{"id":51,"date":"2014-03-07T05:22:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T05:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sw.chapters.cala-web.org\/?p=51"},"modified":"2014-03-07T05:22:21","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T05:22:21","slug":"2003-annual-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sw.chapters.cala-web.org\/?p=51","title":{"rendered":"2003 Annual Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The CALA Southwest Chapter is pleased to report the success of our annual program entitled: &#8220;Community Outreach : Tips &amp; Successes&#8221; at the Texas Library Association Annual Convention in Houston, Texas on April 2, 2003.<\/p>\n<p>The distinguished panel included:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Angela Yang<br \/>\nManager, Fremont Libraries, Alameda County Library, Fremont, California<br \/>\n(Current CALA President)<\/li>\n<li>Ling Hwey Jeng<br \/>\nAssociate Professor, School of Library &amp; Information Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky<br \/>\n(CALA President, 1999-2000)<\/li>\n<li>Connie Wang<br \/>\nReference Librarian\/Volunteers Coordinator, Houston Public Library, Henington-Alief Branch, Houston, Texas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As community outreach has become an integral part of today&#8217;s library services, speakers shared their success stories in developing &amp; coordinating effective outreach &amp; volunteer programs. Experiences in community partnership and suggestions for effective strategies for library outreach to Asian Pacific American communities were also shared &amp; discussed.<\/p>\n<p>The program was extremely well attended and received, with about 80 people in the audience. A lively Q&amp;A session &amp; discussion followed the presentations.<\/p>\n<p>After the program, the Chapter held its membership meeting\/election, presided over by Jiun Kuo, Chapter President. The new officers for 2003-2004 are:<\/p>\n<p>President<br \/>\nRosa Hsu<br \/>\nAcquisitions Librarian<br \/>\nHouston Community College System<br \/>\nhsu_r@hccs.cc.tx.us<\/p>\n<p>Vice President\/President-Elect<br \/>\nPeyyi Wann<br \/>\nCollection Management Specialist (Self-employed)\/MLS student, Texas Woman&#8217;s University<br \/>\np.wann@att.net<\/p>\n<p>Treasurer<br \/>\nShelley Mao<br \/>\nHead of Bibliographical Control<br \/>\nW.I. Dykes Library<br \/>\nUniv. of Houston Downtown<br \/>\nmaos@uhd.edu<\/p>\n<p>A luncheon was held, following the program\/membership meeting, at Kim Son Restaurant to honor our three speakers &amp; to recognize the three recently retired CALA librarians from this area. They are:<\/p>\n<p>Virginia An<br \/>\nRetired from Houston Baptist University<\/p>\n<p>Helen Chang<br \/>\nRetired from the Houston Community College System<\/p>\n<p>Ching Eue<br \/>\nRetired from the Houston Public Library<\/p>\n<p>On a personal note, it was a very moving day for me. As the retired members continue to support &amp; mentor the practicing librarians, the active CALA members are giving their best to further expand their professional growth &amp; gain visibility state-wide &amp; nationally. However, what inspires me the most is to witness the emergence of the young &amp; energetic new generation of CALA librarians who are eager to test the water and get involved.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone who helped make our program a big success, and most of all, thank you for allowing me the opportunity to serve CALA in the capacity of the Southwest Chapter President this year. I couldn&#8217;t have asked for a better group of friends &amp; volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>Respectfully submitted,<\/p>\n<p>Jiun Kuo<br \/>\nPresident<br \/>\nCALA Southwest Chapter, 2002-2003<br \/>\nphone: (713) 348-2568<br \/>\nfax: (713) 348-5862<br \/>\ne-mail kuo@rice.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CALA Southwest Chapter is pleased to report the success of our annual program entitled: &#8220;Community Outreach : Tips &amp; Successes&#8221; at the Texas Library Association Annual Convention in Houston, Texas on April 2, 2003. The distinguished panel included: &nbsp; Angela Yang Manager, Fremont Libraries, Alameda County Library, Fremont, California (Current CALA President) Ling Hwey Jeng Associate Professor, School of Library &amp; Information Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky (CALA President, 1999-2000) Connie Wang Reference Librarian\/Volunteers Coordinator, Houston Public Library, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sw.chapters.cala-web.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sw.chapters.cala-web.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sw.chapters.cala-web.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sw.chapters.cala-web.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sw.chapters.cala-web.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/sw.chapters.cala-web.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80,"href":"http:\/\/sw.chapters.cala-web.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51\/revisions\/80"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sw.chapters.cala-web.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sw.chapters.cala-web.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sw.chapters.cala-web.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}