2021 CALA Southeast and Southwest Chapters Joint Online Conference

Dear CALA Southeast Chapter Members,

Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) Southeast (SE) and Southwest (SW) Chapters Joint Online Conference will be held on Friday, May 7, 2021, 1:00 PM- 3:30 PM EST. You are welcome to join our conference.

No registration is required. The conference agenda is attached.
Theme: Library 2021: Stories and Projects Sharing
Date: Friday, May 7
Time: 1:00-3:30 pm Eastern Time
Location: https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/j/92388482358?pwd=T0c1UE9peTk4aytZckpjeUhmQXFEZz09

We have four presentations.

Usability Study for TDR
Zhihong Xu, Associate Professor/Data Management Librarian at Texas A&M University

Just Keep Trying: Experiments in Outreach and Engagement During a Pandemic
Zackary Chance Medlin, Learning & Student Engagement Librarian at Texas A&M University Libraries
Sandy Avila, Science Librarian; Richard Harrison, Subject Librarian;
Sarah Norris, Scholarly Communication Librarian; Min Tong, Business Librarian, University of Central Florida Libraries

Civic Engagement during the Pandemic
Jian Anna Xiong, Government Information Coordinator; Amanda Thomas, User Experience/Public Services Librarian, Rice University.

We look forward to meeting you at our conference!

Best wishes,

Jianying Shou, President of CALA Southeast Chapter
Anna Xiong, President of CALA Southwest Chapter

Invitation to the CALA SE Program, Tour and Social @ ALA MidWinter

Dear CALA members and friends,

You’re cordially invited to the CALA Southeast Chapter spring program to be held in Atlanta on January 20, 2017, 12:30-5pm. The program will include several talks, a tour and digital map showcase of the Georgia State University’s Collaborative University Research & Visualization Environment and a social dinner. Please check out the details below.

Thank you and hope to see you in Atlanta!

CALA Southeast Chapter 2017 Spring Program

Sharing Your Professional Expertise and Your Library’s Collections

 Visiting a Library, a Museum or a Cultural Institution in Atlanta

Time: January 20, 2017, 12:30-5:00 pm

Location: Georgia State University (GSU) Library Downtown Atlanta Campus

Meet at: GSU library North entrance

12:30-1:00 Virtual Reality Game Demo (If you can make it!!)

1:00-2:30pm Presentations and Member Meeting

Linked Data in the Library, Tongyang (Sunny) Zhang, University of Alabama

Librarians Work with Faculty to Support Their Teaching and Research (East Asian Studies Related at FSU), Yue Li, Florida State University Libraries

Experiment and Explore Data Services in Academic Libraries, Ximin Mi, Georgia State University (GSU) Library Downtown Atlanta Campus

Cataloging Games and Toys with RDA, Peng Mu, Samford University Library

Diving into the University Knowledge Community: Navigating the Expanded Role of the Metadata Librarian, Sai Deng, University of Central Florida Libraries

Practical Usage of WorldCat for Research and Publications: Challenges of Cataloging Asian-Language Resources, Garry Guan, Managing Editor of Chinese Cultural Relics

2:30-3:00pm Q & A

3:00-5:00pm Digital Map Projects Showcase @GSU CURVE (Collaborative University Research & Visualization Environment)

5:00-7:00pm Social Time and Dinner

If interested, you are welcome to join us for dinner in the Golden House Chinese Restaurant (金源大酒楼, 1600 Pleasant hill Rd, Duluth, GA 30096)

Program Online Access Instruction: Download WebEx app to your computer or smart phone; open WebEx, “Join Meeting”, put in the meeting number: 737 984 358, and your personal information. The password is cala.

Or, send your email to Ximin Mi at ximinmi@gmail.com, she will add you to the WebEx meeting invited attendee list, and then you should be able to log in by following the link below: https://gsumeetings.webex.com/gsumeetings/j.php?MTID=m3c41a60687420024265a5367382f1fcf

CALA Southeast Chapter

Sai Deng, Ximin Mi, Yue Li, and Peng Mu

 

CALA Southeast Chapter 2017 Spring Program

Sharing Your Professional Expertise and Your Library’s Collections

 Visiting a Library, a Museum or a Cultural Institution in Atlanta

Time: January 20, 2017   1:00-5:00pm

Location:Georgia State University (GSU) Library Downtown Atlanta Campus

Meet at: GSU library North entrance. (More detailed directions will be given later.)

SE Chapter Member Meeting (1-2:30pm)

Every member attending is invited to give a brief presentation of 10-15 minutes about his/her work and any East Asia-related collection / services in your library, if any

After this session, Ximin will briefly show and introduce some new projects in the GSU library.

Local Museum Tour – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Museum (3:00-5:00;  2:30-3:00 Travel to the museum, car pool will be provided)

We will head over to CDC museum and have a tour there, including the history of CDC and its science collection, and the development of treatments to some diseases. More information is available at CDC museum website: https://www.cdc.gov/museum/

Social Time and Dinner (5:00-7:00pm)

If interested, you are welcome to join us for dinner in the Golden House Chinese Restaurant (金源大酒楼, 1600 Pleasant hill Rd, Duluth, GA 30096)

Please contact Yue Li (yli3@fsu.edu), Ximin Mi (ximinmi@gmail.com) or Peng Mu (pmu@samford.edu) if you are interested in attending the meeting, the museum tour and/or the dinner.

CALA Southeast Chapter

Sai Deng, Ximin Mi, Yue Li, and Peng Mu

Hope you’re safe and sound after the hurricane!

Hope everyone has survived Hurricane Matthew without too much difficulty!

Just would like to update on a few things:
– Our first fall program was held on September 23, 2016, 1:30-4pm, at Olin Library, Rollins College, Orlando, FL. As you all know, this year, our theme is “Visiting a Library, a Museum or a Cultural Institution in Your City” and “Discovering Chinese Images, Representations and Heritage.” The Orlando meeting had a good turn out of about 20 people onsite and online. We had some wonderful speakers and fascinating presentations. Please check out the photos of the event including some slides pictures at CALA’s Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/281336511932864/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1139435592789614

The slides and program information from this event have been archived in CALA Academic Resources & Repository System (CALASYS) at: http://ir.cala-web.org/items/browse?tags=CALA+Southeast+Chapter+2016+Fall+Program+%28Orlando%29

I’d like to thank all our speakers and participating members, including Wenxian, Zhao (Liu), Min and Ying, who have helped to make this event possible!

– Zhao Liu, Librarian at the Elling O. Eide Charitable Foundation would like to invite everyone to visit the center, its library and collections (http://www.ellingoeide.org/research-library) in Sarasota. Its collection focuses on “decorative pieces from the Chinese and Japanese medieval period and includes a large assemblage of ornate scrolls.” Please check the site out for detailed information. She also made a presentation in our first fall program which can be accessed at: http://ir.cala-web.org/items/show/71

– Please keep an eye on forthcoming chapter programs! We expect to hold more gatherings in Atlanta and Alabama.

Thank you and will be in touch again!

Sai

Representing

CALA Southeast Chapter Officers

Sai Deng, President, University of Central Florida, saideng@gmail.com

Yue Li, Vice President/President-Elect, Florida State University Libraries, yli3@fsu.edu

Xiaojie Duan, Immediate Past President, University of Southern Mississippi Libraries, xiaojie.duan@usm.edu

Ximin Mi, Treasurer, Georgia State University, ximinmi@gmail.com

Peng Mu, Membership Officer, Samford University, pmu@samford.edu