Program: CALA President's Program (HOLD)

CALA President's Program: Building Asian and Pacific American Library Leaders for the Future: A Panel Discussion

Saturday, June 25, 2022

11:00am – 1:00pm

Location: Washington Convention Center, 204B

(From 11-12 pm, there will be a CALA Membership/Poster Session where CALA members will showcase their projects in poster formats. All are welcome to attend. From 12-1 pm, it will be a panel discussion. )

In 2023, the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) will celebrate its 50th anniversary and in 2020, the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) celebrated its 40th anniversary. Both associations have promoted opportunities to volunteers in leadership opportunities, and have achieved critical milestones for AAPI library workers. This panel discussion will center on the voices of AAPI library leaders and their challenges and opportunities in the profession at large, and how to rethink about expanding new opportunities going forward. Based on an IMLS funded project called, “Path to Leadership,” the discussion will center on the experiences of invited forum participants and how they envision change in the profession in large and its leadership going forward. The session is co-sponsored by the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA).

Speakers:
Wenli Gao, CALA President 2021-22 and Moderator
Anna Coats, Newark Public Library
Tarida Anantachai, North Carolina State University Libraries
Crystal Chen, New York Public Library
Binh Le, Penn State University Libraries

Main Contact(s)

RP

Raymond Pun, Ed.D. and MLS

Librarian
Alder Graduate School of Education

Moderator(s)

WG

Wenli Gao

Collection Analytics Coordinator
University of Houston

Speaker(s)

AC

Anna Coats
TA

Tarida Anantachai

Director, Inclusion & Talent Management
North Carolina State University Libraries
CC

Crystal Chen, n/a

Teen Center Coordinator
The New York Public Library
BL

Binh P. Le

Librarian
Pennsylvania State University