staff such as Dubai, providing passports and salaries, travel and other ex- visas were available. penses. The ACKU's permanent In August 2007 Han held a digitization collection was built by Nancy Hatch Dupree, an In front of Herat University administration building. internationally recognized ex- pert on the history, art, culture and archae- scanners and servers. Han and the ACKU ology of Afghanistan. Mrs. Dupree has staff purchased scanners and storage serv- dedicated a lifetime to documenting and ers through Dubai in June 2007. It took 4 preserving Afghanistan's cultural heritage. weeks to receive 4 Epson scanners, and a The collection is dedicated to this period of Dell storage server after placing the order. time with significant materials on Afghani- Currently Afghanistan's postal system and stan and its people. For many of the youths logistics service companies such as FedEx in Afghanistan who grew up in camps out- are not reliable; delivery of files had to be side of Afghanistan, the collection offers a completed in a different fashion. Whenever Herat City. glimpse into their country's past and helps friends or visitors leave the country to go to them develop greater understanding of their Europe or the United States, they are ap- training session with the ACKU staff in culture. In addition, by digitizing and gain- proached for help to take the hard disks and Dubai. (Continue to p. 12)
PAGE 12 Haiwang Yuan Has Recently Published Two More Books on China
CALA Board Member Hai- which is one of National Geo- these minorities is often ob- wang Yuan, Professor and graphic's children series scure and difficult to find in Books by Haiwang Web Site & Virtual Library “Holidays around the World.” the English-speaking world. Yuan: Coordinator of Western Ken- In the capacity of a consultant, This book is a companion to Celebrate Chinese tucky University Libraries, has Yuan co-authored the book Yuan's The Magic Lotus Lan- New Year (National published two more books with famed writer Carolyn tern. Geographic, 2008) after his first titled The Magic Otto. The book “explains the Lotus Lantern and Other significance of the Chinese In another development, Hai-
Tales from the Han Chinese New Year traditions and cap- wang Yuan has been listed in Princess Peacock (Libraries Unlimited, 2006). tures the festive mood with Marquis's 2009 edition of and Tales from The most recent one is Cele- lively prose and spectacular Who's Who in America and Other Peoples of currently serves on the edito- China (Libraries brate Chinese New Year, illustrations.” Prior to this rial board for five-volume Unlimited, 2008) book, Yuan published his Princess Peacock and Tales Berkshire Encyclopedia of from Other Peoples of China to be published soon. The Magic Lotus China (Libraries Unlimited,
Lantern and Other 2008). By offering a folk- Tales from the Han For more information on Hai- tale representing each of Chinese (Libraries wang Yuan, please check the China's 55 minority ethnic Unlimited, 2006) following Websites: groups, Princess Peacock http://works.bepress.com/ fills a gap as folklore of haiwangyuan/
ISO standard working committee draft 2632 comments that were re- (TC46/SC9 N475)) will ceived with the ballot, and group – participation complement existing ISO all revisions requested for a Yan Han was recom- identifier schema such as DIS were finalized and sub- mended by the American ISBN or ISSN, and can ac- mitted to ISO by the end of Library Association (ALA) commodate other identifiers June 2008. ISO completed and National Information to enhance interoperability the voting for DOI (Digital Standards Organization across digital networks. Object Identifier) working (NISO) to be on an From 2006 to 2008, the standard. There are 19 Yes International Standard Or- working group held meet- votes, 1 No vote, and 5 ab- ganization (ISO) working ings to discuss comments stentions. The voting results group to create an interna- and issues. In April 2008 meet the ISO requirements tional standard on Digital the draft was approved for for advancement of the Object Identifiers (DOI) to distribution as a Draft Inter- standard to DIS stage. The facilitate the management of national Standard (DIS), final standard may be pub- digital content. after voting by ISO's na- lished in 2009 or 2010. tional bodies. Following The proposed standard (ISO ISO's procedures, the work- by Yan Han Picture source: ing group addressed all http://www.wku.edu/Library/whoswho/clips/ (Continued from p. 11) The staff then went back to the ACKU and trained other staff. In June 2008, Han haiwang_award.jpg traveled to Kabul for site visit and training. He helped to ensure a non-virus environment and provided instructions to correct problem- atic scanning issues. Han and Atifa continue to use Skype, YouTube, and emails to communicate with ACKU staff on a daily basis to provide additional ongoing training and consultation.
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NO. 100 Achievements of CALA Members PAGE 13 UC San Diego Librarian and Asian Film Expert Jim Cheng Receives Fulbright Award “Mover & Shaker” Librarian to Complete Quintessential Resource on Chinese Film Studies
Jim Cheng, head librarian at UC demic community over the last decade school of its kind to focus on the dy- San Diego’s International Relations & and faculty at UC San Diego and other namic Pacific Rim region, celebrated Pacific Studies (IR/PS) Library, has institutions are increasingly using its 20th anniversary. received a Fulbright Scholar grant to popular media for teaching purposes,” conduct research to complete his book said Cheng, “ authoritative biblio- The Fulbright Program, America’s on Taiwan film studies. The book, An graphic source materials have been flagship international educational ex- Annotated Bibliography for Taiwan lacking. My ultimate goal is to create change program, is sponsored by the Film Studies, is a sequel to his previous the most comprehensive and objective United States Department of State, book, An Annotated Bibliography for bibliography for Taiwan film studies, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Chinese Film Studies. His research covering a wide range of perspectives, Affairs. Recipients of Fulbright will be conducted at the Chinese Taipei including some of the more controver- awards are selected on the basis of Film Archive Library, the National sial issues, such as government censor- academic or professional achievement, Central Library, and the National Tai- ship and Japanese and mainland Chi- as well as demonstrated leadership wan University Library for three nese influence during and after the potential in their fields. For further months starting in fall 2009. colonial period.“ information about the Fulbright Pro- gram of the U.S. Department of State’s While in Taiwan, Cheng will also meet Bureau of Educational and Cultural with scholars and film directors to or- Affairs, please visit: http:// ganize a future Taiwan Film Sympo- fulbright.state.gov sium at UC San Diego and also plans to meet with film vendors who can The UC San Diego Libraries, ranked help to expand UCSD’s Taiwan film among the top 25 public academic collection, which currently holds more research libraries in the nation, play an than 200 titles. Under Cheng’s leader- integral role in advancing and support- ship, the IR/PS Library has sponsored ing the university’s research, teaching, numerous Asian film festivals, includ- patient care, and public service mis- ing a film festival held last year show- sions. The nine libraries that comprise Cheng, who is one of approximately casing the films of North and South the UCSD Library system provide ac- 1,100 U.S. faculty and professionals Korea, which broke new diplomatic as cess to more than 7 million digital and who will travel abroad through the Ful- well as cinematic ground. print volumes, journals, and multime- bright Scholar Program, is an authority Cheng, who has served as head of the dia materials to meet the knowledge on Asian film, and has built an unparal- IR/PS Library since 2002, holds M.A. demands of scholars, students, and leled collection of East Asian films at degrees in library and information sci- UCSD’s IR/PS Library. Last year, ence and comparative literature from Cheng was recognized by Library Jour- the University of Washington. He re- nal as a “Mover & Shaker” in the li- ceived his B.A. in Chinese language brary world for his innovative work in and literature from Fudan University in building the UCSD Libraries’ premier Shangai. Before joining the UC San Asian film collection, as well as a film Diego Libraries, Cheng held librarian festival and symposium series. Thanks positions at the University of Iowa , in large part to Cheng’s efforts, the IR/ New York University, and the Univer- PS Library is recognized as having the sity of Washington. best collection of Chinese underground and independent films in the The IR/PS Library, one of nine librar- world. The collection, which also in- ies at UC San Diego, is an essential members of the public. Each day, cludes posters, comprises films from intellectual resource for East Asian more than 7,300 people stream through both South and North Korea, Japan, scholars and students and supports one of the university’s nine libraries, and those focusing on the Chinese Cul- research and teaching at UCSD’s and the Libraries’ vast resources and tural Revolution. School of International Relations & services are accessed more than 87,500 Pacific Studies (IR/PS). Last year IR/ times each day via the UCSD Librar- “While the field of Chinese film stud- PS, the only school of international ies’ Web site (http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/ ies has mushroomed in the global aca- affairs in the UC system and the only newsrel/events/04-09Cheng.asp).
