University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Library and Information Science Program

Category: Scholarships

  • LIS Invites Applications for Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellowship

    LIS Invites Applications for Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellowship

    The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library & Information Science Program invites applications for one (1) paid fellowship to run from August 2022 through May 2023. This IMLS grant-supported fellowship is for students with a demonstrated interest in audio and visual media archives. The fellow will engage in the digital preservation of public media collections held at ʻUluʻulu: The Henry Ku‘ualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive of Hawaiʻi at the University of Hawaiʻi-West Oahu, using equipment that is located in ʻUluʻulu.

    • Each fellow will receive a stipend for their work over the course of the fellowship, at the rate of $23/hour for $5,152 per semester
    • Fellows are expected to work 16 hours/week on the fellowship over fourteen weeks in the Fall and fourteen weeks in the Spring semester, for a total of 224 hours per semester.
    • This an in-person fellowship and includes an archivist mentor and a faculty advisor. The weekly fellowship work site is at ʻUluʻulu.
    • The fellowship will begin with a three-day, in-person Immersion Training, with all travel costs covered and organized by the fellowship. Dates, locations, and schedule for the Immersion Training will be finalized by May 2022.
    • Fellows will receive travel funding to attend the AMIA 2022 Fall Conference.
    • Prior to the start of the fellowship, fellows will be included in a series of free educational webinars over the summer of 2022 to provide basic training in audiovisual preservation concepts.
    • Fellow will inventory, assess, digitize, create metadata records, and submit materials to the American Archive of Public Broadcasting. Fellows may also create manuals, blog posts, workshops, and conference presentations.

    Eligibility Requirements:

    • Applicants must be students in the UH Mānoa Master of Library & Information Science Program at the time of appointment and must have a demonstrated interest in archives, preservation, and/or broadcast media
    • Must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher
    • Be able to attend a three-day immersive training out of state (fully funded)
    • Students from historically marginalized communities are especially encouraged to apply

    Submission Requirements:

    • Statement (no more than 2 pages) that addresses the class taken and/or work experience that shows your interest in working with AV materials and digital preservation; and reason for interest in the Fellowship, especially work and/or experience with Hawaiian materials or communities
    • Please submit all application materials to Dr. Rich Gazan (gazan@hawaii.edu) by April 22, 2022.

    This is an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant awarded to WGBH (GBH) Educational Foundation in Boston for the Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellowship. The UH Manoa LIS program is one of several project partner programs around the country.

  • Congratulations to the HLA 2020 Scholarship Winners!

    Congratulations to the HLA 2020 Scholarship Winners!

    Congratulations to LIS student Minyoung Chung and LIS alumna Gailyn Bopp, winners of this year’s Hawaii Library Association Student and Professional Scholarships! This announcement would normally be made at the HLA Spring Meeting, but due to COVID-19 concerns, this year HLA has opted to share a short bio and information about the award for each recipient online:

    Student Scholarship: Minyoung Chung – awarded $1,000.00 and a one year membership to HLA for free.

    During my undergraduate studies, I majored in both psychology and library information science at the Ewha Woman’s University in South Korea. Through the Korea Foundation, I completed a fellowship at the Center for Korean Studies at UH Mānoa in 2018. Currently, I am in my second semester in the LIS program at UH Mānoa with a focus in academic/archival tracks and now I am doing an internship with the Government documents collection. As a member of HLA, I recently presented about the North Korean Collection at UH Mānoa at the recent HLA conference in Kauai. I am now working on a North Korean special collections project to increase accessibility by putting them into an institutional repository. I believe the way in which records are preserved, searched for, used, shared and published shapes our memory of the dynamics of culture and history. I am passionate about ensuring the accessibility to materials, service, and community to help create a diverse environment of information with responsibility and ethics of care.

    Professional Scholarship: Gailyn Bopp – awarded $499 to attend the Exhibits Fundamentals online course through the Northern States Conservation Center, from October 5 to November 13, 2020.

    Gailyn Bopp works as Associate Archivist for the BYU-Hawai`i JFS Library Archives & Special Collections, and as Assistant Professor of Theatre in the BYUH Faculty of Language, Culture, and the Performing Arts.  She is a proud alumna of the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa LIS program, graduating with a certificate in Archival Studies.  Gailyn enjoys theatrical performance, exhibit curation, and traditional Hawaiian craft.  She currently serves as President-elect of the Association of Hawai`i Archivists.

