The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) Scholarships and Awards Committee is excited to announce the recipient of the 2025’s APALA Travel Award : Joe Lee!
Joe Lee (she/her/hers) is a Reference Library Services Specialist at the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She is currently studying for her MLIS at the University of Maryland’s College of Information (INFO) program, where she hopes to specialize in legal research. Prior to joining UMBC, Joe worked as a Library Associate at the Enoch Pratt Library in downtown Baltimore, and at the Sheridan Libraries’ Special Collections department at Johns Hopkins University. She has a bachelor’s degree in Writing Seminars from JHU’s Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. Joe is passionate about empowering BIPOC/BIWOC librarians and library workers, as well as sharing information and awareness of patron privacy rights. She would like to one day use her knowledge of legal research to help make information and resources more accessible for her community members. In her spare time, Joe likes to play RPGs and board games, cuddle with her brother’s cat, and watch far too much Kdrama.
Announcing the 2025 APALA Travel Grant Recipient
