CALA Scholarships Application Reference Form
Chinese American Librarians Association
Revised October 18, 2007

I. TO THE APPLICANT

Legal Name ___________________________________________________________________________________
                         Last/Family                                                First                                 Middle
Mailing Address________________________________________________________________________________
                             Street                                Unit/Apt.             City                         State             Zip Code

Telephone Number__________________________________Email_________________________________________

Scholarships You Are Applying:

□  CALA Scholarship  ($1,000)

□  C.C. Seetoo/CALA Conference Travel Scholarship ($500)

□  Sheila Suen Lai Scholarship of Library and Information Science ($500)

□  Huang Tso-ping and Wu Yao-yu Scholarship ($200)

Name___________________________________________________Date_______________________________

II. TO THE REFERENCE

Name_____________________________Title________________________________________________________

Institution______________________________________________________________________________________

Telephone Num.__________________________________Email_________________________________________

The person named above has applied for one or more of CALA Scholarships. Please comment on academic achievement, intellectual and professional abilities, and personal qualities that would qualify this applicant for receiving one of the scholarships. Your professional expertise regarding the applicant's qualifications is vital to our decision to offer these scholarships. We wish to emphasize that the Chinese American Librarians Association presents one cash award to a student of Chinese nationality or descent who is currently enrolled in an ALA-accredited Library and Information Science master's or doctoral program in the United States or Canada. The scholarships are as follows:

· CALA Scholarship is designed to encourage the development of leadership in Chinese American librarianship;

· C. C. Seetoo Conference Travel Scholarship is designed to provide the award recipient mentoring and networking opportunities at the ALA Annual Conference;

· Sheila Suen Lai Scholarship of Library and Information Science is designed to encourage the development of leadership in Chinese American librarianship;

· Huang Tso-ping and Wu Yao-yu Scholarship is designed to encourage the development of leadership in Chinese American librarianship.

1. How many years and in what capacity have you known the applicant?

2. Please assess the applicant’s potential for academic and professional achievement.

3. Please rate the applicant on each characteristic listed below on a scale of 1 (poor) to 5 (outstanding).

___Initiative
___Industriousness
___Oral Communication skills / ___ Written Communication skills

___Dependability
___Interpersonal skills

___Leadership

4. Please comment specifically on any of the traits listed as well as any others that you feel are important for this applicant to receive one of the scholarships (please use a separate sheet or write on the back of this form).

NAME______________________________________________DATE________________________________

Please return this form by email no later than 12 midnight Pacific Time, March 15, 2008 to LiJun Xue, Chair at: lxue@madonna.edu.