Asian Pacific American Librarians Association

The Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA), also known as the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association,[3][4] is an affiliate of the American Library Association (ALA), formed to "address the needs of Asian/Pacific American librarians and those who serve Asian/Pacific American communities."[5] APALA was the successor to the Asian American Librarians Caucus (AALC), a discussion group within the ALA Office for Library Outreach Services.[6][5] That discussion group was founded at the 1975 ALA Annual Conference, by Janet M. Suzuki, Henry Chang, and Yen-Tsai Feng.[7][8][9] It was the first Asian-American library organization that served the pan Asian American librarian community.[4]

Asian Pacific American Librarians Association
Formation1980
TypeNon-profit organization
Region served
United States
Membership
300[1]
President
Eugenia Beh[2]
Websiteapalaweb.org

APALA itself was established in 1980, was incorporated in 1981, and became part of the ALA in 1982.[6][5][10][11]

The founders of APALA included Lourdes Collantes, Suzine Har Nicolescu, Sharad Karkhanis, Conchita Pineda, Henry Chang, Betty Tsai, and Tamiye Trejo Meehan.[12]

Asian Pacific Americans are the only minority that is overrepresented within the library population as compared to the United States as a whole.[6] As of 1997, APALA had approximately 300 members, of whom 40% were Chinese, 16% were Korean, 14% were East Indian, 10% were Filipino, and the remaining 20% belonged to 13 additional ethnic groups.[1]

In 2006, APALA took part in the first Joint Conference of Librarians of Color, along with the American Indian Library Association, the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, the Chinese American Librarians Association, and REFORMA.[13][14] This conference was the first national conference sponsored and held by those organizations, which are known as the Associations of Ethnic Librarians.[14][15]

The Joint Council of Librarians of Color (JCLC, Inc.) was founded in June of 2015 as an organization “that advocates for and addresses the common needs of the American Library Association ethnic affiliates“;[16] these ethnic affiliates include the APALA, as well as the American Indian Library Association, the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, the Chinese American Librarians Association, and REFORMA: The National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking.[17][16][18][19]

APALA publishes a quarterly newsletter and meets annually at ALA conferences.[20][21] It also provides scholarships to library school students and awards the annual Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature, which honor books by or about Asian Pacific Americans.[22][21]

References
  1. Echevarria, Tami; Andrew B. Wertheimer (Fall 1997). "Surveying the Role of Ethnic-American Library Associations" (PDF). Library Trends. 42 (2): 373–391.
  2. "Executive Board – APALA".
  3. "About – APALA".
  4. Yamashita, Kenneth A.(2000), Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association— A History of APALA and Its Founders, Library Trends 49 (1) 2000: Ethnic Diversity in Library and Information Science, pg. 91
  5. APALA History, accessed 2 January 2011.
  6. Plummer Alston Jones (2004). Still Struggling for Equality: American Public Library Services with Minorities. Libraries Unlimited. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-59158-243-4.
  7. Janet Hyunju Clarke; Raymond Pun; Monnee Tong (8 December 2017). Asian American Librarians and Library Services: Activism, Collaborations, and Strategies. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 25–. ISBN 978-1-4422-7493-8.
  8. http://www.apalaweb.org/wpsandbox/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/apalahistory.pdf
  9. http://www.ala.org/aboutala/sites/ala.org.aboutala/files/content/A%20Memorial%20Resolution%20Honoring%20Dr.%20Yen-Tsai%20Feng.pdf
  10. Franklin Ng (1995). The Asian American Encyclopedia. 1. Marshall Cavendish. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-85435-678-9.
  11. Cora P. Dunkley and Kathleen de la Pena McCook. "In Union There is Strength: Library and Information Science Educators and Librarians' Associations of Color". In Maurice B. Wheeler (2005). Unfinished Business: Race, Equity, and Diversity in Library and Information Science Education. Scarecrow Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-8108-5045-3.
  12. Yamashita, Kenneth A. (Summer 2000). "Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association: A History of APALA and Its Founders" (PDF). Library Trends. 49 (1): 98–99. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  13. "Blazing Trails". American Libraries Magazine. 2018-01-02. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  14. "Remembering JCLC 2006".
  15. "About JCLC 2006". About ALA. August 3, 2006.
  16. "About – Joint Council of Librarians of Color".
  17. Young, Christal. "Research Guides: Library & Information Science *: Professional Associations". libguides.usc.edu.
  18. "About | CALA - Chinese American Librarians Association". cala-web.org.
  19. "REFORMA". www.reforma.org.
  20. Guy A. Marco (2011). The American Public Library Handbook. ABC-CLIO. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-1-59158-911-2.
  21. Joan M. Reitz (2004). Dictionary for Library and Information Science. Libraries Unlimited. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-59158-075-1.
  22. Denise Johnson (2013). Teaching Literacy in Fourth Grade. Guilford Publications. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-4625-1482-3.

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