    Congratulations to both Minyoung and Gailyn. We’re so proud of both of you!

  • Moniz & Slaughter Receive 2018-19 H.W. Wilson Scholarships

    Moniz & Slaughter Receive 2018-19 H.W. Wilson Scholarships

    The LIS Program is pleased to announce that Hauʻolihiwahiwa Moniz and Stefannye Slaughter were selected as recipients of the H.W. Wilson Scholarship for academic year 2018-19. The scholarship is generously funded by the H.W. Wilson Foundation.

    Both recipients shared the following about themselves with the LIS Program:

    Hauʻolihiwahiwa Moniz:

    As a native Hawaiian scholar, I am passionate about advocating for the inclusion of Hawaiian perspectives and practices within the information field. This passion has encouraged me to research and develop traditionally-based, Hawaiian methodological approaches to collection management policies, Librarianship and culturally-specific community programming. I am also incredibly passionate about the development and implementation of cultural competency standards for information professionals working in or with indigenous collections, materials and communities.

    This scholarship will truly make a substantial difference in my time here at the University of Hawaiʻi. Specifically, it will allow me to develop more practices and approaches within the information profession that will advocate for the inclusion of and value in Hawaiian perspectives and ways of knowing.

    Stefannye Slaughter:

    My journey into librarianship started when I was eight years old and a family friend who was a public librarian told me that I would be a librarian one day. I didn’t believe her at the time, but I do now and I’m happy to say that she has been instrumental in my education. The defining moment for me was when I was sitting in the Seal Beach Public Library in Seal Beach, California and I watched a librarian spend 15 minutes helping an older gentleman find a newspaper article he had read about a shuttle service for seniors undergoing surgery. That was the moment I realized how much librarians can impact the lives of their patrons.

    I would like to say thank you to the H.W. Wilson Foundation, this scholarship is allowing me to scale back on how much I have to work next semester, allowing me to spend more time on my studies.

  • Caroline Lee Receives Faith C. Ai Memorial Scholarship

    Caroline Lee Receives Faith C. Ai Memorial Scholarship

    Caroline Lee, an LIS student, has received the Faith C. Ai Memorial Scholarship. Caroline will be using the $5,000 award toward her tuition. She thanks the interview panel and board for selecting her. She said:

    Teaching high school students have been tremendously rewarding and dedicating my life to my school and students has left me with absolutely zero regrets. Trying to balance full time teaching, multiple school related organizations, motherhood and graduate school has been a daunting task. However, the LIS graduate program has been one of the best professional experiences of my life and I can only hope to show my gratitude by my continued commitment to serving our community as a future librarian and educator.

    This scholarship is dedicated to Faith C. Ai (1915-1997), who was a teacher, administrator, and a community volunteer who dedicated her life to public education. The scholarship is awarded to deserving students currently enrolled in an accredited American college or university who are undergraduates majoring in Education, graduate students intending to teach, or certified teachers who are pursuing graduate degrees.

  • Hōkū Kaʻahaʻāina Receives 2017-18 H.W. Wilson Scholarship

    Hōkū Kaʻahaʻāina Receives 2017-18 H.W. Wilson Scholarship

    The LIS Program is pleased to announce that Hōkū Kaʻahaʻāina was selected as a recipient of the 2017-2018 H.W. Wilson Scholarship, which is generously funded by the H.W. Wilson Foundation.

    Hoku shared the following about herself with the LIS Program:

    After seven years of college on the mainland, study abroad, and teaching English in Japan on the JET Program, I was feeling rather homesick. The next question was this: what would I do when I finally returned home? Iʻm the kind of person who always needs a plan of action, so winging it upon arrival was definitely not an option. When trying to puzzle my future out, I saw one person who knew where she was going, and she was going there fast: my fellow Kamehameha Schools alumna Kylie Kaʻeo. Through her commitment to the community and her passion for libraries, I was inspired to pursue a degree in LIS like she did.

    Approximately one year later, Iʻm in library school as a part-time student and thanks to the H.W. Wilson Foundation scholarship, Iʻll be able to move to full-time status for the upcoming academic year. When not in class, I can usually be found at work in the Richardson Law Library or ʻUluʻulu: The Henry Kuʻualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive of Hawaiʻi. Although my next goal is working in the local public library system, working in these different settings with a wide cast of characters is proving to be a great experience. Itʻs funny how my life has come to revolve around libraries in such a short amount of time.

