Time to Sign up! Be There or Be Square :-)
The webforms for folks to reserve their seats for APALA’s Cultural Field Trip and Speed Networking, Social & Dinner are up!
http://www.apalaweb.org/2012/05/speed-networking-socialdinner/
http://www.apalaweb.org/2012/05/apala-cultural-field-trip/
Please join us and spread the word!
Many, many thanks to Alvin, Shoko, Cathy, Cynthia and Chris for all of your hard work on these events!
Scholarships and Awards Committee Announces 2012 APALA Travel Award Recipient.
The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) Scholarships and Awards Committee has selected Catherine Phan as the recipient of the 2012 APALA Travel Award. Catherine is the Digital Services and Metadata Librarian at the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center (UWDCC) where she manages the design, production, and maintenance of metadata for digital collections of all kinds. Since its founding in 2000, the UWDCC has worked collaboratively with the UW System faculty, staff, and librarians, cultural heritage institutions, and public libraries throughout the state to create and provide access to digital resources that support the teaching and research needs of the UW community.
Catherine received her master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) in 2009. At SLIS, she gained a variety of experiences working in and with libraries and librarians across the university and the state. Past positions include assistant to the Southeast Asian Bibliographer, reference and information services assistant at MERIT Education Library, and founding member of SLIS’s Tribal Libraries, Archives, and Museums project and class. Catherine is an active member of several professional organizations, but is especially excited to be a new member of APALA and she looks forward to meeting fellow APALA members in the future.
APALA provides a forum for discussing problems of APA librarians and for the exchange of ideas between APA librarians and other librarians, supports and encourages library services to APA communities, recruits and mentors APA librarians in the library/information science professions, seeks funding for scholarships in library/information science master’s programs, and provides a vehicle enabling APA librarians to cooperate with other associations and organizations with similar or allied interests. To become an APALA member, visit our website http://www.apalaweb.org/
The selection committee includes Shalini Channapatna, Tassanee Chitcharoen, Jina Park, Safi Safiullah , Gayatri Singh, and Michelle Wu.
Past Travel Grant Winners
Cynthia Mari Orozco (2011)
Lessa Kanani’opua Pelayo-Lozado (2010)
Sally Ma (2009)
EXCITING APALA EVENTS IN ANAHEIM, CA
Dear APALA Members and Friends!
Please mark your calendar for many exciting APALA events during ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, California which will be held in June 21 – 26, 2012.
On behalf of the APALA Executive Board, we hope to see many of you!
Friday, June 22, 2012
9:00 am-4:30 pm
APA(LA) : APALA in LA Field Trip to Japanese American National Museum, Little Tokyo
Location: Downtown Los Angeles (Reservation and payment information will be on our Webpage very soon. Please check back at http://www.apalaweb.org/ )
7:30-9:30pm
APALA Executive Board Meeting
Location: HIL-Capistrano
Saturday, June 23, 2012
8:00-10:00am
Diversity Council Program: Diversity begins at home: Valuing every kind of difference
Location: ACC-208B
1:00-2:30pm
Family Literacy Focus Committee/Talk Story Poster Session: Weaving Successful Partnerships: Creating a Sustainable Family Literacy Program
Location: Exhibits Hall, Anaheim Convention Center, Table 5
3:30-5:30pm
Diversity & Outreach Fair – APALA Booth
Location: Exhibits Hall, Anaheim Convention Center
6:00-9:00 pm
APALA Speed Networking, Dinner & Social
Location: TenTen Seafood Restaurant, 669 North Euclid St., Anaheim, CA 92801
Sunday, June 24, 2012
8:00am-10:00am
APALA Literary Awards
Location: ACC-207C
10:30am-12:00pm
APALA and REFORMA President’s Program: Beyond Books: Graphic Novels and Magazines of Color
Location: ACC-207D
1:30-3:30pm
APALA Program: So You Think You Can Write: Librarians Gather & Preserve Our Community History
Location: ACC-208B
Janet Clarke to be New Member-at-Large
Dear APALA Friends:
Member-at-Large Rich Kong has decided to step down from the APALA Executive Board effective June 1, 2012. Richard has been an active member of APALA and will continue to be involved with the organization in other ways so we will see him around. We wish Rich the best.
Janet Clarke has been appointed to fill Rich’s position as Member-at-Large effective June 1st through the end of annual ALA 2013. Many of you have met Janet through our socials and programs at ALA. Please join me in welcoming Janet to the Executive Board.
See you all at ALA in a few months!
Sandy Wee, President
APALA NEEDS YOU!
Are you attending ALA Annual in Anaheim?
Are you interested in diversity and outreach?
Are you seeking more ways to get involved professionally?
Then, APALA wants you!
We’re looking for enthusiastic members to help man APALA’s booth at the Diversity and Outreach Fair at ALA Annual.
The Fair is on Saturday, 6/23/12, from 3-5 p.m. in the Exhibits Hall, and with set-up and clean-up, we need volunteers from 2:30-5:30 p.m.
So far, we only have one volunteer, so if we can get two or more additional folks, each person could take a one hour shift (2:30-3:30 p.m., 3:30-4:30 p.m., 4:30-5:30 p.m.)
If you are interested in helping out and giving back to the APALA community, please email me (candice@tinylibrarian.com) your contact information and when you are available to assist by June 2nd. I will email shift confirmations by June 9th.
Many thanks in advance & hope to see you in Anaheim,
Candice Mack
Teen Services Librarian
Central Library – Teen’Scape
Los Angeles Public Library
630 W. 5th St., LA, CA 90071
Email: iheartbookn@gmail.com
Twitter: tinylibrarian
APALA Election Result Is Out
Congratulations to our incoming Executive Board members who be serving under the leadership of Jade Alburo, incoming President: All terms will begin immediately after 2012 ALA annual:
- Vice-President/President Elect Eugenia Beh
- Treasurer Shoko Tokoro (2nd term begins after 2012 ALA annual)
- Secretary Lessa Pelayo-Lozada (2nd term begins after 2012 ALA annual)
- Member-at-Large Tina Chan (2012-2014)
- Member-at-Large Alanna Aiko Moore (2012-2014)
A big thank you to the following for their energy and enthusiasm for the past year. Their term will end after 2012 ALA annual:
- Immediate Past President: Florante Peter Ibanez
- Vice President/President Elect Jade Alburo
- Treasurer Shoko Tokoro
- Secretary Lessa Pelayo-Lozada
- Member-at-Large Eugenia Beh
- Member-at-Large Eileen Bosch
