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2025 Chinese American Librarians Association Northeast Chapter Annual Conference
Post Date: 4/11/25, 12:59 PM EST
On Friday, April 11, 2025, CALA NE Chapter hosted our annual conference at Seton Hall University’s Walsh Library in South Orange, New Jersey. The conference theme was “Strengthening our Resiliency and Solidarity in Library and Information Sciences (LIS)”.
The annual meeting started with pre-recorded special remarks by Maria McCauley, ALA President-Elect 2026-27, and short welcome remarks by Yuzhou Bai, current chapter president. This was followed by icebreakers co-facilitated by Jeanie Pai, Amanda He, and Yuzhou Bai. This included poetry, tarot card reading, and talking circle activities. Madellen Garcia and Manny Figueroa, President and Treasurer of the REFORMA Northeast Chapter, joined the meeting this year as our special guests. Breakfast was served, which included homemade baked goods by Sunny Chung, as well as platters from a local café, Jackie & Sons.
We received a tour of the Monsignor Noé Field Archives and Special Collections led by Quinn Christie, Public Services Archivist, and Laura Hapke, Walsh Gallery Collections Manager. The curated selection included on-campus history with Asian American populations, Chinese American history, and Asian art collected by Seton Hall faculty, students, and affiliates. The Northeast chapter was also able to view the newly mounted display of Wang Fangyu’s collection of East Asian art. After a rainy lunch at Bay Leaf, located in downtown South Orange, the group reconvened in Walsh Library for two sessions of thematic lightning talks and separated with a lovely tea break. Homemade Thai tea was brought by chapter vice president, Amanda He, and tea bags were provided by chapter treasurer Jeanie Pai and chapter president Yuzhou Bai. The lightning talk sessions were concluded with closing remarks and networking time, permitting Seton Hall faculty and staff to mingle with CALA Northeast members.
You can find more pictures of the 2025 CALA Northeast Chapter's Annual Conference in the Gallery.
2025 CALA Best Book Award Call for Nominations
Post Date: 3/15/25, 12:59 PM EST
CALA seeks your nominations for the 2025 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: 2025 CALA Best Book Award Nomination Form 美国华人图书馆协会2025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 Chinese Americans, Chinese, people of Chinese origin, Chinese cultural heritage, or China, 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，这些书籍在有关华裔美国人、中国人、华裔人士、中国及中华文化传承等主题方面表现出色，并由华人或华裔作者创作。该奖项旨在提高北美对这些主题和作者的认识。
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The Committee will select nominated books in the following categories: 委员会将评选出以下类别的提名书籍：
Adult books, fiction 成人读物，小说类
Adult books, non-fiction 成人读物，非小说类
Young adult books, fiction 青少年读物，小说类
Young adult books, non-fiction 青少年读物，非小说类
Children’s books, fiction 儿童读物，小说类
Children’s books, non-fiction 儿童读物，非小说类
The winner(s) will be announced before the advance registration deadline for the 2025 ALA/CALA Annual conference. Each award author(s) will receive an award certificate at the CALA Annual Award Banquet during the conference in June. 获奖者将在2025年ALA/CALA 年会的提前注册截止日期之前公布。每位获奖者将在6月的2025年ALA/CALA 年会期间的CALA年度颁奖晚宴上获得获奖证书。
If no books meet the criteria, no award will be given. 如果没有任何符合标准的书籍，则不会颁发奖项。
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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 符合条件的作品
Related to Chinese cultural heritage or topics about Chinese Americans, Chinese, people of Chinese origin, Chinese cultural heritage, or China, and written by Chinese authors or authors of Chinese descent. 作品主题涉及华裔美国人、中国人、华裔人士，中国或中华文化遗产，并由华人或华裔作者创作。
Published between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024, by a publishing house, trade press 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 2024 年 1 月 1 日至 12 月 31日间由位于北美国家及所属地区的出版社出版，并在美国及北美发行的商用版本。自行出版的作品和专门出版的互联网出版物也可以由委员会审议。
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和非英语语言的单词或短语。可以考虑原创作品的翻译。
Works that have previously won other prizes or recognitions are eligible. 之前获得过其他奖项或认可的作品符合此提名申请条件。
Ineligible Works 不符合条件的作品
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. 本颁奖年度之前最初出版的图书的重印本。
In the event of a dispute over eligibility, the Award Committee will decide whether a book is eligible, and its decision will be binding. 如果对资格产生争议，委员会将决定提交的书是否符合条件，其决定将具有最终裁决权。
Important Dates 重要日期
March 15, 2025 - Nomination deadline. 2025年3月15日--提名截止日期
April 1, 2025 - Postmark deadline for nominated books. 2025年4月1日--提名图书邮戳截止日期
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For more details about this award, including Evaluation Criteria (评选标准) and Submission Process (提交流程), please follow this link.
