The CALA/NE Chapter is excited to announce a spring program for our members and colleagues from other institutions: Visiting the Princeton University Libraries, Friday, 5/4/2012. 

Schedule for Friday, May 4, 2012

• 12 noon: Meet in front of the East Asian Library

• 12:00-12:40 pm: East Asian Library

• 12:45-1:45 pm: Lunch at the Campus Cafe, Lower Level of the East Asian Library

• 2:00-3:00 pm: Lewis Science Library,

• 3:00-3:30: Firestone Library (Main Library).

Two campus tours are also available at 11:15 am and 3:30 pm.  The tour takes 45 minutes. 

Feel free to join.  See details here: http://www.princeton.edu/main/visiting/tours/

Directions

The East Asian Library is located at First Campus Center third floor. 

By train to Princeton University

From New York Penn Station, take the Northeast Corridor line to Princeton Junction. You then need to transfer to Princeton Shuttle (Dinky) that goes directly to Princeton University.

At New York Penn Station, buy a round trip ticket to Princeton (not Princeton Junction although you will get off train at that station). The ticket to Princeton will also cover the continuous trip to Princeton University. 

Adult One Way ticket is $16.50 (including Princeton Shuttle). Child/Senior is $7.50.

It takes about 90 minutes to get to Princeton University from New York.

It takes 10 minutes to walk from Princeton Shuttle Station (Dinky Station) to East Asian Library.

The East Asian Library is close to Washington Road and it takes about 7 minutes to walk from the train station to the library.

Some useful links for your reference:

NJ Transit Schedules

http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainTo

Driving to Princeton University

Here is Princeton University website: Driving Direction to Princeton.

http://www.princeton.edu/main/visiting/travel/driving/

Here is visitor parking information at Princeton.  We heard that visitor parking is free, but it is hard to find one. There are some public parking garages at other size of Route 27.  Most metered parking on Princeton streets is limited to one or two hours. 

http://www.princeton.edu/main/visiting/aroundcampus/parking/

Any question, please feel free to email Judy at Judy.Xiao@csi.cuny.edu and Charlene at cc179@columbia.edu.

We are looking forward to seeing you all there.

Judy Xiao, CALA/NE Chapter President

Charlene Chou, CALA/NE Chapter Incoming President

A Symposium Planning Committee for the CALA/NE Chapter 2012 Symposium has been formed.  On March 23, the committee had its first meeting at the NYPL Mid-Manhattan Library in Manhattan.  12 committee members were present.  Decisions were made on the date, location, and format.  Progress was made on deciding on the symposium topic/theme.  Further discussion and planning are to be continued online via a WordPress blog site.

 Here are some highlights of the meeting:

• 1. Symposium Date: Friday, Oct. 5, 2012 (morning or afternoon to be decided)

  2. Location: New York City Public Library, Mid-Manhattan Branch, Conference Room.

  3. Format: two keynote speakers, each for 45 minutes and 30 minutes at the end for a Q & A session

  4. Target Audience: all CALA/NE members and librarians in New York, and nearby states.

  5. Some of the Topics Discussed: 

     • Collaboration, collection development, and resource Sharing

     • The future of academic libraries

     • Meeting the challenges of global studies program at digital age: innovation and resource sharing: NYU, NYPL and Columbia libraries sharing their resources and collection development

     • Embracing the changes: cultural diversity and global outreach

Dear Members:

CALA/NE Chapter 2012 election was held from June 8 to 17, 2012. Based on the info sent

from CALA webmaster, I am very pleased to announce the election result as follows:

Total active members: 83

Total voting ballots sent out: 83

Total voting ballots received: 46 (online & mail)

Total voting rate: 55%

The Voting Result is:

Minglu Wang (Vice President/President Elect (2012-2013): 40

Joanna Fu (Secretary 2012-2013): 41

Michael Bailou Huang (Membership Chair 2012-2013): 42

Hung-Yun Chang (Treasurer 2012-2015): 42

All candidates received more than half of the votes from valid voting ballots. Please join me in congratulating our new chapter officers!  Ms. Charlene Chou will be our President to work with the newly elected officers for 2012-2013.

It has been my great pleasure serving as the chapter President for the term of 2011-2012. I have received strong support and a lot of help from our Chapter Board and our members. Thank you for the wonderful opportunity of working with you all, and for your continued support for our chapter and our new chapter officers.

Best regards.

