Seeking Nominations for NCC Council Members

During 2017 the North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources (the NCC) will fill three elected positions, two for librarians and one for a social sciences faculty member.  NCC Council Members are elected for three-year terms, in these cases the terms will run from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2020.  Once elected members will be expected to take part in NCC Committees and Working Groups and are likely to be asked to co-chair one or more such groups.

As is required by its by-laws, the NCC seeks to include among Council members faculty and librarians from diverse regions of the country, from institutions of varying size, and from Japanese and East Asian studies programs with a range of strengths and foci.  Selection of candidates will, therefore, take into consideration current representation on those committees in filling these positions. A list of the current Council Members and is contained in the About NCC section of the website at http://guides.nccjapan.org/content.php?pid=246207&sid=2033554.  A brief description of positions follows:

NCC Elected Librarian Council Members: The two librarian positions to be filled in 2017 are for librarian members from a range of institutions and regions, and from institutions with collections of all sizes both those broadly covering Japan and East Asia and those that may be more specialized.  Past experience as a member of an NCC committee or working group or a CEAL committee, as well as other service to the field is desirable.

NCC Elected Social Sciences Faculty Member: Elected faculty members are chosen to represent not only a range of institutions and regions but also to represent a diversity of disciplines, time periods and research methodologies.  The social science faculty member may come from any field of social sciences and must have an active engagement with libraries and library-related issues.  An interest in digital scholarship and participation in disciplinary and field wide service is also of important consideration.

To propose a candidate for one of these positions, please send an email nomination by March 20, 2017 to NCC Chair Setsuko Noguchi snoguchi@princeton.edu and to NCC Executive Director Victoria Bestor at vbestor@fas.harvard.edu.  Self-nominations are welcome.  For further information about these positions and other NCC activities please visit the website. 

Call for Application: Sheila Suen Lai Research Grant

Purpose:
The purpose of Sheila Suen Lai Research Grant (hereinafter ‘Lai’s Grant’) is to encourage CALA members to engage in research activities that contribute towards library and information science, and related to Chinese American Librarianship particularly.
An award in the amount of $1,000 will be granted to the winner(s). Lai’s Grant may be used for conducting research projects, attending research related conferences and workshops, conducting research workshops and programs, assisting in research writing, or other activities not inconsistent with the general purpose of the award. Lai’s Grant shall not be used for personal use or for attending professional association conferences, such as ALA or CALA.

Commitment:

1. The award recipient shall submit a final report to CALA’s Executive Director EC detailing the outcome and performance of the specific project within one month of the project completion.
2. The award recipient shall participate in at least 80% of the CALA events and activities especially during the ALA Midwinter and Annual meetings.
3. The award recipient shall be a CALA member for at least 5 consecutive years from the date of the award.
4. The award recipient shall volunteer for CALA committees and taskforces.
5. The award recipient shall receive an electronic certificate upon request.
6. Monetary award shall be awarded after the awardee has fulfilled the required obligations.
7. The award recipient shall contribute their time and talents to CALA.

Eligible applicants for Lai’s Grant must:

1. Be a current CALA member in good standing
2. Have at least an MLS degree
3. Be currently employed in a professional level position
4. Have been a CALA member for at least one year prior to submitting an application
5. Maintain CALA membership status throughout the duration of the use of the award
6. Have not received any other CALA grant or award in the same year as the Lai’s Grant

A complete application must consist of the following:

1. A cover letter
2. A statement of intended research activities and plans (no more than five pages in length)
3. A curriculum vitae
4. Two (2) letters of reference attesting to the applicant’s research credentials

Deadline:
To apply, send the complete application to the Chair of the Sheila Lai Research Grant Award Committee by March 3, 2017. The award recipient will be announced via an official CALA press release.

Sheila Suen Lai Research Grant Award Committee:

• Chair, Vincci Kwong, vkwong@iusb.edu
• Huifen Chang, huifen.chang@okstate.edu
• Fen Lu, fenlu@uta.edu
• Yiping Wang, yiping4cala@gmail.com
• George Yi, gyi@csu.edu.au

CEAL 2017 Annual Meeting Program Available

CEAL 2017 Annual Meeting Program

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Dear Friends,
The CEAL 2017 Annual Meeting program is now available on the CEAL website at the link above. You will find there links to PDF and Word versions of the Annual Meeting program. The Word file may be downloaded and edited for your convenience.

The program highlights the many engaging and interesting sessions planned for this years' CEAL meeting at AAS in Toronto. The CEAL meetings will be held March 13th-16th (Monday-Thursday) in Toronto. There will be pre-conference workshops, the CEAL plenary, and CEAL committee programs.

So download the program now to get the most out of your trip to AAS / CEAL in Toronto. I look forward to seeing you there!

Jim Cheng
CEAL President

Director
C.V. Starr East Asia Library
Columbia University

CEAL Election: Nominations Reminder

CEAL Bylaws | Current Executive Board | Past Elections

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Dear CEAL members,

The 2017 CEAL Election Committee is calling for nominations to serve on the CEAL Executive Board. Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague to the following seven (7) open positions on its 2017 election slate:

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)
Members at Large (All Areas) (2017-2020)
Members at Large (China Focus) (2017-2020)
Note: The term starts the DAY of the second Executive Board meeting at CEAL on Thursday of conference week.

