| 词条 | Asian Pacific American Librarians Association |
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|name = Asian Pacific American Librarians Association |image = Apala.jpg |motto = |formation = 1980 |type = Non-profit organization |purpose = |headquarters = |location = |region_served = United States |membership = 300[1] |leader_title = President |leader_name = Eugenia Beh[1] |num_staff = |num_volunteers = |budget = |website = apalaweb.org }} The Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) 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."[2] APALA was the successor to the Asian American Librarians Caucus (AALC), a discussion group within the ALA Office for Library Outreach Services that focused on providing library service to minority communities and on supporting minority librarians.[4][2] APALA was established in 1980, was incorporated in 1981, and became part of the ALA in 1982.[4][2][3] As of 2005, APALA was one of four organizations for librarians of color affiliated with the ALA; the others are the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, the American Indian Library Association, and the Chinese American Librarians Association.[4] Asian Pacific Americans are the only minority that is overrepresented within the library population as compared to the United States as a whole.[5] 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.[6] APALA publishes a quarterly newsletter and meets annually at ALA conferences.[7][8] 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.[9][8] References1. ^Executive board 2. ^1 2 APALA History, accessed 2 January 2011. 3. ^{{cite book|author=Franklin Ng|title=The Asian American Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LYkYAAAAIAAJ|volume=1|year=1995|publisher=Marshall Cavendish|isbn=978-1-85435-678-9|page=101}} 4. ^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 {{cite book|author=Maurice B. Wheeler|title=Unfinished Business: Race, Equity, and Diversity in Library and Information Science Education|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x67GL_TX76EC&pg=PA57|year=2005|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-5045-3|page=57}} 5. ^1 2 {{cite book|author=Plummer Alston Jones|title=Still Struggling for Equality: American Public Library Services with Minorities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bmSKvXN2a1IC&pg=PA134|year=2004|publisher=Libraries Unlimited|isbn=978-1-59158-243-4|page=134}} 6. ^1 {{cite journal|last=Echevarria|first=Tami|author2=Andrew B. Wertheimer|title=Surveying the Role of Ethnic-American Library Associations|journal=Library Trends|date=Fall 1997|volume=42|issue=2|pages=373–391|url=https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/8160/librarytrendsv46i2l_opt.pdf?sequence=1}} 7. ^{{cite book|author=Guy A. Marco|title=The American Public Library Handbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_pB43PlC5mAC&pg=PA24|year=2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-59158-911-2|pages=24–25}} 8. ^1 {{cite book|author=Joan M. Reitz|title=Dictionary for Library and Information Science|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f9WH9soOBrUC&pg=PA44|year=2004|publisher=Libraries Unlimited|isbn=978-1-59158-075-1|page=44}} 9. ^{{cite book|author=Denise Johnson|title=Teaching Literacy in Fourth Grade|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fa2NAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA164|year=2013|publisher=Guilford Publications|isbn=978-1-4625-1482-3|page=164}} Further reading{{Portal|Libraries}}
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