Judy Xiao

The 2012 CALA/NE Chapter Election will be held in April 2012.  As Chair of this year’s Nominating/Election Committee, I am writing to invite you to nominate yourself or a CALA member for the following chapter officer positions:

• Vice President/President-Elect

• Secretary

• Membership Chair

• Treasurer

Nominations are due April 4th, 2012.  You may email us at: calane2010@gmail.com, or use the “Contact Us” form on this website.  Please include the name, phone number, and email address of the person you are nominating, and the position.

Thank you.

Sincerely,  

Judy Xiao, Chair

Charlene Zhou, member

Tianxiao Zhang, member

On Friday, 12/9/2011, CALA/NE Chapter hosted a fun-filled holiday event in Manhattan to celebrate the holiday season, and raise money. CALA members were treated to a great luncheon, a free MoMA visit, and raised $300 to support ALA's Spectrum Scholarship Program. 

The holiday season is upon us, and the CALA/NE Chapter wish our members, their  family and friends a great holiday season, and a new year filled with joy, good health, and prosperity.

Below are a few pictures from the event.  Follow this link to see more.

The Future Development and Service of Global Children's Librarianship conference was held August 8-10 in New York City, and it was a great success. A Chinese delegation of 79 library administrators and librarians joined American colleagues at the conference, which included library tours and a series of presentations focusing on library services to children and youth, library management, and the future development of libraries.  Read more>>  View our Conference Album

CALA/NORTHEAST CHAPTER

Cordially invites members and their family and friends to our

Holiday Party and MoMA Visit

Friday, December 9th, 2011 (download event flyer attached below)

2:00 - 4:00 P.M., LUNCHEON

Szechuan Gourmet Chinese Restaurant (Party Room)

242 West 56th Street (between 7th and 8th ave.)

New York 10019, (212) 265-2226

4:00 - 6:00 P.M., VISIT MoMA

The Museum of Modern Art

11 West 53 Street (between 5th and 6th ave.)

New York, NY 10019

CALA/NE Chapter will pay for most of the program cost and will collect $10 only from each participating CALA member. Non-members are welcome, but will pay for the full cost of the luncheon.

Please R.S.V.P. by Dec. 2nd to: calane2010@gmail.com or judy.xiao@csi.cuny.edu 

You may also use the Contact Us form on our website here to RSVP.

We look forward to seeing you then.

On Friday, October 7th, 2011, CALA Northeast chapter held its first board member meeting after the election of its 2011-2012 officers. The meeting was from 3:00 - 5:30 PM in New York Public Library Mid-Manhattan Library. Invited also to the board meeting were past CALA Northeast chapter presidents, as well as the current President and Vice-president of CALA. Ten officers attended the meeting.

The meeting started with Judy Xiao, the Chapter president welcoming everyone to its first board meeting, and officers introducing themselves.   Lina Ding, immediate past president summarized the good work done by the chapter in the past year, and thanked all the chapter officers and members for their support and hard work. Hung-yun Chang, Treasurer of the chapter, reported on CALA/NE finances. CALA/NE has a strong balance sheet, which will help the chapter sponsor programs and events of interest to our members and the library community. Judy spoke about the Global Children's Librarianship Conference in NYC sponsored by CALA and the Library Society of China back in August, and thanked everyone for making the conference such a successful event.  The chapter officers discussed program ideas for the 2011-2012 year, and made recommendations as to how to effectively reach out to our members and provide better services to our members. The board will work with chapter members and seek their input and recommendations for program ideas and service improvement.

Some of the suggested programs include:

• • Visiting MoMA (the Museum of Modern Art) and lunch/dinner to celebrate Christmas and New Year (MoMA offers free admission on Fridays 4-8pm).  Date is proposed for early December.

• Visiting Princeton Univ. Libraries.  Date is proposed for late April and early May of 2012

• Annual CALA/NE Chapter symposium initiative.  A symposium planning committee will be formed to work on the initiative.

• Food, Fun and Fundraising for Diversity: CALA Continued Support for the ALA Spectrum Scholarship. Min Chou, president of CALA spoke about the program's success and the NE chapter will help with the fundraising effort.  The Spectrum Scholarship Program provides funding to students from traditionally underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds to help with their pursuit of a Master’s degree in library and information science. 

The Future Development and Service of Global Children's Librarianship Conference was held August 8-10, 2011 in New York City, and it was a great success.  The conference is co-sponsored by the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) and the Library Society of China (LSC), and hosted by the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, the Queens Library, and the C.V.Starr East Asian Library of Columbia University. A Chinese delegation of 79 library administrators and librarians joined American colleagues for a two- day program in NYC.  The conference included library tours and a series of presentations which focused on library services to children and youth, library management, and the future development of libraries. Dr. Chen Chuanfun, head of the Chinese delegation said that they gained good practical knowledge to take home to share with their colleagues.  And Ms. Zhang zhang, conference liaison for Library Society of China wrote back after returning to China that the Chinese delegates learned a lot from the libraries and librarians in US, and they look forward to more collaboration and exchange with CALA in the future. 

