Congratulations to Vanda Moore, the fall 2019 recipient 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 leadership. Vanda has served […]
This past year, Dr. Vanessa Irvin invited LIS students to partner with her Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS)-funded grant project, Hui ‘Ekolu, to work with and observe Hawai’i’s public library professional development. Recent grad Nicholas Cho capped his final semester by submitting a paper on community building in public libraries in Hawai’i, which was recently published […]
Our very own Dr. Noriko Asato and Dr. Andrew Wertheimer made the front page of Hawaiʻi’s Civil Beat today to talk about their research on the history of Japanese bookstores in response to the Hawaiʻi State Public Library System’s exclusion of Japanese language books. The library excluded Japanese readers at a […]
Head over to Maui News to read about Kihei librarian and UHM LIS Alumna Kathleen Ageton’s volunteer work with Elizabeth’s Library International, “a nonprofit that works to establish libraries in underserved areas” and “aims to make libraries self-sustaining” in such areas. Photo courtesy of Kathleen Ageton, https://bit.ly/2mlQCvH Kathleen traveled to Susu Village in Zambia and to […]
Check out our LIS Alumna Junie Hayashi in the summer issue of HMSA’s Island Scene magazine! Junie was interviewed for the “Work It!” column about switching careers later in life, in her case from working 12 years at the Hawai‘i Department of the Attorney General to becoming a public services librarian at Leeward Community College. […]
We’re proud to announce that a number of our own UHM LIS community are featured in the Diversity & Reading special issue of The International Journal of Information, Diversity & Inclusion (Vol. 3, No. 2, April 2019). Dr. Vanessa Irvin was the guest editor for this special issue, which features a paper by recent UHM LIS graduate […]