CEAL 2018 Annual Program Outline available!

Dear CEAL members:

Happy New Year!!

Once again, I am delighted to call for the participation of the 2018 CEAL Annual Conference Program with the Plenary Session Theme "New trends in East Asian Collection Development and Services", which has the outline ready to be viewed and downloaded through the link in CEAL Home Page: http://www.eastasianlib.org/.

My deepest gratitude to the chairs and members of the standing committees, sub-committees, and task forces, some of them have started to work on forming their programs as early as right after the last annual meeting and been still working on the related details.

The final program with the details will be ready and sent to everyone soon.

Look forward to seeing everyone in Washington DC.

Thanks,

Jim Cheng
Director, C.V. Starr East Asian Library
Columbia University
President, Council on East Asian Libraries

2017 CEAL post conference survey report available!

Dear Colleagues,

Thank you very much to those who responded to the 2017 CEAL post conference survey. Please see the survey report here:  2017 Survey Report.

The CEAL Executive Board is reviewing the survey responses and will take them into consideration when planning for future events and programs.  If you have further comments or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to send them along.

Best,

Xiang

Chair, CEAL Membership Committee

Update: Wi-Fi in Meeting Rooms Will Be Available

FYI
Contrary to my previous understanding, Wi-Fi will be available in the Sheraton Centre Toronto meeting rooms for CEAL 2017. I confirmed this today with the AV provider for the Sheraton. Also the AAS information sheet, "Know Before You Go" says:

We will provide complimentary Wi-Fi in all meeting rooms and common spaces in the Sheraton. Use the code AAS2017 to connect. Additionally, all attendees staying at the Sheraton or the Hilton will also receive complimentary internet in hotel rooms.

Regards,
Rob

Rob Britt
Chair, CEAL Library Technology Committee
rrbritt@uw.edu

CEAL Election Voting Eligibility Window Now Closed

Dear Friends,
Eligibility to vote in CEAL elections is based on 1) Current Membership in AAS and 2) Payment of CEAL dues for the current year (click here for details).

As I announced recently, the CEAL 2017 election is set to begin on Monday February 13th at 12:01 AM PST. The cutoff date for voting eligibility was officially 1/31/2017. During the past week, we have accepted late applications for CEAL membership, to allow as many as possible to vote. However, the window for eligibility to vote in the 2017 election is now closed.

Thank you very much for your participation and interest in CEAL.

Regards,
Jim Cheng
CEAL President

CEAL Election 2017: Positions on the Ballot

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Dear CEAL Members,
In CEAL Election 2017, we will be voting for seven members of the CEAL Executive Board. The open positions are:

• Chair, Committee on Chinese Materials (2017-2020) 
• Chair, Committee on Japanese Materials (2017-2020) 
• Chair, Committee on Korean Materials (2017-2020) 
• Chair, Committee on Public Services (2017-2020) 
• Chair, Committee on Technical Processing (2017-2020) 
• Member at Large (All Areas) (2017-2020) 
• Members at Large (China Focus) (2017-2020) 

Don't forget to vote by submitting your electronic ballot. To vote, click on the link in your CEAL Election 2017 voting invitation email. Look for it on Monday, February 13th. Voting will close as of March 6th, 2017 at midnight.

Jim Cheng
CEAL President

CEAL Election 2017 Begins Monday February 13th

Dear CEAL members:
Once again, it's time for everyone to participate by voting in the 2017 CEAL Election.

Please look for your invitation to vote email message. It will be sent automatically to eligible voters on Monday February 13th at 12:01 AM, from CEAL Secretary Adam Lisbon's email address.

Please watch your email for:
From: adam.lisbon@colorado.edu
Subject Line: CEAL Election February 2017 Invitation

The election will close on Monday March 6th at 11:00 PM. Thanks again for participating in CEAL's most important democratic procedure.

Jim Cheng
President
Council on East Asian Libraries

Updated Membership Info Available: Voting in CEAL Election 2017

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Dear colleagues,
The directory of CEAL members has just been updated. View the current Directory here: http://www.eastasianlib.org/cmb/index.htm#Directory

If you have paid CEAL and AAS dues through 2017, your name should appear on this list.

Only members in good standing of both CEAL and AAS as of 2017 are eligible to vote, stand for election and serve on CEAL committees. To vote in this year’s election and be eligible for all the great benefits of CEAL membership, please join CEAL or renew your CEAL membership.

See payment instruction here: http://www.eastasianlib.org/cmb/joinceal.htm.

Thank you and look forward to seeing you in Toronto!

Xi Chen
CEAL Treasurer
xichen031@ucsd.edu