Children are the future of the world.  This conference theme is the first of its kind sponsored by Chinese and American Library Associations that is not only meaningful but will also make a lasting impact on the global exchange on children's librarianship in the future.  The Chinese American Librarians Association, in particular its Northeast Chapter took great pride in helping organize such a conference, and make it such a successful event.  We look forward to more collaboration and exchange with the Library Society of China, and working together for our shared value: to inspire life-long learning, advance knowledge, and build communities.   

Below are some program highlights from each hosting library:

Program at the Brooklyn Public Library (BPL)

Tuesday Morning, August 9th

The Global Children’s Librarianship Conference opened  in the Dweck Auditorium of the Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza.  Linda Johnson, Director of the Brooklyn Public Library, gave a welcome speech.  Min Chou, President of CALA, welcomed the Chinese delegation on behalf of CALA. Several presentations were given by BPL librarians: Rachel Payne presented on children’s services at Brooklyn Public Library; Carrie Banks on the Children’s Place for children with special needs and Kidsmobile; Marilyn Ackerman & Francesca Burgess on collection development for children’s materials. After the presentations, Dr. Chen Chuanfun, head of the Chinese delegation, went to the podium and thanked the Brooklyn Public Library and its wonderful librarians for a great program.  Dr. Chen also presented gifts to the Library and the presenters.  Afterwards, the Chinese delegates toured the Library accompanied by CALA members, who answered questions and exchanged information with the Chinese delegates.

Program at the New York Public Library (NYPL)

Tuesday Afternoon, August 9th

The conference continued with its afternoon program at the New York Public Library, located on 5th Ave. at 42nd street. Ms. Theresa Myrhol, Chief Librarian of Mid-Manhattan Library, delivered a welcome speech.  Mr. Kevin Winkler, Deputy Director for Public Services at NYPL, gave a presentation titled “Creating the Library of the Future” followed by a Q & A session.  The Chinese delegates were impressed by Mr Kevin’s presentation on how to manage and run the largest public library system in the United States, and the important role the Library plays to enrich the cultural and intellectual lives of people in New York City. Afterwards, the delegates enjoyed a tour of the Research Library, a historical and cultural landmark of New York City.  Dr. Anthony Marx, President of the New York Public Library regretted not being able to join his Chinese guests, but he welcomed each and everyone with a heart-warming letter in a souvenir book The New York Public Library, Its Past, Present, and Future. Just recently, the New York Public Library celebrated its 100th birthday, and so did many libraries in China.  Dr. Marx said it well that “As institutions with strong ties to the past, the vision we all share is how to face and overcome a variety of new challenges over the next 100 years, while continuing to strive to provide essential services to users of all educational and economic backgrounds.”

Program at the Queens Library, Wednesday Morning, August 10th

The conference continued for a second day with program at the Queens Library, Jamaica.  Thomas W. Galante, Director of Queens Library, delivered a welcome speech, followed by presentations.  Daniel Nkansah, Coordinator of Children’s Services, provided an overview of children’s services at Queens Library.  Leslie Taylor, Coordinator of Youth Enrichment Services, talked about the BOOST (Best Out of School Time) program.  Sharon Cox, CLDC Manager, introduced the newly-opened Children’s Library Discovery Center (CLDC). After the presentations, Dr. Chen, head of the Chinese delegation, thanked the Queens Library and its wonderful librarians with gifts.  Afterwards, the Chinese delegates were given a tour of the new Children’s Library Discovery Center, an amazing place for children ages 3-12.  The Discovery Center includes hands-on interactive exhibits and learning labs that enable children to find information and develop interest in books, reading, and learning while discovering the joy of scientific exploration.  The Chinese delegates took great interest in the Center, asked a lot of questions, and interacted with many of the exciting exhibits including Discover Bugs: Bug Viewer, Discover Perception: Instruction Games, and Discover Magnets: Magnetic Spinner.  Everyone enjoyed the Discovery Center tour.

Program at the C.V. Starr East Asian Library of Columbia University

Wednesday Afternoon, August 10th

The Chinese delegation arrived at Columbia University for the final part of the conference: visiting C.V. Starr East Asian Library.  They received a warm welcome from Jim Cheng, Director of the C.V.Starr East Asian Library, and enjoyed a guided tour of the East Asian library, and the University campus.  Afterwards, the Chinese delegation left New York for

Washington D.C. to attend the conference program at the Library of Congress.