PAGE 14 Dave Wang: Benjamin Franklin and the Great Wall of China
Dave Wang’s findings in the Education Counsel: "Dr. Wang's view_lecture/6359 Thomas Jef- subject of the United States research and publications are ferson and Chinese Architecture "Dr. Wang's research founding fathers and Chinese recommended for Hawaii's his- in Monticello in early June; Civilization have attracted tre- tory classrooms and for historians George Washington and the and publications are mendous attention in the aca- and history buffs in general. His recommended for demic world. He has been invited insights on Chinese influences on to present his papers at interna- the Founding Fathers of the Hawaii's history tional forums and conferences at United States should spark curios- classrooms and for New York, USA, Rome, Italy, ity and discussion. We look for- historians and history and Lisbon, Portugal and some ward to having Dr. Wang to speak Universities in China. in Hawaii." You could read more buffs in general. His about his work through the fol- insights on Chinese lowing links: influences on the Honolulu Advertiser: http:// Dr. Wang gave the presenta- Founding Fathers of www.honoluluadvertiser.com/ tion. the United States article/20090311/ GETPUBLISHED/903110400/-1 China Trade in Salem in the late should spark curiosity Hawaii Reporter.com: June; Benjamin Franklin, Thomas and discussion…” http://www.hawaiireporter.com/ Jefferson and Chinese Classics in story.aspx?e23ab9c5-d264-4dfd- Las Vegas in July and the U.S. - Jeffrey Mead, the The audience were amazed by 9fc4-9e9bbcb2ba3d founding fathers and Chinese Culture in Beijing in September. President of History the model of Dave Wang’s re- construction of the Benjamin His research was also reported by Education Counsel of Franklin's Pennsylvania Wall. New York Times. On January 29, The influence of Dr. Wang’s Hawaii study of Chinese civilization and the development of the United His publications on traditional States also reached China in this Chinese civilization and the Internet world. Following is the United States have been recom- email from a Chinese University mended by the History Education Professor; Counsel of Hawaii State to be used as teaching texts in Ameri- 王老师您好: can History classrooms. This significant and clear endorsement 您在欧美学术界取得了这样 indicates that his research has Dr. Wang with some of his 惊人的,可喜的,巨大的成绩和影 contributed to the education of audience 响力, 我为您高兴, 很荣幸能分 younger generation in their stud- 享到您的成功地喜悦. 更为我们 ies of American history. 2009, New York Times intro- In the following, you will find the duced his research on Benjamin 中国人骄傲! statement from Mr. Jeffrey Franklin and China. You could 正是由于您的研究和努力, Mead, the President of History find it through the following link 我们中华民族的悠久文明得以在 http:// 欧美传播, 更多的人士才了解到 ideas.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/ 29/franklin-and-china/. The edi- 我们祖辈的优秀文化对美国产生 tors believe that his research 了如此深远的影响! is" the most interesting writing 我做为中国人感谢您的研究 we've come across lately on the 和对我们我们自己的文化的传 Web". Picture (above) source: Dr. Wang’s lecture schedule for 播! 我为您骄傲! http://www.resetdoc.org/EN/ 2009 is as below. He will 我下午有大三的美国文学 Franklin-Wang.php make the presentation on Benja- 课,我将把您的研究成果和您的 Dr. Wang with the Director min Franklin and the Great Wall 学术成果,相关网站及您的影响 Marcia and the Educational of China in London in April 力介绍给我的学生们. 让他们不 All other pictures provided Manager of the House 2009; more information on the by Dave Wang lecture can be found from the 仅学到知识,也为中国人而骄傲! Education Counsel of Hawaii, following link, http:// 再次恭贺您! allied with the National History www.lecturelist.org/content/
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Presenting Benjamin Franklin’s Great Wall in Franklin House Dave Wang Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) has been questions that came to most audience mind: wall as a tool of intimidation against the regarded as the sage transmitter of the Did Franklin really build his great wall? French and the Indians in the hope that Western European tradition to the early Why did he build his wall? Did Franklin’s they would end the violence. American way of life. He has been a great great wall really work? icon of American culture, embodying As a Quaker, it was against his nature American ideals and dreams. My research Franklin’s great wall was built in 1756 for Franklin to tolerate violence. He needed on Benjamin Franklin and China, which as when he was commander of the defensive a plan that would be accepted by his fellow examined Franklin’s endured efforts to force of 500 colonists in Pennsylvania. Quakers but which would also reduce the draw nourishment from Chinese civiliza- Franklin had them build a wall, a basic brutality. Franklin knew very well the tion during the formative age of the United means of protection against the Indians and situation he faced "Most of the members of States, has attracted the attention from all their French allies. In his letter to Samuel the Assembly were Quakers. I had many over the world. Recently, the New York opportunities to observe them. I saw how Times featured my studies of Benjamin uncomfortable they were made by their Franklin, as can be seen through the fol- principle against war…I had cause to be- lowing link: http:// lieve that our plan to defend the country ideas.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/ was agreeable to the Quakers--provided franklin-and-china/. they were not required to take part. I found that a great number of them were clearly in What was really inspiring was the invita- favor of fighting to defend something, tion from the Benjamin Franklin House in though they were against starting a London to do a presentation concerning war." (From The Autobiography of Benja- how Franklin incorporated Chinese cul- min Franklin). ture into early Colonial society in Amer- ica. The said presentation can be seen But the big question is: did Franklin’s wall through the following link: http:// really work? The fact that Franklin recom- www.lecturelist.org/content/ mended construction of the great wall view_lecture/6359. Franklin lived in this twice—once in the French Indian War and house for nearly sixteen years between another time in the Revolutionary War— 1757 and 1775, and it now serves as a suggested to us that his vision of a great historical relic of the scientist, diplomat, wall was functional. In fact, his defensive philosopher, inventor, and Founding Fa- wall of 1756 formed a huge obstacle for the ther of the United States. Indians and their French allies. Based on
I was honored to be able to present my testimony given by Williams Franklin work in a place where Benjamin Franklin (1731-1813), son of Benjamin Franklin, the had once lived and worked. I tried to Pennsylvanians were protected well by the express to my audience my belief of how wall. According to William Franklin, “the Benjamin Franklin was arguably the Dr. Wang standing in front of Benjamin Enemy is not, nor ever was, in the Heart of greatest American lover of the Great Franklin House. the Country, having only molested the Wall of China. In 1756, Franklin built his Frontier Settlements by their Par- own great wall in order to defend the Rhodes, an old friend, in 1756, Franklin ties.” Under the protection of Franklin’s Pennsylvania colonies in the French and described his great wall in detail. wall, “the Inhabitants, who at first aban- Indian War (1754-1763). Later in 1760, doned their Frontier Settlements, returned Franklin recommended a great wall resem- I relayed two basic reasons for Frank- generally to their Habitations, and many bling that of China’s to safeguard the Brit- lin’s wall: First, Franklin was concerned yet continue, though not without some ish Colonies in North America against with the safety of the colonists. In his pam- Danger, to cultivate their possible outside attacks. Even later in phlet, The Interest of Great Britain Consid- Lands…” (William Franklin to the Printer 1776, Franklin counseled the French engi- ered published in 1760, Franklin had stated: of The Citizen, 1757) neer responsible for the fortifications of “the security of our planters from the in- George Washington’s revolutionary army roads of savages, and the murders commit- My answers to the three questions were to build a wall for shelter during the Revo- ted by them—will not be obtained by such welcomed by thunderous applause. My lutionary War (1775-1783) against the forts, unless they were connected by a wall audience felt my presentation should be English empire. To further illustrate my like that of China, from one end of our longer. They not only came from local point, I made this model of the great wall settlements to the other.” area. A gentleman even told me that he had that Franklin built between the Delaware come all the way from Germany to listen to and Susquehanna Rivers, seen below. The second reason was to have fewer peo- my lecture in London. I feel that my pres- ple on either sides of his wall being killed. entations on Benjamin Franklin and the
I was impressed by so many fascinating Not only did Franklin want to save the lives Great Wall of China have opened new questions from the floor. There are three on his side of the wall, he wished to end the windows for people to view the history and bloodshed entirely. He wanted to use his culture he helped to create.
PAGE 16 Lehman Librarian Travels to China to Unlock Family's Past
Lehman Li- tion, Shikai was branded as a Anyang. Together, they collected brarian cruel, ruthless, and selfish man research materials, took hundreds Kachuen whose only aspiration was to be of photographs, and interviewed (Carol) the emperor. Members of his about thirty relatives. Yuan Gee family were ostracized, forced out put her re- of their jobs, and sentenced to Professor Gee admits that before search skills hard labor; some were banished to setting off on the trip she was to work last Mongolia. Born thirty years after concerned about how she would October when his death, Professor Gee can still be received. "In China, people are she traveled recall how the history books of generally reserved about speaking to China on a the time portrayed her grandfather to strangers, and they do not ex- mission to in a less than favorable light. press their thoughts and ideas chart her openly," she explains. "I was very family tree. Family ties were Kauchen Gee (Center) with mem- pleased to find, however, that my severed in 1916 by the death of bers of her family visiting the relatives were not only happy to her grandfather, who became the military museum built in her meet me, but they were eager to first president of the Republic of grandfather's honor in Tianjin, share with me their life stories China after the abdication of the China. without hesitation or reservation." nation's last emperor. Born in Beijing, Professor Gee, who made the trip In recent years, though, China's Overall, she was impressed by the Professor Gee with genealogy researcher Janey views of its first president have warm reception she received not Chao, a professor at Baruch Col- changed, mostly for the better. only from members of her family moved to Hong lege, is scheduled to present her Historians have revisited Shikai's but also from Chinese officials. Kong at age six work at the Mid-Manhattan Li- legacy and determined that his During her visit to Henan, she brary on Saturday, March 7, at contributions far outweighed his found many people there still with her family, 2:30 p.m. on the sixth floor of the failings—which is why Professor revered and respected her grand- where she grew up library. Gee decided that now was the father. The local government time to rediscover her family's treated her and Professor Chao hearing stories Born in Beijing, Professor Gee history and help mend the family with generous hospitality and about her moved to Hong Kong at age six tree. With the help of her cousin escorted them around the city for with her family, where she grew Yin Chengzu, a prominent hy- a week. grandfather, Yuan up hearing stories about her draulic architect who lives in grandfather, Yuan Shikai, and his China, she was able to track down From two museums built in Presi- Shikai... many contributions to Chinese many surviving family members. dent Yuan's honor, they gathered governance. He played a critical Professors Gee and Chao visited original documents about the role in China's evolution from a many parts of China, including family's history, anecdotes, and monarchy, suc- secrets, in addition to valu- cessfully negoti- able pictures of ancestors. ated the peaceful Returning home, they spent abdication of the weeks sorting materials to last emperor of create a large online Yuan the Qing Dy- ancestral file. Professor Gee nasty and was is currently writing a paper the first presi- summarizing the findings of dent of the new their trip for presentation republic from this May at the fourth inter- 1914-1916. Be- national conference of the cause he tried to World Confederation of revert the gov- Institutes and Libraries for ernment back to Chinese Overseas Studies. a monarchy, Eventually they hope to with himself as Kauchen Gee (Center) with members of her family visiting publish their research, in- the emperor, his the military museum built in her grandfather's honor in cluding many oral history Pictures provided by reputation be- Tianjin, China. interviews with Yuan survi- Kauchen Gee came mired in vors, as a commemoration of controversy after his death. Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Hefei, the Yuan family and contribution Yuan's ancestral home in Xiang- to modern Chinese social and During China's Cultural Revolu- cheng, Henan, and his tomb in political history.
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NO. 100 Achievements of CALA Members PAGE 17 Distinguished Service Award: A Letter from Prof. Ma
on the right foot. They promote mutual understanding and President friendship between the peoples of the Zhang and Ever since I came to this country in 1947 United States and China. They further fellow for advanced studies in universities, I have peace and prosperity of the world. members of been deeply impressed by the richness of CALA, library collections in American universities. The Books for China Project, which I Later I had the good fortune to become a founded about four years ago, also tries to First of all I professional librarian and worked in three follow the steps of CALA. But the project must apolo- leading universities --- Columbia, Cornell, is an all-volunteer organization with very gize for my and Stanford--- and the New York Public limited resources. Although we have absence. A Library. I realize how important libraries shipped more than 100,000 volumes of previous are to universities, to society, to the whole books to university libraries in China since engagement world, and to the future of humanity. 2005, in view of their needs, our contribu- has pre- tions are quite inadequate. The CALA Prof. John Ma. vented me Even before the United States and the Peo- Award Committee has been so kind as to from attend- ple’s Republic of China established formal consider this project as a success. It is the ing this annual meeting and accepting the diplomatic relations in 1979, I had been team spirit, hard work, loyalty, and personal Distinguished Service Award you have so observing the development of university sacrifice of all participants, including many kindly given me. libraries in China. For a long period of time CALA members, that have made the suc- China had many difficulties in developing cess of this project possible. I must share I am proud of being the recipient of this her university libraries. Our fellow librari- this award with all of you and thank you for important award. I accept it with gratitude ans in China worked very hard under unfa- your encouragement and support with all and a deep sense of humility. vorable circumstances. They deserve our my heart.