The 7 winners of the 2024 CALA Best Book Award (including 2 of which are co-winners in their category), listed with their respective categories and image sources.
CALA NE Launches the CALA NE Lounge Discord Server!
Post Date: 11/4/24, 12:59 PM EST
Dear CALA Members, the CALA Northeast Chapter is excited to launch the CALA NE Lounge, an online discussion forum on Discord for folks to connect with and support one another in a more casual setting!
Here is the invite link to the server, valid until 11/11/24: https://discord.gg/ASGGMfSn.
This server is open to all, including those outside of CALA! Please feel free to invite others interested in hanging out with us.
Here are the server's community guidelines, which may also be found in the #guidelines channel of the CALA NE Lounge:
Welcome to the CALA NE Lounge Discord server! This server is started and run by members of the CALA Northeast Chapter primarily to help CALA NE members connect with one another in a more casual setting. Please note that this server is not an official CALA channel.
Before participating in the server, please read the following community guidelines. We ask that all participants abide by these guidelines:
Introductions: Please feel free to introduce yourself in the #nihao channel! This is where we share our introductions and get to know each other a bit more. You are also invited to go to #get-roles to add pronouns to your profile. (FYI, #welcome is an automatically generated channel whose purpose is to announce the arrival of new members.)
Respect: We aim to show respect for ourselves and others in this group, regardless of their race, gender, sexuality, disabilities, or beliefs. We highly recommend the use of inclusive language (https://guides.18f.gov/content-guide/our-style/inclusive-language/) in all communications. Hate speech or bullying will not be tolerated, and perpetrators are subject to removal or a permanent ban from the server.
Privacy: We strive to make this group a safe space. We encourage authentic, expressive discussions while acknowledging that these discussions may contain sensitive or private information. Please exercise your best judgment. Personal information shared in the group must stay in the group. Sharing messages from this server with external individuals or the public (such as posting a screenshot on your social media account) is only permitted under the condition that all parties involved give their verbal or written consent.
Curiosity: We encourage everyone to ask questions and help one another out on the basis of a growth mindset for lifelong learning. We ask members to exercise open-mindedness about others’ ideas, perspectives, cultures, and beliefs.
Moderation: As of October 2024, the 2024-25 officers of the CALA NE Chapter (https://sites.google.com/site/calanehome/about/officers) serve as the moderators of this Discord server. We strive to make this server an inclusive and engaging space for everyone. If there is anything you would like to suggest or changes you would like to see, please post your feedback in the #general channel!
The More, The Merrier: Please feel free to invite members outside of CALA who are interested in hanging out with us.
The CALA NE officers reserve the right to adjust these guidelines as necessary to accommodate the needs and best interests of our members. We appreciate your abidance by our community guidelines and thank everyone for being here!
Last update: 10/31/2024
We hope to see you soon on Discord!
Please note that information about all CALA NE social media channels may be found on our Home page under Connect with us!, as well as in the footer of our site pages.
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