Acknowledgement:                                 

Min Chou and Judy Xiao, on behalf of the Chinese American Librarians Association and its Northeast Chapter, would like to thank the Library Society of China, the hosting libraries and their wonderful staff for making the Future Development and Service of Global Children's Librarianship Conference a great success!  (We also sent thank-you letter to the director of each hosting library).  We would also like to thank Haipeng Li, the Executive Director of CALA, and Lina Ding, the past President of CALA Northeast Chapter for initiating the project and working diligently on the details.  Finally we want to extend a special thank-you to all our CALA, especially our Northeast Chapter officers and members: Lina Ding, Maria Fung, Frank Xu, and many others at the Brooklyn Public Library; Hung-Yun Chang and many others at the New York Public Library; Fred Gitner, Loida Garcia-Febo, Elizabeth Hsu, Yuan Shang (Constance) Hsi, and many others at the Queens Public Library; Charlene Zhou, Sarah Elman, Jim Cheng, and many others at the C.V. Starr East Asian Library of Columbia University. And Tian Zhang, our NE Chapter secretary.  We thank you for making the Chinese delegates feel so much at home with the translation and the library tours. We thank you for your hard work and excellent coordination skills that made the program at each library run so exceptionally well. 

Check Out the Press Release about the Conference from:

The Library Society of China

The World Journal

CALA/NE Chapter is excited to invite its members and interested librarians to attend the upcoming "Future Development and Service of Global Children’s Librarianship Conference", which takes place August 8-10, 2011 in New York City. A delegation of 80 library administrators from China's academic and public libraries are expected. The conference will include a series of presentations and discussions which will focus on library services to children and youth, technological development in libraries, and ways to collaborate nationally and internationally. Please see our Upcoming Conference & Program page for details.

Invitation: CALA/NE Chapter is excited to invite its members and interested librarians to

attend the upcoming "Future Development and Service of Global Children’s Librarianship Conference", which takes place August 8-10, 2011 in New York City.

About the Conference

The Future Development and Service of Global Children’s Librarianship conference

is sponsored by the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) and the Library Society

of China (LSC), and hosted by four libraries in NYC: the C.V.Starr East Asian Library of

Columbia University, and three of the most dynamic and comprehensive library systems

in the United States: the Brooklyn Public Library, Queens Library, and the New York Public Library.  A delegation of 80 library administrators from China's academic and public libraries

will join American librarians at this conference. The conference will include a series of presentations and discussions which will focus on library services to the youth, technological development in libraries, and ways to collaborate nationally and internationally. The conference is the first of its kind sponsored by Chinese  and American library associations on this topic and will have long term impact on librarianship in both countries.  

Programs, Locations, & Directions

A pdf. version of the program schedule is attached at the bottom of this page. 

For directions to a library, click the name of the library.

Monday, August 8, 2011

Chinese Delegates Arrive in NYC

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

On Friday, May, 6th, 2011, twenty-six librarians from New York and New Jersey participated in the CALA/NE Chapter's Spring Program.  The group visited the beautiful campus of Columbia University and three of its libraries: the C.V. Starr East Asian Library, the Butler Library, and the Digital Science Center.  It was a beautiful day, and the flowers are blooming.  We had a great time together. Many thanks to our Columbia University colleagues whose help and support have made this program possible.  See our Photo Album.

Dear Members,

CALA/NE Chapter 2011 election was held from June 19 to 27, 2011. Based on the info sent from CALA webmaster, I am very pleased to announce the election result as follows:

• Total active members: 67

• Total voting ballots sent out: 67

• Total voting ballots received: 36 (online & mail)

• Total voting rate: 54%

The voting result is:

• Charlene Chou (Vice President/President Elect (2011-2012): 32

• Tian Xiao Zhang (Secretary 2011-2012): 32

• Xue-Ming Bao (Membership 2011-2012): 32

• Hung-Yun Chang (Treasurer 2011-2012): 31

All candidates received more than half of the votes from valid voting ballots. Please join me in congratulating our new chapter officers!

Ms. Judy Xiao will be our President to work with the newly elected officers for 2011-2012.

It has been my great pleasure serving as the chapter President for the term of 2010-2011. I have received very strong support and a lot of help from our Chapter Board and our members. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve you and to gain so many valuable experiences. Please continue to show your strong support to our new chapter officers!

Thank you all very much for your participation and support!

Have a wonderful holiday weekend.

Sincerely,

Lina Ding