  • Caroline Lee Receives 2017 HASL Scholarship

    Caroline Lee Receives 2017 HASL Scholarship

    Caroline Sue Lee will receive a $500 scholarship from the Hawaii Association of School Librarians (HASL) to help with her graduate school expenses. The official announcement and presentation will be made at the HASL Spring Conference on Saturday, April 8.

    Caroline holds a post-Baccalaureate in Secondary Education and a BA degree in Political Science. Currently, she teaches sophomore World History at Mililani High School, and devotes countless hours outside the classroom coordinating a wide range of school activities. She believes this will help her as she works towards her library degree, with an emphasis in school media.

    In her scholarship application, Caroline stated:

    The accumulation of my insights as an educator as a whole has tremendously helped me shape my understanding of the importance of relationships with my students, colleagues, parents, administrators and the community. With my degree I plan to be a librarian who advocates for creative curriculum programs and school wide strategies by emphasizing student achievement through measurable assessments and lessons. As a teacher librarian I will take on leadership roles to support the students and staff who I will be serving and working with.

  • Fairchild and Pukahi Win 2016 HASL Scholarships

    Fairchild and Pukahi Win 2016 HASL Scholarships

    Wrayna Fairchild and Ruth Pukahi, both students of UH Library & Information Sciences program, received $500 scholarships from the Hawaii Association of School Librarians (HASL) to help pay for their graduate expenses. The official announcements were made at the HASL conference on April 30, 2016, by Sherry Rose, HASL president. (more…)

  • Kylie Kaʻeo Receives ALA Spectrum Scholarship

    kaeo001-2Congratulations to LIS student Kylie Kaʻeo on her 2015 ALA Spectrum Scholarship!

    ALA’s official announcement states:

    A prestigious committee of ten jurors selected this year’s Spectrum Scholars based on their commitment to diversity, commitment to entering the library profession, demonstrated community outreach, academic ability and achievements and leadership potential.
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  • Amy Steinbauer Receives Conable Scholarship

    SteinbauerAmy Steinbauer, a 2013 LIS alumna, was awarded the 2015 Gordon M. Conable Scholarship from the Freedom to Read Foundation. This allowed her to attend the 2015 ALA Conference in San Francisco. The scholarship, which is open to LIS students and new professionals, pays for conference registration, transportation, housing for six nights, and a $300 stipend for meals and other expenses. In addition, the recipient gets a year’s membership in the Freedom to Read Foundation.
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  • HLA 2015 Award Winners Announced

    kimberly_jackson_HLA-2015Kimberly Jackson is the recipient of a scholarship awarded by the Hawaii Library Association. A spring 2015 graduate of the LIS Program with an MLISc degree and a certificate in Historic Preservation, Kimberly is currently serving as an intern at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. She is working in the Preservation and Reformatting Division under the Preservation Directorate. (more…)

  • Jennifer Losalio Receives Kona Friends Scholarship

    jennifer_losalioJennifer Losalio has received a $2,000 scholarship from the Friends of the Libraries, Kona, to continue her LIS education. Jennifer just completed her second year in the MLISc program. She was recently hired as a Library Technician V at Kailua-Kona Public Library. In her new position, she says she is “enjoying familiarizing patrons with our print and electronic resources, assisting the branch manager with developing the adult collection, and assisting branch librarians with programming.” Jennifer hopes to use her degree to become a youth services librarian with the Hawaii State Public Library System.

  • Garud and Mukai Win 2015 HASL Scholarships

    MeeraandTariyaMeera Garud and Tariya Mukai, both students specializing in school librarianship, received $500 scholarships from the Hawaii Association of School Librarians (HASL) to continue their graduate studies in LIS. The official announcements were made at the HASL conference on March 7, 2015, by scholarship chair Imelda Corpuz Amano.
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  • Tori Ann Ogawa Wins HASL Scholarship

    Tori copyTori Ann Ogawa received a $500 scholarship from the Hawaii Association of School Librarians this semester. She was recognized at the HASL Conference held at Kamehameha Schools in March. Tori serves as secretary for both the ALA Student Chapter and Hui Dui.

    Along with being an active LIS student, Tori is a part time teacher for the English Language Learner program at Aliamanu Elementary School where she helps students in grades K, 2, 4, and 5 practice reading and learn strategies and phonics to improve their word recognition and comprehension skills. In her lesson plans, she integrates reading across multiple disciplines. Tori enjoys baking and line dancing in her spare time.  Congratulations, Tori!

  • 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.