Strategic Planning for the Chinese American Library Association

From Process to Implementation

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https://doi.org/10.23974/ijol.2021.vol6.1.180

Abstract

This report explored the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA)’s strategic planning process for 2020-2025 during COVID-19. The paper introduced CALA’s mission statement, values, and discussed the importance of the strategic plan. A strategic planning task force was formed to create an opportunity for membership input in virtual town hall meetings and surveys. The authors presented a case study on the process of revising a strategic plan and discussed the implementation phases. The authors also shared the challenges and recommendations in organizing strategic planning for a library association.

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Author Biographies

  • Wenli Gao

    Wenli Gao is the Data Services Librarian at the University of Houston. She is the CALA president for 2021-2022, and co-chaired the CALA strategic plan task force.

  • Raymond Pun

    Dr. Raymond Pun is the librarian at the Alder Graduate School of Education. He is the CALA vice president for 2021-2022. He was a member of the CALA strategic plan task force.

  • Lian Ruan

    Dr. Lian Ruan is the Head Librarian at the Illinois Fire Service Institute, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign and is currently CALA’s Executive Director and co-chaired the CALA strategic plan task force.  

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Published

2021-07-10

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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2021)

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Reports From the Field

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Strategic Planning for the Chinese American Library Association: From Process to Implementation. (2021). International Journal of Librarianship, 6(1), 55-72. https://doi.org/10.23974/ijol.2021.vol6.1.180