2008 CALA Scholarship applications now available

Contact: Lijun Xue

(734) 432-5683

CALA

lxue@madonna.edu


For Immediate Release

December 21, 2007

2008 CALA Scholarship applications now available

The Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA), an affiliate of the American Library Association (ALA), is pleased to announce the availability of the 2008 CALA Scholarships. Winners will be announced by May 31 and presented with their awards by the Chinese American Librarians Association at the CALA Awards Banquet during the ALA annual conference in Anaheim, Calif., June 26 - July 2. The application deadline is March 15, 2008.



CALA Scholarships are designed to encourage professional and leadership development in Chinese-American librarianship. All are open to full-time students of Chinese heritage who are currently enrolled in an ALA-accredited master's or doctoral program of library and information science at an institution of higher education in North America.



The following CALA Scholarships are available:

  • The CALA Scholarship of Library and Information Science

    Established in 2004, the CALA Scholarship of Library and Information Science awards $1,000 annually to a full-time student at an ALA-accredited library school in North America.
  • The C.C. Seetoo Conference Travel Scholarship

    The scholarship awards $500 annually to a full-time student at an ALA-accredited library school in North America, enabling the award winner to attend the ALA Annual Conference and the CALA Annual Program. The recipient is required to attend the ALA Annual Conference.
  • The Sheila Suen Lai Scholarship

    The scholarship awards $500 to a full-time student at an ALA-accredited library school in North America.
  • The Huang Tso-ping and Wu Yao-yu Scholarship (USA)

    The scholarship awards $200 annually to a full-time student at an ALA-accredited library school in North America.

Please send the completed application package via e-mail to lxue@madonna.edu, Lijun Xue, chair of the CALA Scholarship Committee by midnight, PST, on March 15. Applicants may select and apply to any or all of the scholarships listed above.



For more information on CALA Scholarship guidelines, application forms and other relevant information, please visit the CALA Web site at http://www.cala-web.org, and click on "Scholarships."



The CALA Scholarship Committee members are: Lijun Xue (chair), Zao Liu, Hong Miao, Lianglei Qi, and Tim Zou.



The Chinese American Librarians Association was founded in 1973 and has been affiliated with the ALA since 1976. In addition to holding annual and regional programs, CALA publishes its own Newsletter, Membership Directory and the Journal of Library and Information Science in cooperation with the National Taiwan Normal University.