LIS Students Help Raise Over $5K to Support School Librarianship

Students in Dr. Wertheimer’s LIS 650 Management of Libraries and Information Centers class this spring completed service projects in the local community to practice their managerial skills. Jennifer Duncklee, Michelle Hatami, Lori Misaka, and Jesse Shiroma worked with Kalani High School librarian Daphne Miyashiro to raise funds for the Hawai‘i Association of School Librarians (HASL). […]

LIS Alumni at SAA 2017

LIS Archives Program Coordinator Dr. Wertheimer joined a number of UHM LIS alumni and colleagues from Hawaiʻi at the Society of American Archivists 2017 Annual Meeting in Portland, OR. The conference featured several sessions dealing with diversity, immigration, technology, and indigenous collections. (A few other alumni who missed the Hawaiʻi informal dinner were not pictured)

Dr. Anne Gilliland Guest Lecture

Join the LIS Program for a guest lecture by Dr. Anne Gilliland of UCLA Information Studies on Thursday, February 16, 2017 from 5:00 to 6:40 p.m. in Hamilton Library, Room 003F. Professor Gilliland is one of the leading forces in Archival Studies today, and is one of the founders of the Archival Education and Research […]

An Evening with Felton Thomas, Jr.

Join us on February 6, 2017 for an evening with Felton Thomas, Jr. Felton is the Executive Director of the Cleveland Public Library System, President of the Public Library Association, and a graduate of the University of Hawaii at Mānoa LIS Program. The event is free, but registration is required. Parking is available in the […]

Lynn Smith @ SAA-sc September Brown Bag

The UHM LIS Society of American Archivist Student Chapter (SAA-sc) is happy to present a pop-up brown bag guest lecture with Audio-Visual Archivist Lynn Smith from the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, run by the National Archives and Records Administration. Date: Tuesday, September 27, 2016 Time: 4:00p – 4:45p Where: Room HL 003F, LIS Commons Topic: […]