respect and need our help. Thank you very, very much. I was recommended for this award by three
most distinguished librarians, Dr. Hwa-wei CALA has done a great deal to help librari- John Lee, Professor Tzu-chung Li, and Professor ans in China. Many CALA members have Ching-chih Chen, who are all previous made very significant contributions to the John Ma recipients of this award. To fill their shoes development of libraries in China. They E-mail: [email protected] is indeed very difficult. I know where the are playing an important role in the cultural Project website: shoe pinches. I must learn to put the shoe relations between the U.S. and China. http://www.booksforchina.org/news.html
Dorothy In-lan Wang Li was Awarded a Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa Dorothy In-lan Wang Li was awarded Association (CBA) and the law school has been the law school's emissary to a Doctor of Laws honoris causa by the meshed their collections. She recog- the People's Republic of China and its John Marshall Law School on January nized the changes in technology and State Intellectual Property Office 18, 2009. retired the old card catalogue, making (SIPO) since John Marshall first on-line databases and searchable mate- agreed in 1993 to train Chinese attor- Li is a life member of CALA and rials available in the library. She re- neys. Today more than half of the at- served as CALA Mid-West ceived recognition from various library torneys on the SIPO staff have at- Chapter President (1986-1987). associations for her work, and was tended John Marshall. presented the Agnes and Harvey T. From 1982 to 1987 Li was the associ- Reid Award for Outstanding Contribu- Li has now expanded the program to ate director of the Louis L. Biro Law tions to Law Librarianship from the include training Chinese judges from Library, John Marshall Law School, Chicago Association of Law Libraries. various provinces and developed ex- before her move to New York. She changes with Taiwan. As co-director returned to Chicago several years later Li continues to serve the law school as of the Asian Alliance Program, Li co- and re-joined the library in 1992 as co-director of the Asian Alliance Pro- ordinated outreach efforts to China director. She served in that position gram. A native of China, Li was raised between John Marshall and the Chi- until her retirement in 2006. in Taiwan and received a law degree cago Sister Cities Program and the US from National Taiwan University be- Department of State. Under Li's direction the Chicago Bar fore coming to the United States. Li
PAGE 18 CALA Board (2008-2009) Meeting Minutes
6/30/2008 Monday 8:00-10:00 hard work to recruit speakers. It least, CALA should advocate its am provided a platform of introduc- organization and activities. ing to a large audience about the HYATT Commodore Board- series of China – U.S. Library C. CALA 2008-2009 Budget room conference from 1996 to 2007 by Proposal. Shali provided the draft the keynote speaker Dr. Beverly of the budget, and some correc- Lynch, the CALA 21st Century tions were made. The Budget was ALA 2008 Annual Conference, Librarian Seminar Program by Anaheim, CA modified to add board spending Haipeng Li, Librarians’ Exchange and travel support for CALA programs between the libraries in members. After revision, the Board of Directors present: China and the Ohio budget will include earthquake Dora Ho, Shuyong Jiang, Xudong funding, as there is still more Jin, Vincci Kwong, Ester Lee, State University Libraries by funds to be added upon the report Mengxiong Liu, Zhijia Shen, Trisha Davis, and the Summer from CALA treasurer. Board Dajin Sun, Sally Tseng, Amy Librarian Program with librarians members discussed how to recruit Tsiang, Karen Wei, Bin Zhang, from China at the University of new members. It was suggested Sha Li Zhang, Liana Zhou Archive of CALA Illinois at Urbana-Champaign by that CALA membership should Lian Ruan. The theme of this open to a broader audience not official documents Absence Requested: Min Chou, year’s program is “global out- just Chinese Americans. The Nancy Sun Hershoff, Jiun Kuo, reach.” proposed budget was received Haipeng Li, Yongyi Song, Zheng favorably by the Board. However, Wang, Hong Xu, Jen-chien Yu, The promoting efforts were also due to the lack of quorum at the Haiwang Yuan meeting, the budget proposal will successful. Despite the inconven- ient meeting site, the program be voted via online in a later Guests: Suhua Fan and Nora Yeh attracted a large audience. It was date. also attended the meeting. Ms. agreed by board members that we Fan represented Ms. Hanrong should explore more ways to get D. Appointment of Committees Wang, CALA SE Chapter Presi- out words about the program and and Task Forces. There will be a dent. CALA. We can put on ALA couple of continuing taskforces, newsletter, promote through the including the CALA 21st Seminar I. Sha Li Zhang called the meet- listserv. Taskforce. ing to order. The first item on the agenda was the transitions and B. Goals and Plans for 2008- E. New Initiatives. Some new inauguration of new president/ 2009. ShaLi emphasized that we initiatives will be established, officers. Dora passed the CALA should look into the CALA Stra- including the taskforces for earth- seal to Sha Li Zhang. tegic Plan and try to tie our activi- quake, financial planning, and ties to the five goals set forth in CALA Travel Grant to set up II. Sha Li welcomed all the new the CALA Strategic Plan and criteria and selection process. board members, and each atten- encourage younger members and use of the new technology. We dee did the self-introduction. F. Resolutions. The Board review will continue to do the projects the documents for Endorsing the for CALA and institutionalized City of Palo Alto’s 11/2008 $72 III. The meeting agenda was them so they will last. moved by Dora Ho, and seconded Million Library Bond Measure. by Bin Zhang, and was approved Due to insufficient members at- anonymously. It was discussed the current ac- tended, the board did not vote for tivities and projects, such as this endorsement, but suggest to CALA delegations to Library conduct an online voting. IV. President’s Report Society of China annual pro- grams, CALA 21st Century Semi- Taken and submitted by V. Other Issues nars. Another goal of CALA is to increase CALA membership, including retentions and renewing Shuyong Jiang in place of A. The 2008/2009 CALA presi- the current members and encour- Haipeng Li dent, ShaLi Zhang, then reported aging student members. CALA to the board the CALA 2008 Con- also should provide educational ference Program. The annual and professional opportunities for program was a success owing to its members. And last but not the Program Committee members
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NO. 100 CALA Board Meetings PAGE 19 CALA Board (2007-2008) Meeting Minutes ALA 2008 Annual Conference, Ana- vide feedback. type of institution. The Board thought it heim, CA 4. Tuesday the 2 is Legislative Day. Please was a good idea. Nancy Hershoff moved advocate for libraries online. that we migrate the membership database CALA Board (2007-2008) Meeting Min- 5. This year, ALA has created a Member- online from the access to membership in- utes III ship Pavilion to attract new members and formation, seconded by Shuyong Jiang. 6/28/2008 Saturday 7-9:00 pm provide information on membership issues. The Board’s approval was unanimous. Hilton Exec. Bd Rm. Over 50 volunteers had been solicited. Mengxiong Liu offered to work on the Please stop by if you can. committee to form the guidelines for these Board of Directors present: Dora Ho, 6. ALA and Friends of Libraries USA grants. Haipeng Li, Sha Li Zhang, Maggie Wang, (FOLUSA) have agreed that FOLUSA will Yongyi Song, Ying Xu, Xudong Jin, Nancy provide executive management for the Public Relations/Fundraising Committee Hershoff, Songqian Lu, Linna Yu, Anchi Association of Library Trustees and Advo- Anchi Hoh, Chair of the Public Relations/ Hoh, Shuyong Jiang, Priscilla Yu, Lisa cates (ALTA) for a period of 12-months Fundraising Committee, gave a brief report Zhao, Karen Wei, Zhijia Shen. ending August 31, 2008, with the expec- on the committee work. She focused on the Absence requested: Min Chou, Jiun Kuo, tation that FOLUSA and ALTA will seek recommendations from the committee on Hanrong Wang, Amy Jiang, Zheng to combine into an expanded division of the the following document (see committee Wang ALA on August 31, 2008. This is really a report on CALA website): Guests: Suhua Fan (in place of Hanrong marriage between Friends and Libraries. Donation Guidelines Wang), Mario Gonzalas, Miguel Garcia, Guidelines for Advertisements in CALA Gang Wan, Mari Nakahara. IV Committee Recommendations Publications Finance Committee Voting was conducted and the Board ap- I. President Dora Ho called the meeting to The Finance Committee is proposing to proved the guidelines. order at 7:10 pm. She asked that everyone help members to attend conferences and is introduce him/herself first, board members recommending to the Board to approve Publications Committee and guests. $2,000 annually to establish four Confer- The committee recommends that the II. No meeting minutes for the Board meet- ence Grants for four active members to CALA OPS (Occasional Paper Series) ing at ALA midwinter on January 12, 2008 attend ALA Annual conferences. Each embrace the open access concept. Mengx- in Philadelphia were submitted for Board’s Conference Grant is to be $500 per person. iong Liu moved that CALA embrace the approval. This may particularly help those who do open access concept for OPS in principle. III. Dora Ho then asked the board to dis- not receive funding form their employers Nancy Hershoff seconded it. Voting was cuss the agenda to see if there were ques- but need to fulfill their duties for CALA. conducted and the motion carried. tions before the approval. Haipeng Li stated The Board thought this was a great sugges- that there was an action item from the tion. The motion to allocate $2,000 annu- Self Study Assessment Task Force membership committee on membership ally to establish four Conference Grants A report was submitted by the Task Force, directory migration which should be added was raised by Mengxiong Liu and seconded appointed by Dora this year. As some of to the agenda and so we did. Mario Gon- by Ying Xu. The Board approved the mo- the recommendations from the Task Force zalez, the ALA Exe. Board liaison to tion unanimously. were in duplication with the Strategic Plan- CALA was added to the agenda for a re- ning recommendations approved by the port. Dora Ho then called for a motion to Handbook Committee Board last year, Haipeng Li suggested that approve the agenda. It was moved by Dora stated that the handbook will become we go back to the Strategic Planning docu- Haipeng Li and seconded by Sha Li Zhang. an official document for CALA officers. It ment and compare the two against each Votes were taken and the agenda was ap- has been revised, with feedback incorpo- other. Haipeng moved that the president proved. rated, and still being worked on with up- next year appoint a task force to carry out dates. Nancy Hershoff suggested that the the comparison and identify priorities and Mario did his report on behalf of ALA Exe. Board adopt the current version as a work- recommend areas of needed action. Ying Board on the following: ing document. It was then amended that the Xu seconded the motion. The Board voted 1. He appreciated CALA for contributing handbook be updated as needed under the on it and approved it. $1,000 to the ALA One Nation, Many supervision of the Exe. Director. The Voices program; amendment was moved by Nancy Hershoff Web Committee 2. He reported that the ALA Council is and seconded by Linna Yu. The Board The Web Committee made a similar rec- looking at shrinking the ALA annual con- voted on it and the motion passed. Dora ommendation as the one from the Member- ferences as over the years the annual con- thanked the Handbook Committee for a job ship Committee that we move the member- ference has gotten bigger and bigger. This well done. ship directory online. After some discus- will have impact on all ALA affiliated li- sions, Haipeng Li moved that access to brary organizations, including CALA for Membership Committee online membership directory be limited to programming. The change will not happen The Membership Committee had done a CALA members in good standing only. until 2010. CALA should provide feedback great job in the designing of the new web- Nancy Hershoff seconded the motion. Vot- on this to ALA if any. site which is about ready to launch. The ing was done and the motion was ap- 3. ALA is implementing a new interface for Committee is still looking for feedback on proved. Sha Li Zhang also moved that the its website for easier user and better access. improving access to the information on the new CALA website be launched after the Please take a look at www.ala.org and pro- web, such as sorting membership info by ALA annual, (Continue to p. 20)
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January 12, 2008 (Saturday) 7:00-9:00PM Action items:
Pennsylvania Convention Center (PCC) 107A • Minutes from 2006/2007 3rd Board Meeting (June 23, 2007) and 2007/2008 1st Board Meeting (June 25, (Meeting notes submitted by Dora Ho) 2007) were approved. • Agreed to test the migration of the membership data- Present: Dora Ho, Haipeng Li, Shixing Wen, Shali base to online. Zhang, Xudong Jin, Guoqing Li, Vincci Kwong, Anna Xiong, Anchi Hoh, Esther Lee, Linna Yu, Nancy Her- • Approved to reduce the number of pages of Mem- shoff, Min Chou, Shuyong Jiang, Jiun Kuo, Amy bership Directory. Tsiang, John Zheng Wang, Liana Zhou, Harriet Ying, • Approved to the “Mentorship Program:” to Liza Zhao. “Mentoring Program”
• Approved the slate of candidate for the Spring elec- (We need to verify attendance, these are the people Archive of CALA that told me they will attend on my roster) tion. official documents • Adopted the newly revised CALA Brochure and Guests: Mario Gonzalez, Camila Alire Fact Sheet • Selected the design for the new CALA Web Meeting was called to order at 7:10 pm. • Adopted revised guideline for placing ads on CALA Library Jobline Mario Gonzalez reported from the ALA Board that • Authorized the CALA 21st Century Librarian Semi- although the dues revenue remained unchanged for the past fiscal year, there are 630 fewer ALA per- nar Project Taskforce to sign official agreement with sonal members. Revenue remained neutral due to the seminar hosting institution to expedite the process. phased dues increase. Mario encouraged everyone to • Authorized the CALA 21st Century Librarian Semi- participate in the Website redesign by visiting the nar Project Taskforce to move ahead on the IMLS kiosks in the Registration area and giving feedback. In keeping with other conferences, ALA will require grant proposal with the Mortenson Center and the registration to be completed before housing can be UIUC Asia Library. secured. This will begin with ALA Midwinter 2009 • Allocated $4000 as seed money for the JCLC II in Denver. One of incoming President Jim Rettig’s conference. initiatives is increased electronic member participa- tion. Meeting Adjourned at 9:05 pm. Camila Alire, ALA President Candidate spoke about Submitted by Dora Ho her platform and how much she is looking forward to August 5, 2008 working with the various ethnic caucuses. She en- courages everyone to vote during the next ALA elec-
