Dear CEAL Colleagues, Happy Lunar New Year of the Ox! Thanks to the hard work of CEAL Executive Board members, committees, task forces, and program organizers, I am very proud to present you with the rich program of the Virtual 2021 CEAL Annual Meeting. Please find the detailed program for […]
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Dear CEAL members: On behalf of the CEAL Election Committee, I am sending you this official call for nominations to serve on the CEAL Executive Board. Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague to the following four (4) open positions on its 2021 election slate: Secretary (2021-2024) Treasurer (2021-2024) 2 […]
Dear CEAL colleagues: What an eventful year this has been! I hope that you are staying well as we begin the fall semester in a most unusual year. Immediately after the 2020 CEAL Annual Conference in March, the CEAL Executive Board has been busy handling a number of business items […]
Dear CEAL colleagues: I would like to inform you that the AAS Board has officially endorsed the Council on East Asian Libraries’ (CEAL) Statement on Collection Development and Acquisition Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: In Collaboration with the North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources (NCC) and the Society of Chinese Studies Librarians (SCSL). Once again, […]
Dear CEAL colleagues: Last week some of CEAL colleagues informed me that they did not receive my postings sent to EASTLIB, the CEAL listserv. In this email, I have compiled a few ways to troubleshoot if you are experiencing similar problems. Check your junk folder. If the email is there, […]
Dear CEAL colleagues: This is a follow-up message regarding my earlier posting on the Joint Statement via Eastlib: Equity and Access in Higher Education and Academic Libraries amid the COVID-19 Pandemic (dated July 31, 2020). A total of 283 library professionals signed the statement in the past two weeks. For […]
Dear CEAL colleagues: I hope you are all keeping yourselves safe and healthy. Today, I am writing to share the Council on East Asian Libraries’ (CEAL) Statement on Collection Development and Acquisition Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: In Collaboration with the North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources (NCC) and […]
Dear CEAL colleagues: On behalf of the CEAL Executive Board, I am releasing the CEAL Statement on the National Library of Australia’s Asian Materials Collecting Strategy. This statement will be sent to the Director-General of the National Library of Australia (NLA), Dr. Marie-Louise Ayres, to express our grave concern over […]
Please join us for CEAL 2020 Meetings online on March 18 & 19 at https://washington.zoom.us/j/578838026. Detailed schedule and instructions for the online program can be found here: https://www.eastasianlib.org/newsite/meetings/#meeting-schedule.
Dear CEAL Members, Based on the result of the attendance survey (more than half of respondents cannot or preferr not to attend the Boston conference) and active discussions among EB members, CEAL EB has voted unanimously to cancel the 2020 CEAL onsite annual meeting in Boston and to explore moving […]