Project OverviewEnhance communications between American and Chinese public librarians through digital content creation and exchange visits.

Think Globally, Act Globally: U.S. China Librarian CollaborationSeptember 2008 – August 2012CALA Members’ Contribution

Accomplishments• Professional Development at the University of Illinois• Placing Chinese librarians at U.S. institutions for a host visit• Having Chinese librarians attend a conference in the U.S. to

present a session• U.S. librarians providing professional development for library

leaders and library educators in China• Promoting international standards and best practices related

to digital content creation• Identifying and establishing a registry of digital library projects

Project Partners

Agreement Signature Ceremony Project evaluator, Dr. Lee Hwa-wei

Opening Ceremony at UIUC, 2009

American librarians in Chongqing, China, 2010

American librarians in Fujian,

China, 2011

CALA Participants FuWaye Bender Julia MartinHung-yun Chang Haiying QianQi Chen Paul QiuHong Cheng Susan SchnuerKuei Chiu Win ShihLina Ding Sally C. TsengBarbara J. Ford Maggie WangMaria Fung Raymond WangXiaofang Han Karen WeiMichael Huang Hong Xu

Shuyong Jiang Angela YangXudong Jin Yuan YaoDiane Lai Harriet YingChu Sing Lau Haiwang YuanGuoqing Li Sha Li ZhangHaipeng Li Wenwen ZhangJing Liu Lisa ZhaoMengxiong Liu Liana Zhou Tim Jiping Zou