(Continued from p. 19) which was seconded by quake victims in China. Mengxiong Liu. Old Business The Board then voted and approved it. The Diversity Sichuan Earthquake Relief Fund Report was deferred to the Monday meeting. Discussion around the earthquake relief fund issue continued. Maggie Wang, the CALA Treasurer, re- Haipeng Li then reported on the JCLC 2012 plan- ported that so far the fund had grown to over $8,700 ning process. He informed that the year had been including donations from all fronts and $500 from the determined as 2012, and site selection discussion is CALAMW Chapter. The Board had already approved in process. Soon the JCLC 2012 Steering Comm. online that CALA will work with the Library Society will send out calls for volunteers to serve on JCLC of China in the distribution of the funds. A recom- committees. He encouraged board members to take mendation was also made for CALA to contribute the lead to represent CALA and serve on these com- $1,000 to the fund. Such motion was called by mittees. Priscilla Yu and seconded by Linna Yu. Voting was conducted and the motion passed. (Continue to p. 21) Dora Ho issued a moment of silence for the earth-
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CALA Board Special Online Meeting 2008-2009 CALA Board Special Online CALA Board Special Online Meet- public library facilities and services. …. Meeting I 2008-2009 ing II 2008-2009 CALA Board Special Online Meet- July 29 through August 7, 2008 August 11 through August 15, 2008 ing III 2008-2009
Special Meeting on CALA Proce- Special Meeting II on CALA’s Endorse- September 8 through September 19, dures. ment for the Palo Alto’s Libraries request 2008 for more funding from the City of Palo Alto The special online meeting for the CALA to improve library services. Special Meeting III on Approving the Board of Directors was conducted from 2008-2009 Proposed Budget July 29 through August 7, 2008. Sha Li The special online meeting II for the CALA The special online meeting III for the Zhang, president of CALA, presided over Board of Directors, was conducted from CALA Board of Directors, was conducted the meeting and presented the motion from August 11 through August 15, 2008. As from September 8 through September 19, the Executive Committee to the Board. Sha Li Zhang, president of CALA, was out 2008 to approve the CALA 2008-2009 of town at the IFLA conference, Xudong Proposed Budget. Sha Li Zhang, President The motion read: The CALA Board en- Jin, CALA Vice President, presided over of CALA, called the meeting to order dorse the decision made by the CALA Ex- the meeting and led the voting process. online, presided over the meeting and led ecutive Committee that Ms. Dora Ho was the voting process. no longer authorized to represent CALA Just a note that this was unfinished business when she sent out the e-mail message on from the Monday morning meeting on June This was unfinished business from the July 3, 2008 as her term as the CALA 30, 2008 in Anaheim. The Board at that Monday morning meeting on June 30, President (2007-2008) expired on Monday, meeting had a discussion and favored the 2008, in Anaheim. The Board at that meet- June 30, 2008 (this decision was announced resolution, but because of the lack of quo- ing had discussed this agenda item and to the CALA Listserv on July 8, 2008) and rum, the Board did not vote on it. So this made some suggestions. Sha Li incorpo- to assure that all CALA businesses will be meeting is a continuation from that. rated the suggestions into the proposal conducted according to the CALA Consti- which she presented to the Board for ap- tution, Bylaws, and operational procedures. The Palo Alto Libraries resolution was proval. presented to the Board again. Min Chou Haipeng Li made the motion to approve the Voting was conducted and here is the re- amended the resolution by incorporating budget, and Min Chou seconded the mo- sult: information on CALA into the docu- tion. Sha Li then called for voting which Among the 26 eligible meeting participants, ment. The amendment was accepted. She started on September 10, 2008 and ended twenty-four (24) Yes votes were received also made the suggestion that we enclose on September 19, 2008. and two (2) members were absent from the CALA’s brochure to send with the endorse- meeting. Therefore, the motion carries and ment as a way to promote CALA The sug- Out of the 27 Board members, 23 voted the Executive Committee’s decision on July gestion was also favored by the Board. YES, with the understanding that some 8, 2008 was endorsed by the Board of Di- members were absent from the meeting. rectors. Voting started on at ll:18 a.m. on August There were zero NO votes, therefore, the 13, 2008. The Board consists of 27 mem- CALA Board has approved unanimously Sha Li thanked all board members for their bers and the quorum needs to be 14, with the 2008-2009 Proposed Budget. participation in this process. the understanding that some members are out of town. Out of the 27 members, 23 Sha Li thanked all board members for their Respectfully submitted, votes were received which were all YES participation in this process on September Haipeng Li votes. There were zero NO votes. There- 22, 2008. CALA Interim Executive Director fore, the CALA Board has approved unani- August 8, 2008 mously the emended resolution to endorse Haipeng Li the City of Palo Alto’s November 2008 $72 September 22, 2008 million library bond measure, and the com- munity’s commitment to modernize its
vices on diversity recruitment to the profession. We are all proud of (Continued from p. 20) Dora Ho had already sent a letter to the LSC. her as a CALA member and officer. Congratulations, Sha Li! Sha Li Zhang will appoint a special task force to work on the earth- quake related issue. Nancy Hershoff suggested that letters from the Anchi Hoh also announced the Florence Tan Moeson Fellowship president on the CALA letter head should be issued to donors and Program at the Asian Division at the Library of Congress. She en- indicate that CALA is a non-profit organization. couraged CALA members to apply. For more information, please contact Anchi Hoh at [email protected]. New Business The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 pm. Haipeng Li announced the great news that Sha Li Zhang headed a Respectfully submitted by: team at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro to win a siz- Haipeng Li able grant ($862,014) from the Institute of Museum and Library Ser- 7-8-08
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Many CALA activities since July 2012 and Kansas City, Missouri leaders are Haiwang Yuan for the 2008 have concentrated in the for the location for the confer- seminars in Kunming on July 10- following key strategic areas that ence. Like JCLC 2006, JCLC 13, Shuyong Jiang in Wuhan on are outlined in the CALA Strate- 2012 will be another great oppor- October 23-25, and Diana Wu in gic Plan: tunity of professional develop- Taipei on November 10-14, 2008. ment for CALA members. CALA 14 CALA members participated 1. Strive for organizational ex- members are encouraged in par- in these events as presenters, with cellence More than 140 CALA ticipation and involvement in the more than 300 attendees at the members, new and experienced, event. three sites. We were proud that are enthusiastically volunteering ALA President Jim Rettig was their time and efforts to serve on A congratulatory letter from Sha able to join one of the seminars at 16 CALA committees, four spe- Li Zhang, CALA President, and the Kunming University of Sci- cial taskforces, and four standing Haipeng Li, CALA Executive ence and Technology. In his blog, positions in 2008-2009. Director, was sent on behalf of which is viewed by many ALA CALA to the third Reforma Na- members, Mr. Rettig indicated his CALA Board of Directors unani- tional Conference held in El Paso, appreciation for CALA for the mously approved the 2008-2009 Texas in September 2008. Sha Li opportunity and shared some of CALA budget proposal which Zhang also presented a paper at the impressions that he learned on Archive of CALA was closely connected with the the conference. Chinese librarianship, his interac- official documents CALA projects and initiatives tions with Chinese colleagues, outlined on the CALA 2010 Stra- A congratulatory letter from Sha and his visits to other parts of tegic Plan. The new CALA web Li Zhang and Haipeng Li was China. ALA President-Elect site was launched in early fall sent on behalf of CALA to Pro- Camila Alire has also expressed 2008 at http://cala-web.org. fessor Karolyn Thompson, newly her willingness to participate in Though it may take some time to elected president of Black Caucus the program. This is a wonderful complete the entire migration to of ALA wishing her successful opportunity to raise CALA's visi- transfer all materials from the old presidential years. bility among library associations web site to the new one, the in the U.S. All information on the added features and functionalities Ongoing communications with three seminars is complete on the on the new web site started show- CALA members on important program's website at http:// ing benefits. issues were conducted through tigger.uic.edu/depts/lib/projects/ online meetings, regular CALA resources/calamw/ The partnership between the Uni- Updates columns, CALA listserv, project/2008/2008.shtml versity of Illinois Urbana- CALA Newsletter, conference Champaign Libraries (UIUC), calls, etc. to keep the membership The CALA Taskforce on Re- and the Chinese American Li- informed. building Libraries in the Earth- brarians Association (CALA) has quake Disastrous Areas in China, won the IMLS Laura Bush 21st Three CALA press releases were chaired by Sally C. Tseng, CALA Century Librarian Program grant issued through various venues to Honorary Executive Director, has of $499,895.00. This grant project help promote and project CALA's worked on its full speed. More will work with the Library Soci- accomplishments to broad library than 160 individuals and organi- ety of China (LSC) to promote media. zations sent the donations of more Chinese, American, and interna- than $20,000 to support the re- tional librarianship. This is an 2. Become a leader in global building library projects, the larg- excellent opportunity for CALA reach initiatives A special est fundraising effort in CALA's members to get involved and to CALA taskforce on the 21st Cen- history. Medical Library Associa- participate in several components tury Librarian Seminar Series tion (MLA) donated $5,000 to of the grant project. Project was appointed for the CALA for the cause. The Library second term to plan, coordinate, Society of China (LSC) and Haipeng Li, CALA Executive and facilitate the seminar pro- CALA signed a MOU that LSC Director, is co-chairing the JCLC gram. Haipeng Li, CALA Execu- will assist CALA to distribute the 2012 Steering Committee. Plan- tive Director, is leading the task- first $10,000 donations to the ning for the conference is moving force. immediate family members of a along very well. This will also library staff who was killed dur- help with CALA's visibility in the Since July 2008, CALA has con- ing the massive earthquakes on U.S. to promote issues of diver- ducted three successful seminar May 12 2008 and to the injured sity in the profession. The JCLC programs on the CALA 21st Cen- library staff to help with their 2012 Steering Committee has tury Librarian Seminar Series in medical needs. (Continue to p.23) selected the conference year in China. The three CALA team
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NO. 100 CALA Interim Reports PAGE 23 Publications Committee DATE: 12 Jan. 2009 bers. Second issue of CALA Occasional Pa- per Series (OPS) published MEMBER ROSTER: "The CALA Publications Committee The committee would like to acknowl- Chairpersons: Hong Miao Mia Bassham Tasks, 2008-2009" from the Executive edge the contributions to the publication Members: Zhuo Wang, Yanjuan Zhu, Board has indicated that the terms of by Judy Jeng, the current OPS editor-in- Lorna Tang, Nancy Hershff, Shu Liu, appointments for the OPS Editorial chief. The second issue of the OPS was Junlin Pan, Yunshan Ye, Board members should be staggered so published in November 2008. This publi- Ex-officios: Min Chou, Judy Jeng, that the majority of the Board members cation will continue to offer CALA Priscilla Yu, Sai Deng, Elaine Dong, will not end their terms together. The members an opportunity to publish a Songqian Lu committee has realized that it is neces- variety of research productions of both sary to revise the Editorial Guidelines scholarly and practical significance. IS THIS AN Interim or annual RE- before we process the recommendations PORT? Interim and applications for the OPS editors. The OPS Call for Papers After we consulted the CALA Executive The OPS Editor issued a call for paper Board we decided that the committee submissions in December 2008. LIST SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES revise the OPS Editorial Guidelines prior THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE to making recommendations for the OPS SINCE LAST REPORT: Action Item for the Board editors to the CALA Executive Board. Approval of proposed revision to the To recommend the appointments of OPS Editorial Guideline To revise OPS Editorial Guidelines the OPS editors to the Board Miao Hong, on behalf of the Publications and Requirements The terms for the current OPS Editor-in- Committee Chief and four members of the OPS Edi- The committee is currently working to torial Board will end in June 2009. As revise the existing OPS Editorial Guide- per Executive Committee of the Board, lines and requirements to ensure con- the committee issued a call for the CALA tinuation and smooth transition of the OPS editor and the editorial board mem- OPS and to establish a more open proc- bers. The effort has been made to reach ess for recruiting editors. This task is in out to qualified members to become OPS process. A revised draft will be submit- editor-in-chief and Editorial Board mem- ted to the Board before the Mid-Winter 2009.
