About

Aia I Laila Ka Wai A Kāne: Conversations about Hawaiian knowledge organization and description for improved access will take place on Thursday, June 8, 2023, 9:30a-2:30p at Leeward Community College ED 201. This will be a gathering of select description workers and decision-makers from local Hawaiʻi collections. Our goals are to call attention to existing systems, vocabularies, and practices towards envisioning priorities and supports for collective efforts.

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Agenda

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Collection Reflection Presentations

To help identify priority discussion topics for the gathering’s agenda and to serve as an initial introduction of attendees to one another, collections were asked to provide a brief presentation – in advance of the meeting – in which they discuss their description and cataloging practices. Specific prompts for the Collection Reflection Presentations included:

1. Tell us about your current approach to cataloging, describing, and organizing ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi and ʻike Hawaiʻi materials. Please consider the following in your response:
   1. Does your institution use an existing metadata or classification schema? What have you found are the strengths and limitations of those schema for managing Hawaiʻi materials?
   2. Does your institution use any local subject headings or other Hawaiʻi-specific controlled vocabularies?
   3. If you do not currently use an established metadata or classification schema, what is your approach to describing your collection? If helpful, you could consider here: Hawaiian perspectives and values, Hawaiian language, staffing and personnel expertise and capacity; workflows, protocols, and processes; engagement with community.
2. What opportunities do you see for including Hawaiʻi terms and concepts in your institution’s catalog, content management system, and/or digital repository?
3. What questions do you have, or what challenges do you foresee, in terms of the creation or implementation of ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi controlled vocabularies? What kinds of supports have been helpful for you, or what do you envision could advance your work?
4. What are you hoping to learn or take away from Aia I Laila Ka Wai A Kāne?

Ruth Horie, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Hamilton Library (retired)

To view Ruth’s presentation slides, click here.

Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum

To learn more about the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, visit: https://www.bishopmuseum.org/

Hula Preservation Society

To learn more about Hula Preservation Society, visit: https://hulapreservation.org/

Ka Ipu Makani

To learn more about Ka Ipu Makani, visit: http://www.kaipumakanichc.org/

Ulukau: Ka Waihona ʻOhina Hawaiʻi Kau Pūnaewele

To learn more about Ulukau, visit: https://ulukau.org/