President (2001-2002): George Min-Loke Teoh Library Chair Houston Community College-Northwest 713-718-5748 (work) 281-492-6075 (fax) teoh_g@hccs.cc.tx.us   Vice-President/President-Elect (2001-2001): Jiun-Huei Kuo Asst. Head of Cat & Head Of Copy Cat. Fondren Library Rice University Houston, Texas 77095 713-348-2568 (work) 713-348-5862 (fax) kuo@rice.edu   Treasurer (2001-2001): Eugenia C. G. Tang Humanities/Social Science Reference Service Lecturer Texas A & M University College Station, TX 77840-2621 979-862-1903 (work) 979-458-0112 (fax) eugenia@tamu.edu  

President (2000-2001): Shelley Mao Head of Bibliographic Control W. I. Dykes Library University of Houston-Downtown 713-221-8465 713-226-5212 (fax) Mao@dt.uh.edu   Vice-President/President-Elect (2000-2001): George Teoh Library Chair Houston Community College-Northwest 713-718-5748 281-492-6075 (fax) teoh_g@hccs.cc.tx.us   Treasurer (2000-2001): Wang, Terry Head Librarian Science & Engineering Library University of Texas – Arlington 817-272-3000 ext. 4968 817-272-5803 (fax) wang@library.uta.edu

President (1999-2000): Hsu, Kwei-Feng Reference Librarian Fort Bend County Library – First Colony Branch 281-265-4446 khsu@fortbend.lib.tx.us Vice-President/President-Elect (1999-2000): Mao, Lim Shelley Head of Bibliographic Control University of Houston – Downtown 713-221-8465 Mao@dt.uh.edu Treasurer (1999-2000): Wang, Terry Head Librarian Science & Engineering Library University of Texas – Arlington 817-272-3000 ext. 4968 wang@library.uta.edu

(1) The Southwest Chapter had its first gathering for 2005-2006 on Oct. 8th, 2005. We had dim sum at Fung’s Kitchen Restaurant. Over twenty people attended. Some were retired librarians and we had a good time visiting with each other. CALA membership renewal forms were passed out to those whose membership was not current. A few have already renewed or joined CALA since then. Our upcoming gathering will be on Feb. 4th, 2006 to celebrate Chinese New Year. It will […]

(1) Southwest Chapter held a holiday gathering on Nov. 6th and invited Eileen Liu from Tsai Feng Books, Inc. to be our guest speaker presenting newly released and popular books in Chinese, including fictions, non-fiction, and children’s literature. Participating members enjoyed a very informative presentation and many books brought along by Eileen Liu for her presentation ended in the hands of our members after the presentation. We also sold 7 copies of the CALA commemorative publication during that meeting and once again want to […]

The CALA Southwest Chapter is pleased to report the success of our annual program entitled: “Community Outreach : Tips & Successes” at the Texas Library Association Annual Convention in Houston, Texas on April 2, 2003. The distinguished panel included:   Angela Yang Manager, Fremont Libraries, Alameda County Library, Fremont, California (Current CALA President) Ling Hwey Jeng Associate Professor, School of Library & Information Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky (CALA President, 1999-2000) Connie Wang Reference Librarian/Volunteers Coordinator, Houston Public Library, […]

CALA Southwest Chapter is pleased to report the success of our annual program entitled “The Future of Reference: Sharpen Your Skills” at the Texas Library Association Annual Convention in Dallas, Texas on April 24, 2002. The speakers were: George Teoh, Library Chair, Houston Community College, Northwest campus Felicia Chuang, Library Director, Psychiatry Library, University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston Chloris Suk-Fong Yue, Reference Librarian, University of Houston at Clear Lake Cecilia Wang, Reference Librarian, Houston Public Library Wai-chi […]

The Southwest Chapter presented a program entitled “Lifelines for the Online Learners” at the Texas Library Association Annual Convention in San Antonio on March 30, 2001. The three speakers for this program were: Ms. Monica Wong, Head Librarian of El Paso Community College, NW Campus; Mr. Joe Old, English/MACO instructor of El Paso Community College; Ms. Joyce Thornton, Director for Specialized and Distance Services of Texas A & M University. The Speakers addressed the need for instructional support for distance […]