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KALIPA's Mission
- To exchange professional knowledge among Korean American
librarians and information professionals in the United States
and to provide a forum for discussing mutual concerns and interests
among the members
- To promote cooperative library programs between Korea and
the United States
- To cooperate with other organizations that share similar
concerns and interests
- To promote understanding and friendship among the members
The beginning...
The Korean American Librarians and Information Professionals
Association (KAPLIPA) was founded in Los Angeles on September
30, 1983 by a group of Korean-American Librarians working at
various types of libraries in southern California. Originally,
it was named the Korean American Librarians Association (KALA).
Since then, KALIPA has had a number of activities, programs,
and seminars for librarians to enhance professional knowledge
and for the public to promote library services. KALIPA
has members nationwide. It also published its Membership Directory
in 1991, 1993 and 1997, and a Directory of
Korean Language Collections in the Greater Los Angeles Area in
1994 and 2001. To encourage more Korean Americans to enter the
profession of librarianship and information science, library
services, KALIPA also awards scholarships to Korean American
students studying library and information science.
KALIPA Today
While the KALIPA has been active promoting library services
and exchanging professional knowledge among Korean American librarians
since 1983, its activities have been geographically limited to
Southern California. To make our Association more visible, the
KALIPA is planning to expand its activities to the national level.
To achieve this goal, we need more members working in the library
and information sciences; therefore, we changed our name from
the Korean American Librarians Association to the Korean American
Librarians and Information Professionals Association in September,
2000. By working together we can accomplish many things and make
a meaningful contribution to the library and information sciences
in the U.S. as well as in Korea. |