(Note* – Starting Monday, January 10, 2022 – APALA members may continue to post jobs from their institutions, but we are no longer allowing members to post job ads on others’ behalf. We are encouraging organizations to join at an institutional level to gain access to this benefit.)
APALA-L is the official listserv and discussion forum for members of the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA). All messages should be relevant to Asian/Pacific American librarians and those who serve Asian/Pacific American communities. To create a welcoming and respectful space, we ask that all participants follow these guidelines.
Using the Listserv
- All members in good standing are automatically added to the listserv
- To send a message, email APALA-L@lists.gseis.ucla.edu
- If you prefer a daily digest of the day’s messages, send a message to requests@lists.gseis.ucla.edu with the subject “Set APALA-L digest”
- To cancel the daily digest format, please contact the Membership Coordinator at membership@apalaweb.org
- To unsubscribe, send a blank email to apala-l-subscribe@lists.gseis.ucla.edu
Guidelines
- Maintain a culture of respect. Refrain from all forms of harassment or offensive material.
- Respect the rights and privacy of others.
- Exercise judgment when replying to the entire list vs. to an individual. Only send a message to the entire list when it contains information that everyone can benefit from.
- Refrain from posting commercial messages or solicitations.
- Members may share information about professional library-related elections, but should refrain from endorsing or campaigning for political parties or candidates.
- Currently, as a member benefit, members can share job postings from their institutions to the listserv if they wish. However, members cannot be compelled to post on behalf of their institutions.
- Members’ institutions should be directed to the APALA Career Center page. If the institution is an institutional member, the designated member who signed up for institutional membership, should post on behalf of their institution.
- Members should refrain from forwarding job ads on behalf of non-APALA members/organizations and encourage those non-APALA individuals/organizations to join APALA to gain such benefit. APALA members can also direct non-APALA members/organizations to the APALA Career Center.
- Members may share library professional development–related opportunities and research activities including a call for proposals, abstracts, and survey/focus group/interview participants, etc.
APALA has the right to remove members who violate these guidelines. If you have questions about the listserv or these guidelines, please contact membership@apalaweb.org.
The APALA Listserv Guidelines were last updated and approved by the Executive Board on November 1, 2021, and revised/approved on March 13, 2023.