Author Archives: CALA SW Chapter

2019-2020


President Jingshan Xiao University of Houston Clear Lake xiao@uhcl.edu   Vice-President and President Elect Anna Xiong Rice University axiong@rice.edu   Membership Chair Dianel Xiao Texas A&M University Libraries danxiao@library.tamu.edu   Treasurer Klairon Tang Houston Community College klairon.tang@hccs.edu   Webmaster Xiaoyu Duan University of Oklahoma xduan@ou.edu

2018-2019


President Xiping Liu University of Houston xliu47@uh.edu   Vice-President and President Elect Jingshan Xiao University of Houston Clear Lake xiao@uhcl.edu   Membership Chair Dianel Xiao Texas A&M University Libraries danxiao@library.tamu.edu   Treasurer Klairon Tang Houston Community College klairon.tang@hccs.edu   Webmaster Xiaoyu Duan University of Oklahoma xduan@ou.edu

2013-2014


President Leping He Associate Librarian Arizona State University Leping.he@asu.edu   Vice-President/President-Elect Le Yang Assistant Librarian Digital Resources Library Texas Tech University le.yang@ttu.edu   Immediate Past President Hui-Fen Chang Humanities & Social Sciences Librarian Oklahoma State University, Stillwater Huifen.chang@okstate.edu   Treasurer Klairon Tang Catalog Librarian Houston Community college Klairon.tang@hccs.edu   Membership Chairperson May  Lee Adult Services Librarian Highlands Ranch Library Douglas County Libraries, Colorado Lee_may1@yahoo.com   Webmaster Xiaoyu Duan Cataloging Librarian University of Oklahoma xduan@ou.edu

2012-2013


President (2012-2013) Hui-Fen Chang Humanities & Social Sciences Librarian Oklahoma State University, Stillwater Huifen.chang@okstate.edu   Vice-President/President-Elect Leping He Associate Librarian Arizona State University Leping.he@asu.edu   Immediate Past President Guopeng (Peggy) Zhang Librarian Westwood College, Houston South Campus zhangguopeng@hotmail.com   Treasurer Klairon Tang Catalog Librarian Houston Community college Klairon.tang@hccs.edu   Membership Chairperson May  Lee Adult Services Librarian Highlands Ranch Library Douglas County Libraries, Colorado Lee_may1@yahoo.com

Previous events


Year 2018: CALA Southwest Chapter 2018 Annual Conference May 8th, 2018 1-1:30pm   The Open Access Textbook Initiative at Texas A&M University Libraries, by Rusty Kimball, Geosciences Librarian at Texas A&M University Libraries An effort at Texas A&M University Libraries to promote the adoption of existing Open Access textbooks began with a request by the Texas A&M President to the libraries to identify ways to decrease textbook costs for students. An idea from the head of the Scholarly Communications department led to […]

Upcoming events


CALA Southeast and Southwest Chapters Joint Online Conference “Library 2020: Stories and Projects Sharing” Location: Online Date: April 2, 2020 Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m. (CDT) —————————— CALA 2021 Election Location: Online without any paper ballots Duration: April 20 to May 10, 2021

2011 Annual Program


Texas Library Association 2011 Annual Conference. Place: Austin Program title: Creating an Online Health Information Pathfinder for a Diverse Population Speaker: Ana D. Cleveland, regents professor and director, Houston and Health Informatics Programs; Xuequn Della Pan, project coordinator; and Jodi Philbrick, assistant director, Houston Program, College of Information, University of North Texas

2010 Annual Program


Texas Library Association 2010 Annual Conference. Place: San Antonio Program title: Managing Change in the Information Age Speaker: Delene De La Rosa, director, Quitman Public Library; Julie Todaro, dean of library services, Austin Community College; Zhixian (George) Yi, doctoral student, Texas Woman’s University

2009 Annual Program


Texas Library Association 2009 Annual Conference. Place: Houston Program title: Collections on the Lives and Histories of Asian Americans Speaker: Icy Smith, author and founder, East West Discovery Press; Irwin A. Tang, author, Paul Revere Books

1998 Annual Program


Texas Library Association 1998 Annual Conference. Place: San Antonio Program title: Academic Libraries in the Two Chinas: China Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan Speaker: Terry Wang, Head Librarian, University of Texas at Arlington; Chloris Yue, Reference Librarian, University of Houston – Clear Lake; Wei Wu, Systems Librarian, University of Houston