Janet M. Suzuki

Janet Suzuki (1943 – 1987) was a Japanese-American librarian. Feeling that the needs of Asian American librarians were unrepresented and underserved by the American Library Association, she co-founded the Asian American Librarians Caucus (AALC) in 1975, with Henry Chang and Yen-Tsai Feng.[1][2][3] The AALC was a discussion group within the ALA Office for Library Outreach Services, and was the first Asian-American library organization that served the pan Asian American librarian community.[4][5][6] It was the predecessor to the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association.[7]

  1. ^ Janet Hyunju Clarke; Raymond Pun; Monnee Tong (8 December 2017). Asian American Librarians and Library Services: Activism, Collaborations, and Strategies. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 25–. ISBN 978-1-4422-7493-8.
  2. ^ Yamashita, Kenneth A.(2000), Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association— A History of APALA and Its Founders, Library Trends 49 (1) 2000: Ethnic Diversity in Library and Information Science: 88-109.
  3. ^ A Memorial Resolution Honoring Dr. Yen-Tsai Feng, by the American Library Association, adopted June 27, 2020
  4. ^ Plummer Alston Jones (2004). Still Struggling for Equality: American Public Library Services with Minorities. Libraries Unlimited. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-59158-243-4.
  5. ^ APALA History, accessed 2 January 2011.
  6. ^ Yamashita, Kenneth A.(2000), Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association— A History of APALA and Its Founders, Library Trends 49 (1) 2000: Ethnic Diversity in Library and Information Science, pg. 91
  7. ^ "APLA Webpage". Archived from the original on 2009-04-06. Retrieved 2010-08-08.