2012 News

2012 CALA Southeast Chapter Officer Election Result

Dear Members,

The 2012 CALA Southeast (SE) Election had been held from June 11, 2012 to June 25, 2012. After a careful review, the 2012 CALA Southeast (SE) Nomination and Election Committee is very pleased to declare the following election results:

27 e-ballots were generated and sent. 21 votes were cast and the participation rate was 77.8%.

Congratulations to Ying Zhang, Acquisitions Librarian at the University of Central Florida, who has been elected to be the Vice President/President-Elect (2012-2013) and Yue Xu, Web Services Librarian at the University of Memphis, who has been elected to be the Membership Officer (2012 -2014).

The 2012 CALA Southeast (SE) Nomination and Election Committee would like to thank all chapter members who participated in this online election and executed their rights to select new leaders in our chapter.

We would like to extend a special thank-you to Vincci Kwong from CALA, who kindly offered her professional support throughout our election process, from generating e-ballots to summarizing results.

Sincerely,

CALA Southeast Chapter Nomination and Election Committee, 2012
Min Tong, Chair
Li Zhang
Luo Zhou

2011 News

2011 CALA Southeast Chapter Online Election Announcement

My Dear Colleagues,

As you know, the 2011 CALA Southeast (SE) Election had been held from June 14, 2011 to June 28, 2011. After a careful review, the 2011 CALA Southeast (SE) Nomination and Election Committee is very pleased to declare the following election results:

Based on the CALA Statistics, there are total of 35 e-ballots generated and sent. There are total of 21 votes, two of which are incomplete and should probably not be counted. Incomplete e-ballots can be identified by blank value in the “Completed” column in the report.

As a result, 18 votes altogether are counted as effective votes.

Candidate who will fill the position of Vice President (2011-2012):
Luo Zhou
Chinese Studies Librarian
Duke University Libraries
Telephone: 919-660-5803
E-mail: luo.zhou@duke.edu

Candidate who will fill the Position of Treasurer (2011-2013):
Hong Ma
Integrated Systems Librarian
Miami University Libraries
Office: 305-284-8844
E-mail: hma@miami.edu

Taking this opportunity, the 2011 CALA Southeast (SE) Nomination and Election Committee wish to express its very warm congratulations to our new elected chapter officers. You will become new emerging leaders in our CALA Southeast Chapters.

At the same time, the 2011 CALA Southeast (SE) Nomination and Election Committee especially appreciate the active participation and the strong support by Dr. Xiaorong Shao and Dr. Wenxian Zhang. With their remarkable academic and scholarly achievements, the CALA Southeast Chapter will be able to raise its benchmarks to filter out its new emerging pioneers.

A special thank you must also be given to all of CALA Southeast (SE) Chapter members who participated in this online election and executed their rights to select new trustworthy leaders in our chapter.

Finally, let’s celebrate and wish our new chapter leaders will make more contributions and progresses to the CALA and CALA Southeast Chapter.

Sincerely,

LiLi Li
Chair, the 2011 CALA Southeast (SE) Nomination and Election Committee

2011 CALA Southeast Chapter Election: Call for Nomination

The 2011 CALA Southeast (SE) Chapter Nominating and Election Committee invites applicants for the following two positions in our chapter:
1. Vice President/President-Elect (2011-2012)
2. Treasurer (2011-2013)

Nominations and Self-nominations are welcome. All nominees must be current CALA Southeast (SE) Chapter personal members in good standing. Nominations and self-nominations, to be nominated or to seek for the specific position, can be sent directly to Lili Li, Chair of the 2011 CALA Southeast (SE) Chapter Nominating and Election Committee, at lilili@georgiasouthern.edu.

All nominations and self-nominations are due by 5:00p.m. EST., on Tuesday, May 3, 2011.

The 2011 CALA Southeast (SE) Chapter Nominating and Election Committee has the following members:
LiLi Li, Chair
Min Tong
Li Zhang
Dr. Shali Zhang
Ying Zhang

If any members in the CALA Southeast (SE) Chapter have any concerns and/or issues regarding this announcement, please feel free to contact LiLi Li at any time.

