Johanna (Hana) Akina and Jenny Yamamoto are the fall 2013 recipients of the Robert and Rita Blair Memorial Award. This coveted award is presented to graduating students who show special promise in providing library services to children and youth. The LIS faculty select the awardees based on high academic standing and strong evidence of professional […]
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Dr. Asato Receives Social Science Research Council Grant
Dr. Asato received a $40,000 grant from the Social Research Council through the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship. Dr. Asato will conduct comparative research on the Philosophy of Modern Public Libraries in Japan and the United States. The grant allows Dr. Asato to conduct an onsite collaborative research with colleagues in the […]
Book on Librarians and Professional Development Receives National Recognition
Growing Schools: Librarians as Professional Developers edited by Debbie Abilock, Kristin Fontichiaro, and Violet Harada, has been selected as the “2013 Best Professional Guide for School or Youth Librarians” by Library Media Connection (LMC) and the American Reference Books Annual (ARBA). Harada is a professor emeritus in the University Hawaii’s Library and Information Science Program, […]
Wilson Scholarships Awarded
Congratulations to the following students, who received the H. W. Wilson scholarship for the spring 2013 semester: Johanna Akina Jaclyn Lee Parrott Amy Steinbauer The $1000 awards are made on the basis of high academic performance along with leadership and volunteer services.
SLA-ASIST’s Student Chapter Poster Mini-Conference Winners
Congratulations to Shavonn-haevyn Matsuda and Keahiahi Long on taking first place in SLA-ASIST’s Student Chapter Poster Mini-Conference with a prize of $100.00 for their poster “Conceptualizing a Hawaiian Digital Library.” This session took place December 7 in the Heritage Reading Room at Sinclair Library. All students from LIS, ICS, and CIS were welcome to present their […]
Jaclyn Parrott wins HPC-SLA poster contest
Jaclyn Lee Parrott won the second annual Hawaiian Pacific Chapter of the Special Libraries Association Poster Competition. Parrot, who is president of SLA-ASIST Student Chapter, was invited to attend the HPC-SLA Annual Business Dinner on November 16, were she gave a brief presentation on her winning poster, titled “Theological Librarianship with a Focus on Theological […]