Serving on the Executive Board is a wonderful opportunity for professional growth and career development. Pursuant to Article VII “Elections” of the CEAL Bylaws (http://www.eastasianlib.org/CEAL/Bylaws/CEALbylaws.pdf), the Election Committee is committed to ensuring a slate of candidates balanced in geographic representation, collection size, and area specialty. While encouraging experienced members to continue their valued contributions, we also welcome nominations and self-nominations from newer CEAL members. For more information about the positions, please see the relevant section of the CEAL Bylaws.

Please address your nomination(s) to any of the Election Committee members below by January 16, 2017. The Election Committee will confirm with nominees that they are current CEAL members and willing to serve.

Thank you very much.

CEAL Election Committee:

Tomoko Bialock (UCLA) tbialock@library.ucla.edu
Jianye He (UC-Berkeley) jhe@library.berkeley.edu
Hyoungbae Lee (Princeton University) hyoungl@princeton.edu
Mieko Mazza (Stanford University) miekom@stanford.edu
Jude Yang (University of Hawaii) jude.yang@hawaii.edu
Michael Meng (Yale University), Chair michael.meng@yale.edu

Ex-officio members:

Jim Cheng (Columbia University) jc3685@columbia.edu
Zhijia Shen (University of Washington) zhijia@u.washington.edu
Adam Lisbon (University of Colorado) adam.lisbon@colorado.edu

Michael Meng
Librarian for Chinese Studies
Yale University Library
Phone: 203-432-4438
michael.meng@yale.edu

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Holiday Greetings! | CEAL Current Member List Updated

Join CEAL | Confirm Membership Status | Current Member List (PDF)

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Holiday greetings to CEAL's past, current and future members!

We're happy to let you know that the list of current CEAL Members (as of December 22, 2016) is now available in PDF format, exported from the CEAL Directory database. To view the list and confirm your current CEAL membership status, please click here:
http://www.eastasianlib.org/cealdir/CEAL_Members_A-Z.pdf .  
If you have paid CEAL and AAS dues through 2017 or later, your name should appear on this list.

Remember, 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. Members also receive discounts on registration for great CEAL pre-conference workshops. Also, CEAL members get free admission to the 2017 CEAL reception to be held Tuesday March 14th from 5:30-7:00 pm at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library in Toronto.

So to vote in this year's election and be eligible for all the great benefits of CEAL membership, join CEAL or renew your CEAL membership by 1/31/2017. 

It's easy! For more information, click here:
http://www.eastasianlib.org/cmb/joinceal.htm.

Thank you, and best wishes to you and your family for a very happy and prosperous New Year!

Xi Chen
CEAL Treasurer
xichen031@ucsd.edu

Xiang Li
CEAL Membership Committee Chair
xiang.li@Colorado.edu

Membership Renewal: CEAL and AAS -- 2nd Notice -- DEADLINE - 1/31/2017

Dear colleagues,

Hope you all had a good Thanksgiving break!

This message is our 2nd call for CEAL and AAS membership renewal. Deadline is 1/31/2017. Please read the following steps carefully as we added a new procedure and an online payment option this year. They are highlighted in yellow.

Joining/renewing CEAL is a 2-step process (http://www.eastasianlib.org/cmb/joinceal.htm)

Step 1) Join/renew AAS

• Before submitting the CEAL membership application form, please join or renew membership of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS). 
• Please make a note of your AAS# and membership expiration date as you need to put them on the application form and your check. This is very important, if you are not a valid AAS members, your CEAL membership application WILL NOT be processed.

Step 2) Submit the Application Form and Dues

• Print out the CEAL Membership Application PDF form or Word version of the form, and fill it in.
• Write a check or money order for thirty dollars ($30), payable to "The Association for Asian Studies Inc." Please write your AAS# and AAS membership expiration date on the upper right corner of the check.

Mail your completed application form to:


Xi Chen
Chinese Studies Librarian
University of California San Diego Library
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0175R

• For credit card payments, please use this link http://www.asian-studies.org/About/Committee-Payment-Donations ,
• please add a $2 credit card service fee to your payment amount (Total: $32),
• please put in the amount in the field titled Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL)
• Email the application form along with your online payment confirmation page to xichen031@ucsd.edu

Thank you!
Xi

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Xi Chen 陈晰

Chinese Studies Librarian

University of California San Diego

9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175R


xichen031@ucsd.edu | 858-534-2894

Chinese Resources at UCSD Library:

http://ucsd.libguides.com/chinese_e_resources

Foreign Law Librarians 2017 FCIL Schaffer Grant

Dear Friends and Colleagues:

The Foreign, Comparative and International Law Special Interest Section (FCIL-SIS) of the American Association of Law Libraries is now accepting applications for the 2017 FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians. The Grant subsidizes a foreign law librarian to attend the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), the world's largest law librarian professional organization.

The FCIL Schaffer Grant for the AALL Annual Meeting (http://www.aallnet.org/conference) in Austin, Texas (July 15-18, 2017) provides a waiver of the AALL Annual Meeting full registration fee and a grant of a minimum US $2,000 to assist with accommodations and travel costs.

Applicants must be law librarians or other professionals working in the legal information field, currently employed in countries other than the United States, and with significant responsibility for the organization, preservation, or provision of legal information. The application deadline is December 16, 2016. The Grant Committee will not consider late or incomplete applications. Please note: Grant winners must pay all expenses in advance. Grant awards will only be disbursed at the AALL Annual Meeting.

Details regarding the FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians as well as the application form can be found at http://www.aallnet.org/sections/fcil/grants-awards/FCIL-Schaffer-Grant.

Please feel free to contact me or another committee member if you have any questions about the 2017 FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians.

Sincerely,
Sherry Leysen
FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians Selection Committee
leysen[at]chapman.edu