2011 CALA Southeast Chapter Annual Program Presentation Slides and Photos

The CALA Southeast Chapter successfully held its inaugural annual conference at the University of Central Florida, South Lake Campus on April 30, 2011. Please check out some of the presentation slides posted on the conference wiki, where you can also find the link to the chapter flickr page for the conference photos.

CALA SE Chapter 2011 Annual Conference

Please find the detail information from the conference wiki site. If you are planning on attending, please register here.

2010 News

CALA SE 2010 Election Announcement

Please find the PDF file of the 2010 election accouncement for our chapter.

Welcome Our New Member

Jenny Wang, a Cataloging Librarian for Savannah college of Art and Design library in Atlanta, GA, joined CALA SE Chapter. Jenny has been working there for 6 years. Before that, she worked as a Technical Service Librarian at Brooklyn Botanical Garden library for 3 years. Jenny got her MLS from the University of Kentucky Library School. Welcome, Jenny!

Welcome Our New Members

Two new members joined our chapter – Yanjuan Zou and Brian Leaf. Yanjuan is currently a graduate student in MLS program at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is also working as an Assistant Librarian in UNC Highway Safety Research Center. Her study areas are digital library and special librarianship. Brian is currently in the Master of Library Science program at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Welcome, Yanjuan and Brian!

CALA Southeast Chapter 2010 Annual Report

Please check out CALA Southeast Chapter 2010 Annual Report prepared by Mr. Lili Li, the President of SE chapter for 2009-2010.

Luo Zhou and her co-authors Haihui Zhang and Yingzi Zeng published a book titled Classical Chinese Poems and Their Western Translations: Extensive Indexes to Recent Renderings by National Library of China Publishing House in 2009.

2009 News

SE Chapter 2009 Annual Report

Please check out SE chapter 2009 Annual Report prepared by Mr. Lili Li, the President of SE chapter for 2009-2010. Also, on behalf of the SE Chapter officers, I would like to wish every member of our chapter a Happy Chinese New Year! – Min

SE Annual Conference 2009/BIGGER 2009 Report

BIGGER (Bibliographic Instruction Group for Georgia’s Eastern Region) 2009 was held on April 17, 2009 at the new Georgia Southern University Library.  There are about 40 librarians and other professionals attended this conference. Two CALA Southeast Chapter members: Bob Fernekes and LiLi Li, attended this conference.

Fernekes

Dr. Bob Fernekes, Business Information Services Librarian, is having a library tour for BIGGER 2009 attendees.

LILI

LiLi Li, E-Information Services Librarian, and Piggy Miley, Library Technical Assistant, are ready to greet BIGGER 2009 attendees.

CALA Southeast Chapter 2009 Annual Program

When: 8:00am-3:00pm, April 17, 2009

Where: Zach S. Henderson Library

 Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, GA 30460

Programs:

  1. Attending Bibliographic Instruction Group Conference held by Georgia Southern University (registration for the conference is free, for more information about this conference including registration,  hotel and parking, please visit http://library.georgiasouthern.edu/libref/bigger2009.html)
  2. Visiting Georgia Southern University’s newly renovated Zach S. Henderson Library
  3. Attending the CALA Southeast Chapter Luncheon (Free for CALA Southeast Chapter current members)

All CALA members are welcome!

Contact: Mr. Lili Li, Vice President, CALA Southeast Chapter, email: lilili@georgiasouthern.edu or
Ms. Hanrong Wang, President, CALA Southeast Chapter, email: hwang@jsu.edu

 March 2009

Welcome Our New Members

Two new members joined our chapter — Xuemei (Sherry) Ge and Hong Ma. Sherry works with the Brown-Daniel Library at the Tennessee State University as a Metadata Librarian. Hong is the Information Systems Librarian at the University of Miami. Welcome, Sherry and Hong!

February 2009

Welcome Our New Members

The SE Chapter had two new members joining our big family in February 2009 — Huimin Lu and Connie Chow. Huimin is the System Integration and Digitization Librarian at the State Library of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.. Welcome, Huimin and Connie!