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2024 Chinese American Librarians Association Northeast Chapter Annual Conference

Post Date: 4/11/24, 6:08 PM EDT

On the morning of Friday, April 5, 2024, CALA Northeast Chapter hosted our hybrid Annual Conference themed ‘We’re all in this together’: Catalyzing Social Change in Asian American Communities,” at New York University’s Bobst Library in Manhattan, New York City. The morning started off with an opening keynote from Dr Hua-Yu Sebastian Cherng, NYU Steinhardt’s Vice Dean for Research Equity and Associate Professor for International Education. In Dr. Cherng’s keynote, Chinese America and a Role for Libraries, he shared his personal background and findings from his current research on educational inequities and how these findings connect with work libraries do.

Following the keynote, we had a series of lightning talks.

Ruth Xing, An International Look at Librarianship: Lessons from Time Abroad in Germany
Amanda He, Library Communities Vote!
Jeanie Pai and Cecelia Fiering, Success and Challenges of our ERG’s Inaugural Year
Clara Y. Tran, The Use of Preprints in Doctorate Programs: a Citation Analysis Study of Trends in Chemistry and Physics Dissertations
Michael Huang, Collaborating for Success: Celebrating 10 Years of Global Library Initiatives at Stony Brook University
Sunny Chung and Caterina Reed, Exploring Filipino Nurses; Experiences in the United States: Cultivating Connections through Interdepartmental Dialog and Engagement

Recordings of the keynote and lightning talks will be available for up to 1 year after the conference. To access, please go to our Drive folder here.

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Members also enjoyed a group lunch at Uncle Ted’s for Chinese food.

Credits to Yuzhou Bai.

For the second half of the conference, attendees visited NYU Special Collections with Shannon O’Neill, NYU Curator for Tamiment-Wagner Collections. Attendees received a tour of the NYU Special Collections and got a sneak preview of the upcoming exhibit, Reading from Left to Left: Radical Bookstores in NYC, 1930s - 2000s.

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After exploring the special collections, attendees were invited to attend a book talk by Dr. Ava Chin about her family memoir, Mott Street: A Chinese American Family’s Story of Exclusion and Homecoming. This memoir delves into the resilient spirit of New York’s Chinatown, Dr. Chin’s family’s involvement in building the transcontinental railroad, and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. After the talk, participants had the opportunity to engage with Dr. Chin in a Q&A session and a book signing. Books were provided courtesy of Penguin Random House Library Marketing Department.

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We extend our gratitude to NYU Bobst Library for graciously hosting us for this conference and for the support of NYU Libraries staff, particularly Roxane Pickens, Laurie Murphy, and Gabrielle Randall from the External Engagement Department, Shannon O’Neill and Charlotte Priddle from Special Collections, and Jiebei Luo from Research and Research Services.

2025 CALA Best Book Award Call for Nominations

Post Date: 3/15/24, 12:59 PM EST

Nomination Deadline: March 15, 2024

Postmark Deadline: April 1, 2024

CALA seeks your nominations for the 2024 CALA Best Book Award!

Previous winners of this award can be found at this link.

For more details about this award, please follow this link.

The nomination form can be found here: 2024 CALA Best Book Award Nomination Form 美国华人图书馆协会2024最佳图书提名表.

The annual CALA Best Book Award recognizes outstanding books, published in English or Chinese, which exhibit excellence in addressing China, Chinese, people of Chinese origin or Chinese cultural heritage and written by Chinese authors or authors of Chinese descent. The Award is to raise awareness of these topics and authors in North America. 一年一度的CALA最佳图书奖旨在表彰以英文或中文出版的优秀书籍，这些书籍在有关中国、中国人、华裔和中华文化传承等主题和/或由华裔作家或华裔血统作家创作的书籍方面有出色表现。该奖项旨在提高北美对这些主题和作者的认识。

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Please review eligibility criteria and important dates, prior to completing the nomination form. 请在填写提名表之前仔细阅读参选资质及重要日期。

Eligible Works 符合参选条件的作品

Related to Chinese cultural heritage or topics about China, Chinese, people of Chinese origin or Chinese cultural heritage, and written by Chinese authors or authors of Chinese descent. 与中国文化或中国、华人、华裔或中华文化传承主题相关，并由华人或华裔作家创作。
Published between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023 by a publishing house, trade or small press/publisher located in North America or one of its territories for general commercial release in the United States and North America regions. Self-published works and exclusively internet publications may also be considered by the committee. 在2023年1月1日至2023年12月31日期间由位于北美国家及所属地区的出版社、贸易或小型出版社出版，并在美国及北美发行的商用版本。自行出版及仅限于网络发行的出版物也会由委员会审议。
Written in Chinese, English or bilingual. This requirement does not limit the use of words or phrases in non-Chinese and non-English languages where appropriate in context. Translations of original works may be considered. 用中文、英文或中英双语创作。不限制在上下文中酌情使用非中文或非英语的单词或短语。原创作品的译本也可参选。
Works that have previously won other prizes or recognitions are eligible. 此前获得过其他奖项或认可的作品可以参选。

Ineligible Works 不符合参选条件的作品

Anthologies by more than one author. 包含不止一位作者作品的选集。
Reprints of books originally published prior to the current award year. 出版于本颁奖年度之前的图书的重印本。
In the event of a dispute over eligibility, the Award Committee will decide whether a book is eligible, and its decision will be binding. 如对参选资质产生争议，最佳图书委员会将决定提交的图书是否符合条件，其决定将具有最终裁决权。

Important Dates 重要日期