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The Chinese American Librarian Association (CALA) Midwest Chapter Professional Development Grant is an annual award that aims to encourage and support current and future library professionals’ career development and goals. Up to three awards ($150 each) will be granted, contingent upon the committee receiving sufficient, well-qualified applications. CriteriaAwards are determined based on the degree to which the applicant meets the following […]

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Dear CALA Midwest Chapter members, The CALA Midwest Chapter is pleased to announce the roundtable discussion will be held on May 19, 1-4 pm CST. You are welcome to register<https://uwmadison.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0kcO-pqjgsHtOsQVhuqBcifAm_gKqtPIOI> for the meeting before the event. We expect you to share your thoughts and work experience in the roundtable discussion. There are three sections with different topics in our roundtable […]

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Dear Colleagues, The CALA Midwest Chapter would like to invite you to nominate candidates for the position of Vice President/President Elect, 2021-2022.  You are welcome to nominate your colleagues or yourself. Please send your nomination(s) to the Midwest Chapter EB (Liangyu Fu liangyuf@umich.edu, Anlin Yang anlin.yang@wisc.edu, and Meng Qu qum@miamioh.edu).  The deadline is Friday, May 7.  The Chapter election will be taking place soon after the deadline. If […]

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Dear CALA members, I hope this email finds you healthy and safe. I would like to invite proposals for the 2021 Midwest Professional Development Virtual Conference on behalf of the CALA MW Chapter. Our MW Professional Development Committee hosts the meeting (May 5, 2021, 1-4 pm CST) via Zoom. The purpose of this meeting is to provide an opportunity for Chinese […]

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Dear CALA Midwest Chapter members, I’m pleased to announce that the mailing list for members of CALA Midwest Chapter has been revived.  The listserv was put on hiatus earlier last year, but after full deliberation among the current Chapter EB members, we decided to bring back this service. The email address is midwest@cala-web.org.  It will be mainly used for Chapter election, […]

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Dear All, Mwlist, the mailing list for CALA Midwest Chapter, was voted by the Chapter Executive Committee to be disbanded. It has already been deleted from the hosting service, and all the past messages have been archived.It saw little necessity to keep a mailing list for how it had been in use. The list, in the vast majority (if not […]

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CALA – Midwest Chapter Webinar: “Examining User Perceptions of the Role of Academic Libraries and Librarians” Date/Time: October 24, Thursday 2-3 pm CT/3-4 pm ET/12-1 pm PT Join the webinar via Zoom Summary: In early 2000s, the concept of “library brand” emerged. Many studies such as The Library Brand 2010 report published by OCLC stated that “Libraries = books”. Is […]

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Dear All, The CALA Midwest Chapter (the Chapter) Executive Committee decided to disband the CALA MW WeChat group and the CALA MW Facebook. The CALA MW WeChat was formed around 2016 for a virtual community. Since then, it hasn’t been maintained. The low level of activities barely rendered it as a community. The Chapter doesn’t have such a volume of […]

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The 2019 CALA MW Volunteer Form is now open at https://waynestate.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8exeHi79WcZr8hf. The deadline to indicate your interest is 5:00 PM EST, 2nd July, 2019. Please direct any questions to Minhao Jiang, 2019-2020 CALA MW President, at minhao.jiang@wayne.edu.

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