(Continued from p.22) A delegation of bership drive early this year. More than 690 Editor for Journal of Library and Informa- CALA (Guoqing Li, Lian Ruan, and Sha Li letters with a CALA calendar was sent out tion Science, is leading her editorial board Zhang) participated in the Library Society in December 2008 to encourage member- to aggressively recruit articles for a quality of China (LSC) Annual Conference held in ship renewal. More than 280 dropped mem- publication. The journal provides the CALA Chongqing, China, October 27 - 31, 2008. bers were also contacted for coming back members the publishing opportunities. Sha Li Zhang was invited to offer congratu- through mailing. latory remarks at opening ceremony of the 5. Advocate for users of Chinese heritage, conference on behalf of CALA. She was The Mentorship Committee made much Chinese culture, and Chinese lan- also invited to introduce the CALA 21st progress on recruitment. Five new CALA guage CALA Board of Directors unani- Century Librarian Seminar Series Program members were matched with the experi- mously passed a resolution to support the to the conference attendees. enced CALA members. The committee is City of Palo Alto Library Bond Campaign. expanding the program to all new members The goal of this library campaign is to bring 3. Enhance services to CALA member- and the CALA scholarship recipients. the 50-year-old libraries in the city into the ship A special taskforce on the CALA 21st century and up to par with libraries in Travel Grant Guidelines was appointed and 4. Provide educational opportunities neighboring cities/communities. charged to develop the appropriate proce- Two outstanding CALA members, Shu-hua dures to guide the CALA Travel Grant Liu and Anna Xiong, were selected to par- The Palo Alto Library Measure N was applications. The proposal was already ticipate in the ALA 2009 Emerging Leaders passed during the 2008 November election. submitted to the Board for discussion and Program. Both Shu-hua and Anna were at Nearly 70 percent of voters supported the an approval at the ALA Midwinter Meeting the Program during the ALA Midwinter bond measure which would fund Palo Alto in January 2009. The grant intends to pro- Meeting in January 2009. Shu-hua and library improvements to three of the city's vide up to four $500 travel grants each year Anna also selected to evaluate and assess five library branches. to CALA members for their professional the CALA 21st Century Librarian Seminar development activities. If all goes well, the Series as their program project. CALA has Respectfully submitted by: call for applying the grants will be out in provided the funds to assist them to partici- Sha Li Zhang, CALA President spring 2009. pate in the program. Haipeng Li, CALA Executive Director
The Membership Committee started mem- Min Chou, the newly appointed English
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DATE: 1/10/2009 the old information. The valuable and constructive chairperson will contact opinions and suggestions MEMBER ROSTER: the NTNU editors to up- to authors for revi- Min Chou (Chairperson), Xue- date the information. A sion. So far, one paper Ming Bao, Nancy Hershoff, password authenticated has passed the review Manuel Urrizola, Mark site on CALA web has process and was sent to Winston, Sha-Li Zhang (ex- also been created for edi- NTNU for publication, officio), Mengxiong Liu (ex- torial board members to two papers were rejected, officio), Hong Miao (ex- access committee docu- and all others are going officio), and Mia Bassham ments and reports. through review process. (ex-officio) 2. Vigorously promoted the Future Recommendations: Journal and Solicited pa- Appointment/reappointment decisions for the chairperson IS THIS AN Interim or an- pers We sent out call for nual REPORT? _X_Interim papers twice, in July and and members of CALA JLIS Editorial Board should be __Annual December 2008. As we continue to cover the made at least six months be- regular base of readership fore the beginning of their LIST SIGNIFICANT AC- Archive of CALA which is CALA members new terms to ensure continua- TIVITIES THE COMMIT- and friends, we also tion and transition for the edi- official documents TEE HAS DONE SINCE reached out to colleagues torial work. LAST REPORT: in many national and in- The new editorial board ternational library organi- started the work right after the Action Item for the Board: zations, such as IFLA, appointments of the chairper- Reappointment of editorial ACRL-NJ, VALE-NJ, son/English Editor and the board member ALA world AALL Asian editorial board members were The chairperson would like to caucus, APALA and other announced in July 2008. This recommend to CALA Board ALA ethnic caucuses, and is a very strong editorial of Directors of the reappoint- more, to promote the board; everyone is very capa- ment of Dr. Mark Winston as Journal and to solicit sub- ble, supportive, collaborative, member of the CALA JLIS missions. and committed to the Editorial Board. His new work. Busy with many other 3. Actively recruited review- three-year term will start from professional commitments, ers Since the Journal is a July 2009. everyone has demonstrated peer reviewed publica- genuine efforts to keep JLIS tion, reviewers play a Respectfully submitted, work moving forward – from very important role in Min Chou soliciting manuscripts to re- keeping the quality of cruiting referees, to manu- manuscripts. To date, we script review process. The have recruited 15 review- editorial board also focused on ers for the Journal. We improving the process to make will continue to expand the editorial work more sys- the pool to have 25-30 tematic and efficient in the reviewers. future. Briefly listed below 4. Thoroughly reviewed please find what we have manuscripts We have achieved thus far: received two papers in August, one paper in Oc- 1. Updated CALA JLIS tober, one paper in No- vember, and four papers website Information on in December. Review CALA website regarding process usually takes JLIS has been up- about two to three months dated. The JLIS website as reviewers have given hosted by NTNU still has
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NO. 100 CALA Interim Reports PAGE 25 Membership Committee Member Roster: our members. As of January 9, 2009, we • Modify the data structure (i.e. fields) to o Elaine Dong (Co-Chair) received 24 new member applications, and accommodate the need o Songqian Lu (Co-Chair) 49 members renewed their membership • Identify and configure a membership o Heather Huibin Cai including some members that have been management system (i.e. CiviCRM or o Suhua Fan inactive for many years. other systems) o Rober W. Fernekes • Implement the system o Jie Huang 4. Worked closely with CALA Web The core features of the new system should o Denise Kwan Committee in revising and updating Online include: o Min Tong Membership Directory and related web • Membership update completely through o Hong Wang pages. We reported several problems and the web interface; o Lulu Zhuo Wang made several recommendations to the Web • Financial transactions management o Linda Wen Committee, such as membership PayPal (management of membership fees, dona- o Zhixian Yi problem and broken links. tions and other payments completely from o Bin Zhang within the interface). List committee recommendations, if any, Is this an interim or annual report? X to the Board: Project time frame: Interim report __ Annual report 1. To simplify the 2009 print version of • 2/09 – 3/09: Research the need CALA Membership Directory (identify the date elements that need to List significant activities the committee Purpose: To reduce pages of the Directory be tracked) has done since last report: and to protect privacy of our members and • 4/09 – 5/09: Modify the data structure 1. Formed three subcommittees to carry their security. This simplification will also (i.e. fields) to accommodate the need out the tasks of the committee: reduce the print cost of the directory print- • 6/09 – 7/09: Identify, testing, and con- • Membership Directory Subcommittee ing. figure a membership management system • Membership Retention Subcommittee • 8/09 – 9/09: Implement the system • Member Outreach Subcommittee Rationale: Since the comprehensive Mem- bership Directory is accessible on the Suggested members of the Task Force: 2. To retain and reach out to CALA mem- CALA web site to all active CALA mem- Bin Zhang (Co-Chair from the current Web bers, we sent out greeting letters (with a bers now, it is not necessary to keep all Committee) welcome message to the new members, an information about the members on the print Songqian Lu (Co-Chair from the current acknowledgement and renewal-reminder version, especially the members’ private for the active/life members, and a renewal- information such as home address and Membership Committee) reminding message to the inactive members phone number. Elaine Dong (Co-Chair from the current from 2003 to2007) and 2009 magnet calen- membership Committee) dars to 692 CALA members in December We suggest keeping only the following Shuyong Jiang (CALA treasurer) 2008. The membership category break- information for each entry on the 2009 Shixing Wen (he is the one who under- downs are as follows: print version of CALA Membership Direc- stands how the current and previous pay- tory: ment/PayPal procedures work) US Int’l SubTotal Inactive members English Name Heather Cai (member from the Member- (2003-2007) 272 7 279 Chinese Name ship Committee) Institution Name Danial Xiao(member from the Web Com- Active Mem- Work Phone Number mittee) bers 169 10 179 Email Address Respectfully submitted, Life mem- 2. To form a membership management Elaine Dong & Songqian Lu bers 199 17 216 system task force Co-Chairs, CALA Membership Committee Purpose: To research/investigate and im- New mem- plement a full-featured membership man- bers 18 18 agement system to manage the online ------CALA Membership Directory. To- Rationale: The current system is hardly tal: 658 34 692 efficient. Some data formats on the online In addition, the thanks letters and the 2009 membership directory are not consistent magnet calendars have been sent to 10 ven- and standardized, and some fields are un- dors and organizations that have sponsored necessary. The adding/updating process of CALA Membership Directory and CALA new/renewing members has to be done activities. manually and some steps are redundant. Charge of the task force: 3. As the result of our outreach efforts, we • Research the need (identify the data have received very positive response from elements that need to be tracked)
