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We are a group of passionate Chinese Canadian librarians.
CALA Canada Chapter aims to promote librarianship and library services in Canada. Click for more details.
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Affiliated with ALA, Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) promotes better communication among Chinese librarians in North America.
Dear Colleagues,
The Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) Canada Chapter (https://www.cala-canada.org/) invites you to submit presentation proposals to its Annual Conference, to be held on Monday, May 5, 2025. This conference will be free of charge and in a hybrid format. The program is open to anyone who is interested, not limited to CALA members. We would like to invite members/guests to submit their proposals on every aspect of their professional duties, research activities, or community services, and more. The types of sessions include a short 15–20 minutes presentation of slides or posters, or a panel discussion on the topics you find most thought-provoking among our colleagues.
Topics of interest may include, but are not limited to:
Important Dates: ConferenceDate: Monday, May 5, 2025, 12 – 4 PM (Eastern Time) Location: Toronto Metropolitan University (in person), and Zoom (link to be shared later)Proposal Submission Deadline: Sunday, February 16, 2025Notification of Acceptance: by February 28, 2025 Please submit your proposal through the Qualtrics form.
Presentations will be limited to 15–20 minutes including Q&A.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Yanli Li ( yli@wlu.ca) and Wei Xuan (Wei.Xuan@umanitoba.ca).
Thanks,
Yanli Li, President, CALA Canada
Wei Xuan, Vice-President, CALA Canada
The Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) Canada Chapter (https://www.cala-canada.org/)invites you to submit presentation proposals to its Annual Conference, to be held virtually on Monday, February 12, 2024.
The program is open to anyone who is interested, not limited to CALA members. We would like to invite members/guests to submit their proposals on every aspect of their professional duties, research activities, or community services, etc. The types of sessions include a short 15–20 minutes presentation of slides or posters, or a panel discussion on the topics you find most thought-provoking among our colleagues.
Topics of interest may include, but are not limited to:
Program details are as follows:
Date: 12–4 PM (Eastern Time), Monday, February 12, 2024
Location: Zoom (link to be shared later)
Submission Deadline: Sunday, January 14, 2024
Presentations will be limited to 15–20 minutes including Q&A. (Please let us know if more time is needed)
Please email your proposal title, abstract (no more than 150 words), and name/contact information in Word or PDF format to Wei Zhang (zhangw94@mcmaster.ca) and Yanli Li (yli@wlu.ca).
Thanks,
Wei Zhang, President, CALA Canada
Yanli Li, Vice-President, CALA Canada
The CALA Canada Chapter (https://www.cala-canada.org/) invites you to submit presentation proposals to its third annual program: 2022 Chinese American Librarians Association Canada Chapter Annual Program to be held virtually from 10am -1pm, February 2, 2022, the day after the Chinese New Year.
We would like to invite members/guests to submit their proposals on every aspect of their professional duties, research activities or community services etc. This information exchange could be done in the form of a 15 minutes presentation of slides, posters, or discussion topics you find most thought-provoking among our colleagues. We hope this will be an informal occasion where we could sit together and share our experience in the past year, especially in such a difficulty time. The program is open to anyone who is interested, not limited to CALA members.
Program details are as follows:
Date: 10am-1pm EST, Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Location: virtual conference
Please e-mail your proposal/poster title, abstract (no more than 150 words), and name/contact information in Word or PDF format to Haiyun Cao (hcao@york.ca) and Qing Zou (qzou@lakeheadu.ca)
Presentations will be limited to 15 minutes including Q&A.
Submission Deadline: 5:00pm, Friday, Dec. 24, 2021.
We are a group of passionate Chinese Canadian librarians.