Annie Tang | Patty Wong | Jeanette Contreras | Michael Lambert | Gayathri Kanth | 

Join us in celebrating the AANHPI Symposium with San Jose State University School of Information! This year’s symposium will be celebrating culture, identity and resilience of AANHPI communities, and how cultural awareness and lived experiences shape the future of library work. 

Date: Thursday, May 7th 

Time: 10:00am 

To register for our FREE online symposium (space is limited) sign-up today: 

https://sjsu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5OtjtL7bTw2phhqTaFB6bA#/registration 

AGENDA

Welcome (10-10:05 am PDT) – Dr. Anthony Chow, SJSU iSchool Director 

• Dr. Ulia Gosart, SJSU Assistant Professor 
• Erica Vu, AANHPI iSchool Student Group 
• Maria Hu, AANHPI iSchool Student Group 

Keynote Address (10:05-10:45 am PDT)

Title: Interwoven Histories: Stories of Japanese and Mexican American Resilience in the 1940s

• Annie Tang 

  Chair, Frank M. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives at Chapman University
 

Featured Speakers (10:50-11:50 am PDT) 

• Patty Wong 

Past President of the American Library Association and City Librarian, Santa Clara City Library

• Jeanette Contreras

Library Director, Placentia Library District 

• Michael Lambert 

City Librarian, San Francisco Public Library 

• Gayathri Kanth 

Library Services Director, Palo Alto Library 

• Dr. Ulia Gosart 

Moderator
 

Concluding Remarks and Thank You’s (11:50 am -12:00 pm PDT)