University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Library and Information Science Program

Month: June 2018

  • Tonia Sutherland Appointed as LIS Assistant Professor

    Tonia Sutherland Appointed as LIS Assistant Professor

    The LIS Program is happy to announce the appointment of Dr. Tonia Sutherland as Assistant Professor, starting Fall 2018. Tonia comes to us from the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alabama, where she is currently an Assistant Professor.

    Tonia’s research and teaching interests include Digital Culture and Communication, Critical Studies of Data, Digital Media, and Information, Community and Cultural Informatics, Archival Theory and Practice, and Technology and the Arts. As Tonia describes it:

    My current research examines the latest developments at the intersections of national infrastructures and community informatics. Most recently I have been investigating island infrastructures, advancing global understandings of island cultures by focusing on those infrastructures that support the availability and use of information and communication technologies. This research also engages cultural heritage preservation and management (intangible, material, and digital) as well as the unique information challenges that face island communities worldwide.

    Tonia is a member of the Center for Race and Digital Studies, the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), and the Association for Library and Information Science Education, as well as an alumna, longtime member and currently summer institute organizer of the Archival Education & Research Initiative. Her work appears in The Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies; The American Archivist; Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture; The Annual Review of Cultural Heritage Informatics; and Radical History Review.

    Tonia earned her PhD and MLIS from the School of Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. Among other professional positions, she has served as Records Management Coordinator at Bucknell University, University Archivist at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and Adult Services Librarian at the Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library in Bristol, PA. More information can be found on her website: http://toniasutherland.com.

    Welcome Tonia!

  • Law Library, Hawaiʻi State Supreme Court ▶️💲

    Location: 417 S. King Street, Honolulu, HI 96813

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    Internship Description

    Interns will learn about multiple aspects of law library operations including circulation, reference, and cataloguing, by assisting in both public services and technical services sections of the State of Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Law Library. Public services duties include reference work related to Hawaiʻi legal information and general circulation tasks. Technical services duties include updating MARC records as well as basic barcoding of legal materials.

    The Supreme Court Law Library has the ability to hire a full-time student at the rate of $14.75 per hour and the work hours can count towards the student’s internship hours. The internship could last one or two semesters, depending on how many hours worked each week, and the work could continue past the internship date as long as the student remains on full-time status.

    Library/Collection Description

    The Supreme Court Law Library is the administrative headquarters for the Hawaiʻi State Law Library System (HSLLS) and provides current and comprehensive legal reference and information services to the Judiciary, legal community, state and county governments, and the general public. A key aspect of HSLLS service to the general public is facilitating access to justice. Our commitment to these goals is supported by acquiring and making available primary and secondary legal resources in a variety of formats as well as providing free access to the internet and legal research databases.

    Required Qualifications

    • Successful completion of LIS 601 – Introduction to Reference & Information Services
    • Ability to perform work accurately with attention to detail under minimal supervision (after training)
    • Ability to work in a team environment
    • Interns need to meet Judiciary part-time student assistant hiring requirements, which includes certification of full-time student status and a background check

    Desired Qualifications

    • LIS 605 – Metadata Creation for Information Organization (or some experience with MARC)
    • LIS 602 – Resource Discovery
    • Interest in learning about multiple aspects of library operations

    Weekly Schedule

    10 hours/week, flexible with a minimum of 2 consecutive hour shifts, between 7:45am – and 4:30pm, Monday – Friday, excluding week ends and state holidays.

    Goals and Outcomes

    • Practical understanding of legal information resources
    • Practical understanding of library cataloguing basics
    • Experience providing access to legal information to a variety of patron groups, including the general public and legal community
    • Practical understanding of working with an Integrated Library System (ILS)
    • Collecting library statistics

    Evaluation Methods

    Interns will be supervised by a librarian and be expected to progress in knowledge and skills throughout the semester. Evaluations will be based on factors such as reliability, ability to communicate effectively, ability to follow through on assignments and professional attitude.

    Evaluation Schedule

    Weekly supervision either verbal/written or both, to be followed up with a formal evaluation at the completion of the semester.

    Contact Information

    Marlene Cuenco – Supervisor

    E-mail: jenny.r.silbiger@courts.hawaii.gov

    Telephone: (808) 539-4965

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  • Meera Garud Appointed as LIS Instructor

    Meera Garud Appointed as LIS Instructor

    The LIS Program is happy to announce the appointment of Meera Garud as a full-time Instructor. Meera will be focusing on children and youth services and digital instruction, as well as coordinating activities for the school library media specialization. During the 2018-19 academic year, she will be jointly teaching courses with Dr. Violet Harada, before assuming official duties in Fall 2019.

    A 2015 LIS alumnus, Meera brings a unique set of experiences and skills to the program. She is currently an institutional analyst with Hawai‘i P-20 Partnerships for Education, an organization that works to improve Hawai‘i’s education systems from preschool through college. As part of her work with P-20, Meera has conducted numerous presentations at local and national summits and conferences. She is the newly elected co-president of the Hawai‘i Association of School Librarians along with Imelda Amano.

    Meera received her BA degree in development studies at UC Berkeley where she also served as an academic adviser for college freshmen. On the Berkeley campus, Meera also co-taught in Gender and Women’s Studies. In addition, Meera served as a community corps member for Jumpstart for Young Children in San Francisco.

    In Hawaiʻi, she has had field experiences teaching information literacy at Manoa Elementary and collaborating on public library programs for children and teens at Aina Haina Public Library. Having enjoyed a study abroad experience in Namibia, Meera brings an international perspective to her work. She is eagerly anticipating her new position:

    I am very much looking forward to returning to the LIS program—this time as an instructor. With topics like civic engagement and data literacy popping up in library news, this is an exciting time to work with LIS students and help shape the future of our schools and libraries. I can’t wait to get started!

    Welcome (back) Meera!