Building Asian and Pacific American Library Leaders for the Future: A Panel Discussion (co-sponsored by APALA)
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Building Asian and Pacific American Library Leaders for the Future: A Panel Discussion (co-sponsored by APALA)
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CALA President’s Program 2022 - Building Asian and Pacific American Library Leaders for the Future: A Panel Discussion (co-sponsored by APALA)
Date/Time: 6/25, Saturday, 11-1 pm ET (CALA Membership/Poster Session from 11-12 pm and CALA Panel Discussion 12-1 pm)
Location: Washington Convention Center 204B
Description: From 11-12 pm, there will be a CALA Membership/Poster Session where CALA members will showcase their projects in poster formats. All are welcome to attend. From 12-1 pm, it will be a panel discussion. In 2023, the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) will celebrate its 50th anniversary and in 2020, the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) celebrated its 40th anniversary. Both associations have promoted opportunities to volunteers in leadership opportunities, and have achieved critical milestones for AAPI library workers. This panel discussion will center on the voices of AAPI library leaders and their challenges and opportunities in the profession at large, and how to rethink about expanding new opportunities going forward. Based on an IMLS funded project called, “Path to Leadership,” the discussion will center on the experiences of invited forum participants and how they envision change in the profession in large and its leadership going forward. The session is co-sponsored by the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA).
Speakers: Wenli Gao, CALA President 2021-22 and Chair
Anna Coats, Newark Public Library
Tarida Anantachai, North Carolina State University Libraries
Crystal Chen, New York Public Library
Binh Le, Penn State University Libraries
Date/Time: 6/25, Saturday, 11-1 pm ET (CALA Membership/Poster Session from 11-12 pm and CALA Panel Discussion 12-1 pm)
Location: Washington Convention Center 204B
Description: From 11-12 pm, there will be a CALA Membership/Poster Session where CALA members will showcase their projects in poster formats. All are welcome to attend. From 12-1 pm, it will be a panel discussion. In 2023, the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) will celebrate its 50th anniversary and in 2020, the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) celebrated its 40th anniversary. Both associations have promoted opportunities to volunteers in leadership opportunities, and have achieved critical milestones for AAPI library workers. This panel discussion will center on the voices of AAPI library leaders and their challenges and opportunities in the profession at large, and how to rethink about expanding new opportunities going forward. Based on an IMLS funded project called, “Path to Leadership,” the discussion will center on the experiences of invited forum participants and how they envision change in the profession in large and its leadership going forward. The session is co-sponsored by the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA).
Speakers: Wenli Gao, CALA President 2021-22 and Chair
Anna Coats, Newark Public Library
Tarida Anantachai, North Carolina State University Libraries
Crystal Chen, New York Public Library
Binh Le, Penn State University Libraries
Creator
Pun, Raymond
Source
Librarians
Leadership
Publisher
Chinese American Librarians Association
Date
2022-06-25
Contributor
Liu, Weiling
Format
image/gif, application/pdf
Language
eng
Type
Flyer
Alternative Title
2022 CALA Annual Program
Date Submitted
2023-05-19
Position: 721 (254 views)
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Pun, Raymond, “Building Asian and Pacific American Library Leaders for the Future: A Panel Discussion (co-sponsored by APALA),” CALASYS - CALA Academic Resources & Repository System, accessed February 17, 2026, https://ir.cala-web.org/items/show/1140.