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Summer program. The 2008 Xu, and Maggie Wang coordi- CALA members could perform Summer Program ALA Annual Conference was nated this one-day event. Ying Xu and sing during the evening. held in Southern California. To conducted the tour of the Hunt- Other SCA members and Board show our hospitality, the SCA ington for the group. Sally Tseng officers also assisted and made CALA Awards chapter sponsored a van tour to provided personal transportation their contributions: Maggie Banquet during ALA the Huntington Library and Bo- for those who booked late and Wang, Yongyi Song, Kuei Chiu, tanic Gardens on June 30th for wasn’t able to get a seat in the and Jiaxun Wu provided trans- CALA members attending the van. The group spent a lovely day portation service for CALA mem- Membership Drive ALA conference. The Hunting- enjoying the cultural treasures of bers attending the CALA Pro- ton, founded in 1919 and opened the Huntington and dinner at a gram and the Chinese Banquet. to the public in 1928, is set amidst Chinese restaurant in the evening. Helen Tsai, Ling-ling Kuo, 120 acres of CALA members who attended Zhuo Wang, Candice Mack breathtaking gar- this event were very appreciative served on the Local Arrangement dens. Three art and many wrote to thank the SCA Committee that organized the galleries and a chapter. One of the notes reads: “I banquet. library showcase felt fortunate and was very happy magnificent col- to know you through the Hunting- Membership drive. SCA is suc- lections of paint- ton Library tour. I was cessful in its membership drive ings, sculptures, very impressed by your thought- this year, especially in recruiting rare books, manu- ful consideration and attentive- life-members. As the newly- scripts, and deco- ness. The library, the scenery, the issued CALA 2007/2008 Mem- rative arts. High- tasty Chinese food, and especially bership Directory indicates, six lights of the col- your generosity gave me a pro- people from SCA chapter became lection include the found memory which will last for life members during May 2007 – Ellesmere manu- a long, long time.” July 2008, which marks the high- script of Chaucer's est of all chapters. The new life The Canterbury CALA Awards Banquet during members are: Kuei Chiu, Librar- Tales (c.1410), a Gutenberg Bible ALA. Wenwen Zhang and Man- ian, University of California Riv- (c.1455), Thomas Gainsborough's ual Urizola served as MCs of the erside; Cesar Caballero, Dean of masterpiece The Blue Boy (c. CALA Awards Banquet on June Libraries, California State Uni- 31st. Both of them are known in versity San Bernardino; Ying Xu, Southern California for their suc- Librarian, California State Uni- cessful experience hosting fund- versity Los Angeles; Wei Zhang, raising events. They worked very Librarian from Pasadena Public hard preparing for this special, Library; Maggie Wang and Dar- once-a-year evening of ren Braden, both are Librarians CALA. Wenwen Zhang donated from Monterey Park City Li- many of the gift items to the ban- brary. quet as door prizes. She also brought her personal Karaoke system to the Banquet so that
1770), Sir Thomas Lawrence's Pinkie (1794), and Rogier van der Weyden's Madonna and Child (15th century). The ground fea- tures the serenely beautiful Shakespeare garden, Japanese garden, desert garden, the newly- opened Chinese Garden, and Report and pictures provided by: much more. The botanical collec- Yongyi Song, SCA President tion features over 14,000 different Ying Xu, SCA Secretary species of plants, and June was one of the prettiest months at the Huntington with all flowers blooming. Sally Tseng, Ying
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NO. 100 Chapter Reports PAGE 27 Southeast Chapter Report
Prepared by (“觀島王科長。” B. 美國僑治亞州：《亞 North Carolina at Greensboro, received a Hanrong Wang federal grant of $862,000 from the IMLS President of Southeast Chapter 特蘭大新聞》 二00八年十一月二十一 Laura Bush 21st century Librarian Pro- December 16, 2008 日，A8。http:// gram. The grant fund will help recruit twelve ethnic minority students into a two- www.atlantachinesenews.com/ Hanrong Wang, President year masters degree at the library and infor- Lili Li, Vice President News/2008/11/11-21 /ATL_P08.pdf) mation science program at UNCG (http:// Li Zhang, Treasure www.uncg.edu/ure/news/stories/2008/jun/ Ying Zhang, Membership Officer "Review of The Philosophy of Lao Chang imls062608.htm). She also presented a by Lao She." Atlanta Chinese News. Octo- lecture at the Chinese Librarians Summer Below is a report which summarizes South- ber 24, 2008, A8. (“簡介老舍著《老張的 Program at the University of Illinois at east Chapter activities from 2007-2008. Urbana-Champaign, “Collection Manage- 1) Membership 哲學》” 美國僑治亞州：《亞 特蘭大新 ment and Challenges at U.S. University There are thirty-six current members in Libraries.” In September 2008, Dr. Zhang 聞》 二00八年十月二十四日，A8。 Southeast Chapter, including nine new presented a paper at the Third Reforma members, and nine life members. Dr. Hwa- http://www.atlantachinesenews.com/ National Conference in El Paso, Texas, Wei Li transferred his membership to SE News/2008/10/10- 24/ATL_P08.pdf) “Equal Higher Educational Opportunity for Chapter according to his recent relocation. All: a Survey on State Legislature Actions "Mom Yang Has Gone!--An Essay In for Undocumented Stu- 2) Annual Activity memory of Mrs. Yang." Atlanta Chinese dents.” She contributed a paper to the 2008 Primary discussions were held between News. August 15, 2008. A8 (“麗伯母走 Annual Conference of the Library Society officers on SE Chapter’s Annual Confer- of China held in Chongqing, China, 了！” 美國僑治亞州:《亞特蘭大新聞》 ence. A survey will be sent to members in “Recruiting Content for Institutional Re- order to decide further details of the confer- 二00八年八月十五日，A8。 ) positories: A Case at the University of ence. North Carolina at Greensboro.” The paper
received the first Prize Award from the 3) Other Related Activities "Noise on Green Cards." Atlanta Chinese conference (http://www.lsc.org.cn/CN/ a) Members working hard to strengthen the News/2008 10/ News. July 11, 2008. A8. (“綠卡、綠卡” relationship & communication between Enable- CALA and China: 美國僑治亞州：《亞特蘭大新聞》 二00 Site_ReadNews1120725861225209600.ht ml). She gave a presentation at the 2008 A8 b) Members working hard in their profes- 八年七月十一日， 。 ) Annual Conference of the Library Society sional areas including presentations, publi- of China held in Chongqing, China, cations, and broadcasting CALA. These “CALA Volunteering Projects,” on behalf Mom Sun Always in Our Memory." New include but not limited to: " of CALA. Dr. Zhang represented CALA to Song Journal. 70 (May 2008). 23-24. (“住 participate in the 2008 Annual Conference Dr. Chih Wang was selected and included of the Library Society of China held in in Who's Who in America, 2009, for which 在耶和華的殿中，永遠到永遠 -- 點點滴 Chongqing, China (http://www.lsc.org.cn/ his name was placed on the headline of the 滴懷念孫奶 奶。” 美國僑州亞城華人基 CN/News/2008-10/ online World Journal, 081308 (A briefing Enable- was sent to CALA Newsletter for Fall, 督教會： 《新歌》70 (二00八年五月，) Site_ReadNews112072573122520...). 2008). He is also admitted to Chinese- 23-24。) American Academic and Professional As- Mr. Lili Li has recently published a new sociation in Southeastern United States and book "Emerging Technologies for Aca- participated in its 32nd Annual Conference "The Tale of Genji: Reading and Ex- demic Libraries in the Digital held in Atlanta, GA on July 25-27, 2008. cerpt." Atlanta Chinese News. November Age" (Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd, He also wrote and put out several Chinese 16, 2007. C2; November 23, 2007. A9. 2008). On October 22, 2008, Mr. Li pre- essays: sented a paper entitled "Evolving Library "Kuam's Andrew Wang." Part 1. Atlanta ( “紫式部著《源氏物語》英譯本簡介” Information Services in the Digital Age" at Chinese News. November 14, 2008. A8. 美國僑治亞州： 《亞特蘭大新聞》 二00 the 4th Shanghai International Library (“觀島王科長” A. 美國僑治亞州:《亞特 Forum 2008 (SILF 2008). 七年十一月十六日，C2；二00 七年十一 蘭大新 聞》 二00八年十一月十四日， 月二十三日，A9。) Professor Hanrong Wang & Carley Suther. A8。 “Modern Distance Education in China: Developments, Challenges & Trends” in http://www.atlantachinesenews.com/ Dr. Shali Zhang, as a principal investigator Education in China: 21st Century Issues News/2008/11/11- 14/ATL_P08.pdf) and project director with the University and Challenges, NOVA Publication, 2008. Libraries and the Department of Library "Kuam's Andrew Wang." Part 2. Atlanta and Information Studies at University of Chinese News. November 21, 2008. A8.
