Applications are now being accepted for the APALA Mentoring Program! Apply now to be a mentor or a protege! More information on the Mentoring Program can be found here. Applications are due July 31, 2024.
The APALA members’ listserv has moved! All members have been migrated to the new listserv as of June 1, 2024. Read the FAQ here.
APALA election results for the 2024-2025 year have been announced. Congratulations to the newly elected folks! Read the full announcement here.
There will be a change in the upcoming transition to the 2024-2025 Executive Board. Read the full announcement here.
The 2024 APALA Travel Grant winner was announced. Congratulations Lara Gamboa!! Read the full announcement here.
The 2024 Talk Story Grant recipients were announced. Congratulations Waialua High and Intermediate School, Cobb County Public Library, Canby Public Library, and Hoke County Public Library!! Read the full announcement here.
The 2024 Gayatri Singh Award Recipient was announced. Congratulations Ray Pun! Read more here.
APALA members at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2024 Spring was a great semester for Asian Americans at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign! At the end of March, APALA member-at-large Amy Kyung-eun Breslin visited campus and enjoyed dinner with Sarah Park Dahlen (iSchool) and Cara S. Bertram (ALA Archives). On April 2, documentarian, activist, and memoirist Curtis Chin spoke about his new book, Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant, at events organized by Sarah Park Dahlen at the iSchool, the Asian American Cultural Center, and the Department of Asian American Studies. In-mid April, award-winning author Andrea Wang visited the Asian American Cultural Center.
