NCA Chapter Profile The CALA California Chapter was divided into two chapters of Northern California Chapter (NCA) and Southern California Chapter (SCA) in July 2006. The geographic division between the North and the South is by the line on Luis Obispo and Bakersfield of California. Any new California members who live in the middle of the state and are uncertain which chapter they may join in, they may check the geographic convenience and voluntarily make decision on their own.

Current Member Composition NCA is a small chapter composed of librarians from public libraries, academic libraries, some students from library schools as well as a few retirees.

Member Highlights Chapter Outlook

To enhance communication and cater activities to members’ interests, an online survey was conducted in fall 2012 to solicit member input.

Celebrating 40 Glorious Years of Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA)

Past Programs & Events Member Highlights

Nona Mock Wyman discussed Bamboo Women: Stories from Ming Quong, a Chinese Orphanage in California, 2012.

Member Highlights Member Achievements

& Contributions Highlight

Current Member Locations

David H.T. Wong shared his debut graphic novel, Escape to Gold Mountain: A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America, 2012.

Book talk with Judy Yung's new book Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America, 2010.

“Thinking Globally, Acting Globally” Program, a cooperative program among San Jose Library, UIUC, CALA and supported with IMLS grant, Summer 2010.

CALA-NCA hosted traditional Chinese banquets accompanied by performances for CLA Conference and frequently present workshops and programs at the conference.

“Traditional Chinese Book Prining”, talk and demo by woodblock printing master from China’s Yangzhou Woodblock Printing Museum and Nanjing University, 2011.

John T. Ma Retired Chinese Librarian at the New York Public Library. Founder and President of the “Books for China” Project which collects books from scholars and libraries in the U.S., and donates the books to university libraries in China. Recipient of the 2009 CALA Distinguished Service Award.

Priscilla C. Yu Head (retired) City Planning and Landscape Architecture Library, Professor Emerita, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Recipient of the 1999 CALA Distinguished Service Award and 2011 CALA President’s Recognition Award.

Doris Tseng Reference Librarian, San Francisco Public Library. Recipient of 2006 CALA President’s Recognition Award. While serving as the CALA Membership Committee chair, she had the vision to automate CALA membership directory and established the computerized CALA membership database with Chinese entries.

Shu-Hua Liu Librarian, Santa Clara County Library District, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library. Current NCA Chapter President. 2005 ALA spectrum scholar and 2009 ALA emerging leader.

Jo Bell Whitlatch Faculty Emeritus, San Jose State University; Member, Board of Directors, Evergreen Education Foundation. Served one term on review board of CALA journal.

Jianye He Librarian for Chinese Collections, C.V.Starr East Asian Library, UC Berkeley. 2010-2011 NCA Chapter President. Organized and chaired “Cooperation, Collaboration, and Resource Sharing” program in the 2010 CLA (California Library Association)’s annual conference. Presented at the “2012 US-China Library Forum” sponsored by CALA.

Xiaoli Li Department Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services, General Library of University of California, Davis. 2011-2012 NCA Chapter President. CALA delegate to the Library Society of China Annual Conference in 2006 and a member of the CALA 21st Century Librarian Seminar Series in 2007. Recipient of Award of Achievement from California Library Association.

Patricia (Patty) Wong County Librarian/Chief Archivist, Yolo County Library, California. 1993 CA Chapter President. Served on CALA Board of Directors. Recipient of 2012 ALA Equality Award.

Suzanne Lo Library Coordinator, Downtown Center Library, City College of San Francisco. Built and opened the busiest branch facility, the Asian Branch of the Oakland Public Library in 1995. Recipient of the 2005 CJCLS/EBSCO Community College Learning Resources and Library Achievement Award.

Yuhfen Dianna Wu Team Lead of Academic Services, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, San Jose State University. Former CALA president and CA chapter president. 2007 ALA RUSA-BRASS-Emerald Research Grant Award recipient.

Chapter Response

Emails were regularly sent to members sharing information about free webinars, online classes & fee-based workshops on library technology, academic service, public service, technical service and leadership administration. NCA co-sponsored two well-attended author talks in November 2012. The audience and the authors had a good interaction and discussion about their books as well as the cultural issues of being a Chinese American.

A networking event is under planning for members to visit Angel Island and tour the immigration station, designed to process Chinese immigrants in the early 1900s.

Looking Forward Engage in cultural and community events to promote chapter

presence. Organize networking events. Consider collaborating with

other ethnic caucus such as Asian/Pacific Librarians Association.

Invite past participants in the project “Think Globally, Act Globally” to share their experiences in a workshop.

Tweak the new chapter website to present chapter information in an organized manner.

Recruit new membership - an ongoing effort.

Mengxiong Liu Librarian and Lecturer, San Jose State University. Former CALA President and CA chapter president. Served on CALA Board of Directors. Served as CALA journal co-editor and newsletter editor. 2007 Fulbright Senior Specialist Award recipient.