Over 50 participants, including Northeast Chapter members and public librarians, attended the conference.  The conference also drew the attention of newspapers and social media, which photographed and reported about the event.

Please see the following links:

http://ny.uschinapress.com//m/spotlight/2018/04-21/143198.html?from=singlemessagehttp://video.sinovision.net/?mobile=yes&id=44320&from=singlemessage#sinovapp-1524508120&sts=1524508152967&sts=1524515934323

Sincere thanks to Hong Yao’s hard work and the Planning Committee for making this conference happen. Special thanks to the speakers for their great presentations, and the vendors for their wonderful book displays. The last but not the least, special thanks to Yang Zeng, Director of Queens Library, for providing the venue for this conference and a tour of the Library.  

The conference was an extraordinary success!  

Planning Committee

• Hong Yao (Chair)

• Hung-Yun Chang

• Junli Diao

• Yuan Li

• Ying Shieh

• Clara Tran

• Yang Zeng

Sincerely,

Clara Tran

CALA Northeast Chapter President (2017-2018)

Dear CALA Northeast Chapter members:

I am very proud to report that the CALA and Yunnan 21st Century Librarian Seminar 2017 USA was successfully held at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ on Thursday, August 3, 2017.

To cultivate partnerships and exchange ideas, four Yunnan Library Directors, Yonglin Wan, Fei Li, Shilin Zhao, and Yun Yang, as well as fourteen CALA Northeast members attended this seminar.  The highlights of our online panelists’ and local presenters’ discussions on innovative services and management in academic libraries are as below:

•  Ms. Yuan Li presenting Innovative Services in American Academic Libraries: Digital Scholarship Services

• Dr. Sharon Yang presenting Assessment of Digital Archives and Institutional Repository and The Current Status and Trend of Discovery Service

• Ms. Rong Wang presenting Usage and Management of Electronic Resources

• Dr. Lian Ruan presenting Remaking Space in Library Buildings and Innovative Services in the 21st Century

• Mr. Haipeng Li presenting Maximizing Talents in Academic Libraries: The Role of Appreciative Leadership

• Dr. Shali Zhang presenting The Organizational Structures and Workforce at Research Libraries in a Digital Age

The presentations were extraordinary and infused with new ideas on 21st Century academic library services and management, and ignited an enthusiastic scholarly exchange of ideas and discussions.  Additionally, Tao Yang provided a library tour at Rutgers on the day of the seminar while other CALA Northeast members led the library visits for the delegates on the following days:

August 4:

Morning (9 - 12): Visited Princeton University Libraries (hosted by Yuan Li)

Afternoon (2 - 4): Visited the College of New Jersey Library (hosted by Yongming Wang)

August 7:

Morning (9 - 12): Visited Columbia University Libraries (hosted by Chubing Hong)

Afternoon (2 - 4): Visited the New York Public Library (accompanied by Rong Wang and hosted by Hung-Yun Chang)

August 9:

Morning (9 - 11): Visited the Library of Congress (hosted by Yuan Yao)

The delegates then completed their visit in Los Angeles, California and flew back to Yunnan, China after twelve days of visiting the U.S.A.

It is an honor to host the Yunnan Library Directors in the Northeast region.  I give my heartfelt thanks to the CALA Executive Director, CALA Executive Committee, Le Yang, Yongming Wang, the Planning Committee, the presenters, and CALA Northeast members for their strong support of the program.  I especially thank CALA Northeast Immediate Past President, Yongming Wang for his excellent work in planning and coordinating this event.  Special thanks to Tao Yang and Li Sun for providing Rutgers facilities and technology support for this event.  And last but not the least, my sincere thanks to everyone who made this Yunnan Library Directors’ visit a remarkable success!

Undoubtedly, the Yunnan Library Directors’ visit will lead to greater collaboration between the Yunnan Library Committee and CALA.

Sincerely,

Clara Tran

CALA NE Chapter President (2017-2018)

Planning Committee Members

Yongmig Wang, NE Chapter Immediate Past President

Clara Tran, NE Chapter President

Hong Yao, NE Chapter Vice President/President Elect

Hung-Yun Chang, NE Chapter Treasurer

Michael Huang, NE Chapter Member

Tao Yang, NE Chapter Member

Yuan Li, NE Chapter Member

Dear CALA/NE Chapter members:

The CALA/NE Chapter 2017 election was held from June 12 to June 16, 2017.  It's my great pleasure to announce that Ms. Hong Yao was elected as the CALA/NE Chapter Vice President/President Elect (2017-2018).  

Please join me in congratulating our new Vice President/President Elect, Ms. Hong Yao!

For the coming year, the CALA/NE Board will consist of the following three members:

President (2017-2018): Clara Tran (Stony Brook University, yuet.tran@stonybrook.edu)

Vice President/President Elect (2017-2018): Hong Yao (Queens Public Library, Hong.Yao@queenslibrary.org)

Treasurer (2015-2018): Hung-Yun Chang (New York Public Library, hungyunchang@nypl.org)

As the new President of the CALA/NE Chapter, I would like to thank Yongming Wang for his strong leadership and dedicated service to our chapter for the past year and I look forward to working with the board members to serve all of our CALA/NE Chapter members in the coming year.

Sincerely,

Clara Tran

President, CALA/NE Chapter (2017-2018)