PROGRAM (as of 13 March)

THURSDAY, 15 MARCH

8:30-9:00 am	Registration
9:00-9:30 am	Opening and Welcome Aaron Salā Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, UHM Paula Mochida Acting University Librarian, UHM David Hanlon Director, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, UHM Karen Peacock Curator, Pacific Collection, UHM
9:30-10:30 am	Keynote Address - "Towards a Māori Library: Digital Manifestations of a Dream" Robert Sullivan Assistant Professor of English, UHM
10:30-10:45 am	Break
10:45-12:15 pm	Panel: Hidden Treasures I - Reports from Collections Moderator: Karen Peacock Curator, Pacific Collection, UHM Diane Woods Field Librarian, Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand Kathryn Wellen Reference Librarian for Insular Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Library of Congress Kathryn Creely Melanesian Studies Librarian, University of California–San Diego
12:15-1:45 pm	Lunch (on your own)
1:45-2:45 pm	"Eke Panuku! Eke Tangaroa! Move Forward! Onto the Wave" David Kukutai Jones Kaitiaki, Kohikohinga Māori, Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand
2:45-3:00 pm	Break
3:00-4:45 pm	Panel: Access as a Cultural Issue - Discussion Moderator: David Kukutai Jones Kaitiaki, Kohikohinga Māori, Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand Kawika Makanani Hawaiʻi/Pacific Collection Librarian, Midkiff Learning Center, Kamehameha Schools Kapālama June Bela Norman Counterpart Chief Librarian, National Library of Vanuatu Elizabeth C. Reade Fong Deputy University Librarian, University of the South Pacific, Fiji John K. Pagolu Library Director, College of the Marshall Islands
5:15-6:15 pm	Reception at Hamilton Library, Hawaiian and Pacific Collections, Room 501 (for conference registrants) Te Vevo Tahiti nō Mānoa, under the direction of Dr. Jane Freeman Moulin UH Hawaiian Ensemble, under the direction of Chadwick Pang

FRIDAY, 16 MARCH

9:00-10:15 am	Panel: Hidden Treasures II - Reports from Collections Moderator: Kathryn Wellen Reference Librarian for Insular Southeast Asia and The Pacific, Library of Congress Stephen Innes Special Collections Librarian, University of Auckland Justina Nicholas Chief Librarian, National Library of the Cook Islands Faustina Rehuher Director, Belau National Museum
10:15-10:30 am	Coffee Break
10:30-12:00 pm	Panel: Issues of Access - Discussion of Resource Sharing Moderator: Kathryn Creely Melanesian Studies Librarian, University of California–San Diego Elizabeth C. Reade Fong Deputy University Librarian, University of the South Pacific, Fiji - Regional Efforts Dore Minatodani Librarian, Hawaiian Collection, UHM - Creating a Hawaiian National Library Elizabeth Cass Information Specialist, Pacific Regional Initiatives for the Delivery of Basic Education, USP - PRIDE's Programs Jane Barnwell Director, Resource Center, Pacific Resources for Education and Learning - PREL in the Pacific
12:00-1:30 pm	Lunch (on your own)
1:30-2:30 pm	"An Overview of the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau and Pacific Islands Archival Infrastructure" Ewan Maidment Executive Officer, Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Australian Natiional University
2:30-2:45 pm	Coffee Break
2:45-4:15 pm	Panel: Digitizing Efforts - Panel Discussion of Recent Projects Moderator: Brian Schottlaender University Librarian, University of California–San Diego Helen Wong Smith Librarian, Hawaiian Collection/Mookini Library Archivist, UH-Hilo - Ulukau Land Database Karen Peacock Curator, Pacific Collection, UHM - Trust Territory Archives Photos, Rapa Nui, and Steve Thomas Navigation Collections Puakea Nogelmeier Assoc Professor of Hawaiian Language, UHM - Hawaiian Language Newspaper Project
4:15-5:00 pm	Summary and Discussion Wrap-up and Future Plans Moderator: Karen Peacock
6:30 pm	No-host dinner at Maple Garden Restaurant (sign up on registration form)

The conference is sponsored by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center for Pacific Islands Studies and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library System.

It is made possible by a US Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center grant to the Center for Pacific Islands Studies.