Announcements & News – Fall 2025

Congratulations to Dora Ho for being inducted to the California Library Association’s Hall of Fame!
The City University of Seattle conferred the Doctor of Education in Leadership degree to Dr. Jess Koshi-Lum in June 2025. Dr. Koshi-Lum’s dissertation was titled Understanding the Leadership Pathways and Barriers to Success for Asian American Public Library Leaders. This study examined the lived experiences and leadership pathways of mid-level and senior-level Asian American public library leaders in California.
The APALA Scholarships and Awards Committee is excited to announce the recipient of the 2025 APALA Scholarship Award and the APALA Sage & JCLC NALCo LIS Student Scholarship: Megan Bauerle and Elaine Kong. Read the full announcement here.
The application for the Talk Story 2026 Grant is now open. This grant supports library and community organizations in their efforts to highlight Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander (AANHPI) and American Indian and Alaskan Native (AIAN) stories through programs, services, and collection materials. The aim is to support family literacy, intergenerational programming and service, cultural literacy, and representation of AANHPI and AIAN identities and communities.