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DATE: January 10, 2009 were interested in learning about ble of New York, a non-profit the general operations of public organization founded in 1961, MEMBER ROSTER: libraries in NYC. whose main goal is to promote Esther Lee, President, ey- Chinese music. The Ensemble is [email protected] Fu Mei Yang, Head of the Mid the oldest and largest Chinese Li Sun, Vice-President, Manhattan Library’s Health Infor- orchestra in the United States. Its [email protected] mation Department received the Special Project Director, Dr. Jose- Hung-Yun Chang, Financial group at the Mid Manhattan Li- phine Yeh, introduced the various Manager, [email protected] brary. Xie Qi, Librarian at the instruments and players, and Ai-Hua Chen, Secretary, Asian and Mid Eastern Division made comments on the mu- [email protected] of the main New York Public sic. The ensemble playing was Lina Ding, Membership Chairper- Library, gave them a tour of the excellent, and various instru- son, Research Library. Both NYPL ments, such as the gaohu, pipa, [email protected] librarians answered many ques- erhu, dizi, banhu, and chin were tions in reference to collection featured. A noted soprano, Feng IS THIS AN INTERIM OR development and customer ser- Xue-Zhen, sang two popular Chi- ANNUAL REPORT? Interim vices. nese folk songs, before the whole Report ensemble played “In a Festive Chi-Chun Hsieh, Senior Librarian Mood’ to a grand finale. LIST SIGNIFICANT ACTIVI- at the Queens Library and Ex- TIES THE COMMITTTEE President of the Northeast Chap- Following was another perform- HAS DONE SINCE THE LAST ter, gave a tour of the Flushing ance on six Chinese jade music REPORT: Community Library, including instruments (including the pipa, the International Resource Cen- erhu, and chin), brought over from Two major activities highlighted ter. The group was especially Beijing by the China Zhongtian the past six months: impressed with the very busy Jade Art Delegation. The Delega- customer flow there. Chi-Chun tion was invited to perform in New 1. On July 7, 2008, three librari- and Maria answered questions on York by Carol Gee, the former ans from Dongguan Library, ways to address issues on materi- President of the Northeast Chap- China, visited New York City on als challenged, rotating collec- ter. Carol met the leader of the their way home after the 2008 tions, and material acquisitions Delegation, Shao Zhongtian, at ALA Annual Conference in Ana- for multiple locations. In ex- Beijing. When Carol learnt that heim, California. Their names change, we learnt about the the Delegation was to perform at the Kennedy Center in Washing- were: Dongguan Library’s special ser- ton, D.C., she immediately asked vices, such as their 24-hour ser- the Delegation to participate in the Li Yingchang, Associate Director vice and book slot machines. CALA’s concert in New York, and Librarian which was to be held right after the Cai Bing, Assistant Director and The librarians found the visit both Delegation’s Washington perform- Associate Librarian informative and interesting. They ance. Fortunately the Delegation Zhang Lina, Assistant Librarian thanked the Northeast Chapter for agreed. helping them with such good Songqian Lu, President of the arrangements. The carving or workmanship on CALA, Northeast Chapter, 2007- the rare jade instruments was a 2008, arranged library tours for 2. On Wednesday, 11/26/08, the marvel, and the Zhongtian group’s the above librarians at the New Northeast Chapter partnered with performing artistry was of a very York Public Library and at the the International Resource Center high caliber. Many in the audience Queens Borough Public Li- of the Flushing Community Li- went up to the stage to admire the brary. She asked Maria Fung, the brary in presenting an evening of instruments and talk to the musi- past President of the Northeast Chinese Instrumental and Vocal cians after the program. Chapter and the World Language Music. The program, made possi- Materials Specialist of the Brook- ble with a grant from the Henry The event was a big suc- lyn Public Library, to chaperone Luce Foundation, was performed cess. “Beautiful” and “wonderful” them on these visits. to a capacity audience of over two were among the complimentary hundred people in the Library words given by the appreciative The librarians visited the Mid Auditorium, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. audience to the program monitor. Manhattan Library and the Re- Respectfully submitted by search Library in the morning and The nine musicians for the first went to the Queens Library in part of the program were talents Esther Lee, Chair Flushing in the afternoon. They from the Chinese Music Ensem- Northeast Chapter
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NO. 100 Task Force Reports PAGE 29 21st Century Librarian Seminar Project Taskforce
DATE: 1-5-09 West Long Branch, NJ) ter to provide CALA members infor- Shuqin (Shu) Jiao (Saint Louis Univer- mation on the grant and how to get MEMBER ROSTER: sity) involved. Haipeng Li (Chair) Julia Martin (University of Toledo, [email protected] OH) The Taskforce also discussed where Xudong Jin [email protected] Karen Wei (Univ. of IL at Urbana- CALA should go as a general direction Guoqing Li [email protected] Champaign) with the seminar project now that we Lisa Zhao [email protected] Joe Branin, Ohio State University Li- have the grant. We realized that focus Shuyong Jiang [email protected] brary Director, participated as the key- of the grant will be on public libraries Sha Li Zhang [email protected] note speaker in China (although our members from Guoqing Li (Ohio State University) academic background can still partici- IS THIS AN Interim or annual RE- also participated in the seminar. pate) whereas our seminars had more PORT? _X_ Interim __Annual or less leaned towards academic librar- Taiwan National Normal University, ies. We will need to make some adjust- LIST SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES Taipei, Taiwan, (Nov.10-14, 2008) ments in our focus on the grant project THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE but at the same time keep the momen- SINCE LAST REPORT: Y. Diana Wu (Team Leader; Dr. Mar- tum going with the seminar project. This has been another year of success tin Luther King Jr. Library, San Jose After some discussions, the Taskforce for the CALA 21st Century Librarian State University) made the following decisions: Seminar Program. Three seminars have Qi Chen (Argosy University, Chi- been held, with 14 CALA member/ cago) 1. Ask the Board to approve the au- presenters and over 300 Chinese librar- Win Shih (University at Albany, thorization for the 21st Century ian participants. The three seminars SUNY) Librarian Seminar Taskforce and were held at the following institutions the International Relations Com- with appropriate CALA teams of pre- All teams have performed excellent mittee to assume responsibilities senters: jobs with their tasks/presentations and to work on the grant project Kunming University of Science & have received very positive feedback 2. Ask the Board to lend all support Technology in Kunming, Yunnan from hosting institutions. We would necessary to the grant project Province, July 10-13, 2008 also like to thank our seminar hosting 3. Treat the grant project as a top institutions for their hospitality and priority wonderful arrangements. We would Yuan, Haiwang (Team leader, Western Delay the seminar project with like to encourage everyone to read the 4. Kentucky University) Beijing University Library Bao, Xueming (Seton Hall University reports (on CALA web) from our 5. Explore continuation of further Library in New Jersey) members who participated. collaboration with Taiwan (more Fernekes, Robert (Georgia Southern seminars) University, Zach S. Henderson Li- Another important accomplishment is brary) the IMLS grant that the partnership 6. Evaluate grant project/seminar Miao, Hong (Marywood Univ. Library, between UIUC and CALA has won, efforts a year later. PA) the announcement of which was made Zhou, Liana (Indiana Univ. Kinsey on November 16, 2008, at the Library LIST COMMITTEE RECOMMEN- Institute Library) of Congress. A few members of the DATIONS, IF ANY, TO THE Mr. Jim Rettig, ALA president Seminar Task Force, Shuyong Jiang, BOARD: (2008/09), participated as the keynote Haipeng Li, and Sha Li Zhang, worked speaker. hard at the grant proposal and the plan- Ask the Board to approve the authori- ning after receiving the grant. The Task zation for the 21st Century Librarian Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Force has also been busy at planning Seminar Taskforce and the Interna- Province, Oct. 23-25, 2008 CALA’s involvement in the grant pro- tional Relations Committee to assume ject. Two conference calls were held responsibilities to work on the grant project. Shuyong Jiang (Team Leader; Univ. of and numerous email discussions were IL at Urbana-Champaign) also held. The first event for the project Ma Lei Hsieh (Monmouth University, has been planned on Friday Jan. 23, 2009, from 7-9:00 pm at ALA midwin-
PAGE 30 Taskforce on Rebuilding Libraries in the Earthquake Disastrous Areas in China
Member Roster: committee has done since last ous donations. The Chair, to- Sally C. Tseng (Chair), Maria report: gether with ShaLi and Haipeng Fung, Shuyong Jiang, Esther Lee, A. To Raise Funds, established sent each donor a CALA “Thank Ying Liu, Cathy Yang, Priscilla the CALA Taskforce on Rebuild- You Letter” and an official Yu, and Liana Zhou, ShaLi ing Libraries in the Earthquake “CALA Receipt” with sincere Zhang, CALA President, ex offi- Disastrous Areas in China gratitude to acknowledge the cio receipt of the donation toward this 1. to raise funds in support of good cause. It is a very emotional Haipeng Li, CALA Executive rebuilding collections in earth- process and there have been many Director, ex officio, quake-damaged libraries; and moving stories from the victims 2. to raise funds to provide li- and touching words from the Is this an interim or annual brary training Workshops on donors. We all very much appre- report? __x__ Interim re- Preparation for Natural Disasters ciate what the donors have done port _____ Annual report and Emergencies and Preserva- in supporting the rebuilding of tion of Library Collections. libraries in the earthquake disas- Background Information trous areas in China. The 2008’s most deadly earth- B. Designed and Revised the quake struck China on May 12, Webpage related to the Earth- 2. CALA is a not-for-profit with a devastated 8.0-magnitude, quake organization. Our members work killing at least 69,000 peo- as volunteers for the Task- ple. The 8.0-Magnitude is 1. Ying Liu and Sally, with the force. All donations are tax de- Equivalent to 790 Nuclear suggestions of the Task Force ductible. We want to ensure our Bombs. It is one of the worst one members, designed the Webpage donors that their donations will be in the past 3 decades. Even and revised the Donation page for 100-percent used for the Task- worse, it happened during the day the May 2008 China Earthquake force’s established objectives and while people were at work and in CALA’s Website. Thanks to efforts to assist library colleagues students were in schools. There Liana Zhou for providing the and their rebuilding efforts for were more than 20,000 times damaged library photos from library collections. We want to after-shocks ranging from 3.0 up Sichuan Province and to Vincci ensure the incoming donated to 6.4 magnitudes. The disastrous Kwong for putting it up on the funds and the outgoing usages of earthquakes forced 15 million CALA Web. the Earthquake Funds will have people to be evacuated, while The URL is: http://www.cala- total transparency. These are our more than 5 million were left web.org/node/545 commitments to our donors. homeless by destruction estimated Please visit the site and introduce at $86 billion. As to libraries, it to your friends. 3. Lists of donors in alphabeti- more than 150 libraries had been 2. Similar information is also cal orders and separate lists of damaged by the May 2008 earth- available in a Word docu- donors donated by checks or via quakes in China. Among them, ment. People commend us on PayPal are appended at the end of more than 50 libraries had been bringing to life such a moving this report. completed destroyed or serious and informative site. With these damaged during the earthquakes documents we can spread the 4. The Chair, with the help of and their after shocks in hard hit word more efficiently. Please let Taskforce members, has been Sichuan, and other surrounding Sally know if you need a copy to continuously keeping tracks of provinces in Shanxi, Gansu, Yun- help promote the Taskforce’s reports on news related to the nan, etc. objectives and efforts. 2008 China Earthquakes from news media and the Web. We Dr. ShaLi Zhang, CALA Presi- C. Fundraising and Distribu- want to obtain as much informa- dent, in June 2008, established tions of CALA Earthquake tion as possible so that we can this CALA Taskforce on Rebuild- Funds: provide the proper assistance. ing Libraries in the Earthquake Disastrous Areas in China and 1. As of December 31, 2008, 5. The Taskforce also has been appointed Sally C. Tseng as the the Earthquake Funds raised a communicating with the Library Chair to lead the Taskforce to total of US$20,700.00 from three Society of China (LSC) and Si- Picture source: resume fundraising to help our associations and over 160 individ- chuan Provincial Library for more http://www.cala-web.org/node/545 Chinese library colleagues in their ual donors. This is the largest information and has been working efforts to rebuild libraries in those donated funds in CALA’s his- closely with CALA President Dr. impacted areas. tory. These funds are kept in ShaLi Zhang and Executive Di- CALA’s account. We sincerely rector Haipeng Li on matters List significant activities the thank our donors for their gener- related to the Taskforce.
