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 […]
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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 […]
The Task Force on CEAL Distinguished Service Award (2018-2020) was charged with selecting an inaugural CEAL Distinguished Service Award recipient. Dr. Kristina Troost is the 2020 recipient of the CEAL Distinguished Service Award. This prestigious award honors an individual who has made significant contributions to library service to the East […]
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 eight (8) open positions on its 2020 election slate: Vice President/President-Elect (2020-2022) Chair, Committee on Chinese Materials (2020-2023) Chair, Committee […]
Dear CEAL colleagues: We are excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the CEAL Leadership Institute 2020! The goal of the CEAL Leadership Institute 2020 is to educate a new generation of leaders to meet the challenges and opportunities in the digital age. Maureen Sullivan, in close […]
Dear CEAL Members, Thanks to the hard work of CEAL EB, we have prepared a very rich annual program for CEAL members. Please find the 2020 CEAL Annual Meeting Schedule Outline for your conference planning. Any questions, please contact Yao Chen (chen3200@umn.edu), CEAL Secretary, or me (zhijia@uw.edu). The full schedule […]
Dear Colleagues, I’d like to invite you to participate in a survey prepared by CEAL Task Force on the 2020 CEAL Leadership Institute. This anonymous survey is to assess the leadership training needs and interests in order to develop a practical and effective training program. We’d like to learn about […]
Dear CEAL colleagues: The Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL) is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the inaugural “CEAL Distinguished Service Award” for 2020 which recognizes an outstanding member of the library profession who has made a significant contribution to East Asian librarianship. The award is the […]