Author Archive


Asian American Studies letter of support for the Asian Community Library

Archive Entry Date: 04/07/2014

Lillian Galedo linked up Cal's Asian American Studies program to the Asian Community Library

Judy Yung interview (excerpt)

Archive Entry Date: 03/05/2014

Judy Yung on the ACL's constant relocations during her tenure as head librarian

East Bay Asian Consortium Letter to Oakland Planning Commission

Archive Entry Date: 05/20/86

A coalition of Asian organizations called for Oakland's planning commission to fulfill its promises to the Chinatown community

Meeting Minutes from the Friends of the Asian Library

Archive Entry Date: 05/15/85

It was "imperative" for the Library to be looped into Chinatown's redevelopment, the FAL underlined

Meeting Minutes from the Friends of the Asian Library

Archive Entry Date: 07/18/84

The Friends of the Asian Library dealt with a range of library business

Judy Yung Addresses a Federal Panel on Libraries and Cultural Minorities

Archive Entry Date: 6/1981

Yung called for more federal support for the Asian Community Library and cultural minorities in general

Asian Bookmobile Schedule

Archive Entry Date: 1970s

The Asian Bookmobile enlarged the reach of the ACL by stopping at nonprofits in Berkeley and Oakland

Asian Community Library Bookmobile

Archive Entry Date: c. 1977

The ACL used its Bookmobile to serve the larger Asian community in the East Bay

Asian Community Library: First in the U.S.

Archive Entry Date: 03/1978

Judy Yung described the ACL's services in its first year of operation and its vision for the future

Project: Asian Community Library

Archive Entry Date: 1977

Just a year after its opening, the Asian Community Library was already a model

Asian Community Library LSCA Application

Archive Entry Date: 1977

The Asian Community Library took stock in this application for a third year of funding

Asian American Poetry Reading

Archive Entry Date: 10/28/1976

SF's Kearny Street Workshop brought Asian-American poetry to the Asian Community Library

Oakland Public Library Gets Woman Director

Archive Entry Date: 06/76

After a campaign for female representation in the Oakland Public Library, Leila White was appointed as its new director

Judy Yung and the Asian Community Library (in Chinese)

Archive Entry Date: 2/18/76

East/West publicized the opening of the Asian Community Library to its Chinese-speaking readers

Judy Yung Brings a Wealth of Experience (English)

Archive Entry Date: 2/11/76

East/West profiled its former editor Judy Yung as she launched the new Asian Community Library

Characteristics of Contrasting Chinatowns

Archive Entry Date: 1976

A portrait of Oakland's Chinatown community, by a mental health worker looking to improve outreach

Serving Chinatown—Judy Yung

Archive Entry Date: 05/73

Judy Yung on her upbringing, her frustrations with conventional library science, and her vision for future libraries

Libraries to the People

Archive Entry Date: 1972

Radical librarians argued that libraries needed to serve the liberation movements of their moment