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NO. 100 Task Force Reports PAGE 31 Taskforce on Rebuilding Libraries in the Earthquake Disastrous Areas in China
mained in the CALA Earthquake Funds of China for distributions to Chinese col- On October 28, 2008, ShaLi, Haipeng and Account as of the end of 2008. We plan to leagues. Most important of all, we want to the Chair signed an Agreement (MOU) donate this money to libraries in Sichuan extend our heartfelt gratitude to our donors which was emailed to Chongqing for for the purchase of needed library books for their generous donations to this good Shali. Ms. Gengsheng Tang, Secretary and periodicals after some of the ruined or cause, especially during the economic re- General of the Library Society of China seriously damaged libraries are rebuilt. cession hard time in 2008. (LSC) also signed the Agreement. On be- half of CALA, Dr. ShaLi Zhang, CALA 7. Beginning 2009, the taskforce will 4. We welcome other chapters to let us President, then presented a check in the continue raising funds to help host training know when you hold your meetings or amount of US$10,000.00, from the CALA sessions and Workshops on Preparation for programs. We will be happy to send you Earthquake Funds, to Director Li Chen, Natural Disasters and Emergencies and promotional information for your use. Deputy Director of the National Library of Preservation of Library Collections for China and Vice President of the Library librarians in China, and other needed areas List Taskforce recommendations, if any, Society of China. This amount was ap- in the coming years. to the Board: proved by the Executive Board in Septem- A. The first recommendation below is an ber 2008. Originally our Task Force D. Promotional Activities and Thanks ACTION Item for the Board Meeting in thought the above donation in the amount January 2009 in Denver: The Taskforce of $10,000 US dollars be used to purchase 1. We would like to thank Dr. ShaLi recommends saving the balance of the much needed books and periodicals in Zhang, President, Haipeng Li, Executive funds in the amount of $10,700.00 (as of China for those libraries damaged or de- Director, library leaders and donors as well Dec. 31, 2008) with the highest interest CD stroyed by the earthquakes in Sichuan, as the Medical Library Association, in CALA’s Earthquake Funds Ac- Gansu, Shanxi, Yunnan, and Tibet prov- CALA’s chapters for their donations and count. This amount will be donated to inces which were currently providing li- the Hong Kong Library Association for earthquake-damaged libraries for needed brary services in temporary reading their support during their Programs in help- books and journals collections when their rooms. We understand that it will take ing the Taskforce raise funds. libraries are rebuilt in the near future. some time to rebuild their libraries. Winter is here, we are very concerned for the Chi- 2. Maria Fung and Cathy Yang recom- B. The Taskforce will recommend those nese library colleagues who currently live mended gift books donation to Si- libraries to receive funds for needed library in the “ban fangs” i.e., “板房” (temporary chuan. Maria wrote to the Consul of Cul- collection in the future when we have more tural Affairs at Consulate General of the information. housing structures) or with relatives after P.R. China in New York inquiring about their homes were destroyed by the earth- book donation procedures. We also con- Respectfully submitted by quakes. We want to help our library col- tacted the Asia & Pacific Division, the leagues who have been going through this Foreign Affairs Office of the Municipality Sally C. Tseng, Chair extraordinary hard time after the earth- of Chengdu regarding shipping gift-books CALA Task Force on Rebuilding Libraries quakes while they are working day and to Sichuan. According to them, CALA will in the Earthquake Disastrous Areas in night to save library collections and to serve need to compile and send them the list of China the people. Therefore, the above CALA books for them to select, and for their ap- donation in the amount of US$10,000 was proval through various governmental of- Appendix: utilized with flexibility. Besides, some of fices. At this point, the Taskforce does not Donors’ Lists As of December 31, 2008 our donors are deeply concerned with li- have any manpower to compile the lists, no brary colleagues in these areas. At the sug- storage for the gift-books awaiting various Donations by Checks ($11,285) + PayPal gestion of LSC, the US$10,000.00 will be Chinese governments’ approval, nor have ($9,415.00) = $20,700.00 distributed as financial aid to earthquake any funding for shipping the gift- (Total from 159 donors and three associa- library victims, instead of purchasing li- books. We shall pursue the gift-books idea tions) brary collections, and be distributed as fol- in the future if we have the proper re- lows: sources. CALA Salutes Our Donors of the China
Earthquake Fund a. US$2,000.00 for the immediate family 3. Special thanks go to Maria Fung, of Mr. Ming-wen Wang who died during Esther Lee, Ying Liu, Cathy Yang, Liana the earthquake; Zhou and Priscilla Yu for their efforts in b. US$3,000.00 for Beichuan Library Individuals – 159 [78 (49.06%) are CALA obtaining information and donations for the Director Chun Li who was injured during Members and 81 (50.96%) are non CALA Taskforce. Liana and Priscilla also pro- the earthquake for her medical treatments; or inactive members] vided us with photos and information while and they visited China in July and October c. US$5,000.00 for some of the Chinese Donors -- Association - 3 2008 respectively. Thanks also go to library colleagues who lost their homes Maggie Wang and Shuyong Jiang for keep- during the earthquake and are temporarily Medical Library Association ing good records on the CALA Earthquake living in temporary structures. CALA Funds and Shuyong for issuing a
US$10,000.00 check to the Library Society 6. There are US$10,700.00 dollars re- (Continue to p. 32)
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(Continued from p. 31) Justine Roberts, Lian Ruan, qing Li, Mingyan Li, Tang Li, Yi CALA Midwest Chapter Karen Saginor, Lan Shen, Zhijia Liang, Peter Lisker, Jing Liu, Donors – Individuals Listed By Shen, Diana Shih, Carol Simpson, Mengxiong Liu, Min Liu, Zao Last Name in Alphabetical Order Robert Smith, Wilfred Smith, Liu, Hilda Loh, Patricia Longo, Caitlin St John, Dajin Sun, Li Shirley Loo, Jinfu Lu, Ming Lu, Mia Bassham, Eugenia Beh, Jac- Sun, Yanqing Sun, Wendywanyin Chen Ma, Julia Martin, Susana queline M. Borin, M Broderick, Tan, Klairon Tang, Lorna Y. Matveyeva, Dorothy McGarry, Huibin Cai, Yingjun Cao, Janet Tang, Weiying Teng, Roberta Hong Miao, Satia Orange, Gwen- Carnes, Jiang Chen, Qi Chen, Su Thomas, Janet Thompson, Jie dolyn Prellwitz, Jennie Pu, Lisa Chen, Jim Cheng, Helen Chin, Tian, Betty L Tsai, Helen Tsai, Richland, Justine Roberts, Lian Maryann Cinelli, Marian Chou, Sally Tseng, Manuel Urrizola, Ruan, Lan Shen, Zhijia Shen, Barbara Conaty, Esther Crawford, Joy Yi Wang, Maggie Wang, Diana Shih, Robert Smith, Leslie Cunningham, Mark Dalton, Xiaoli Wang, Karen Wei, Mary Wilfred Smith, Caitlin St John, Sai Deng, Phyllis Dickstein, Jen- Elizabeth Wendt, Frank Williams, Dajin Sun, Li Sun, Yanqing Sun, nifer Doty, Deidre Dowling, Mi- Jiaxun Wu, Jiping Wu, Ying Wendywanyin Tan, Klairon Tang, chael Dowling, Barbara Dreher, Xing, Jian Xiong, Hong Xu, Weiying Teng, Roberta Thomas, John Drobnicki, Ellen Druda, Qinghua Xu, Yan Xue, Zhaohui Janet Thompson, Jie Tian, Betty Glen Emmanuel, Lynn Feinman, Xue, Yumi Yamamoto, Cathy L Tsai, Manuel Urrizola, Joy Yi Nadine Flores, Madeline Ford, Yang, Lena L Yang, Yunshan Ye, Wang, Xiaoli Wang, Mary Eliza- Maria Fung, Maurice Gately, Zhi Xian Yi, Harriet Ying, Hope beth Wendt, Frank Williams, Carol Gee, Mary Ghikas, Fred Young, Priscilla Yu, Ting Yu, Jiaxun Wu, Jiping Wu, Ying Gitner, Lori Gluckman, Michael Haiwang Yuan, Erika Zeitz, Alli- Xing, Jian Xiong, Hong Xu, Gorman, Wendy son B Zhang, Guopeng Zhang, Li Qinghua Xu, Yan Xue, Zhaohui Hall, Caroline Zhang, ShaLi Zhang, Ying Xue, Yumi Yamamoto, Lena L Xiaofang Han, Zhong, Liana Zhou, and Haishu Yang, Yunshan Ye, Zhi Xian Yi, Lisa Handelman, Zhu. Ting Yu, Haiwang Yuan, Erika Arianne Hartsell, Zeitz, Allison B Zhang, Guopeng Stephanie Heine- The following lists are separate Zhang, Li Zhang, Ying Zhong, man, Nancy S listings of donors from PayPal Liana Zhou, and Haishu Zhu. Hershoff, Helene and by checks: Hertzlinger, Dora By Checks (41 donors, to- Ho, Patricia Ho- Via PayPal ( 118 donors, to- tal: $11,825.00) gan, Patricia tal: $9,415.00): Hom-Howe, Organizations: Yuan-shang Hsi, Mia Bassham, Eugenia Beh, Jac- Medical Library Association, Cathy Hsiao, Hui-Shin Hsiao, queline M. Borin, M Broderick, CALA, and CALA Midwest Wen Chuen quake parents Lydia Hsieh, Sabrina Hsu, Xiao Huibin Cai, Yingjun Cao, Qi Chapter with photos of children Hu, Corinda Humphrey, Benoit Chen, Su Chen, Jim Cheng, Helen who were buried alive Jadoul, Shuyong Jiang, Xudong Chin, Maryann Cinelli, Marian Individuals: during quake Jin, Robin Kear, Daphne Killion, Chou, Barbara Conaty, Esther Janet Carnes, Jiang Chen, Mark Jiun-Huei Kuo, Frances Lau, Crawford, Leslie Cunningham, Dalton, Phyllis Dickstein, Deidre Chui-chun Lee, Esther Lee, Hwa- Sai Deng, Jennifer Doty, Michael Dowling, Lynn Feinman, Maurice Wei Lee, Joyce Levine, Guoqing Dowling, Barbara Dreher, John Gately, Fred Gitner, Wendy Hall, Li, Haipeng Li, Mingyan Li, Tang Drobnicki, Ellen Druda, Glen Stephanie Heineman, Dora Ho, Li, Xin Li, Yi Liang, Peter Lisker, Emmanuel, Nadine Flores, Made- Patricia Hogan, Shuyong Jiang, Amy Su Liu, Jing Liu, Mengx- line Ford, Maria Fung, Carol Gee, Joyce Levine, Haipeng Li, Xin Li, iong Liu, Min Liu, Ying Liu, Zao Mary Ghikas, Lori Gluckman, Amy Su Liu, Ying Liu, Rolland Liu, Hilda Loh, Patricia Longo, Michael Gorman, Caroline Xiao- C. Lowe and Kathryn Lowe, Wil- Shirley Loo, Rolland C. Lowe fang Han, Lisa Handelman, liam and Phyllis Lowe, Songqian and Kathryn Lowe, William and Arianne Hartsell, Nancy S Her- Lu, Roger Magnus, Carol Phyllis Lowe, Jinfu Lu, Ming Lu, shoff, Helene Hertzlinger, Patricia Mathias, Eileen Minogue, Doro- Songqian Lu, Chen Ma, Roger Hom-Howe, Yuan-shang Hsi, thy Moore, P. Russell Nyberg, Magnus, Carol Mathias, Julia Cathy Hsiao, Hui-Shin Hsiao, Cecilia Poon, Karen Saginor, Picture source: Martin, Susana Matveyeva, Doro- Lydia Hsieh, Sabrina Hsu, Xiao Carol Simpson, Lorna Y. Tang, http://en.wikipedia.org/ thy McGarry, Hong Miao, Eileen Hu, Corinda Humphrey, Benoit Helen Tsai, Sally C. Tseng, wiki/2008_Sichuan_earthquake Minogue, Dorothy Moore, P. Jadoul, Xudong Jin, Robin Kear, Maggie Wang, Karen Wei, Cathy Russell Nyberg, Satia Orange, Daphne Killion, Jiun-Huei Kuo, Yang, Harriet Ying, Hope Young, Cecilia Poon, Gwendolyn Prell- Frances Lau, Chui-chun Lee, Priscilla Yu, and ShaLi Zhang. witz, Jennie Pu, Lisa Richland, Esther Lee, Hwa-Wei Lee, Guo-
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