MAUI FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED

Congratulations to Tara Otomo and Elizabeth Knight for receiving the Maui Friends of the Library Scholarships for the Spring 2010 semester. They each received $1000 to further their studies in the LIS Program.

The Maui Friends of the Library provide this award for Maui residents, who are classified MLISc degree candidates. Applicants must be officially enrolled in the program to qualify.

Kim Okahara named ARL Career Enhancement Fellow

The Association of Research Libraries Career Enhancement program offers MLIS graduates from underrepresented groups a “robust fellowship experience” in an ARL library.  Kim’s host institution will be the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.  For more information about the ARL Career Enhancement program, visit http://www.arl.org/diversity/cep/index.shtml

FRIENDS OF THE HILO LIBRARY SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED

Jeannette Kent has been awarded the Friends of the Hilo Library Scholarship for the spring 2010 term. This $1,000 scholarship is given to a deserving graduate student on the Big Island. The Friends of the Hilo Library Scholarship is based on financial need as well as past academic performance and accomplishments. Students must be classified graduate students in the Library and Information Science Program. They must be currently enrolled for a minimum of three LIS credits.

SPRING 2010 ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

Congratulations to the following LIS graduate students who have received University of Hawaii Achievement Scholarships for the spring 2010 term. The award is based on academic merit.

Erenst Anip

Molly Due

Kristina Giovanni

Peter Kanehiro

Jeannette Kent

Ryan Lammers

Rebecca Macomber

Heather Maggini-Mackay

Rebecca Marrall

Tara Otomo

Justin Rajkowski

Sean Thibadeaux

Jonathan Young

SLA-ASIST Student Chapter Poster Mini-Conference 2009.

SLA-ASIST Student Chapter Poster Mini-Conference 2009. 

Friday, December 11, 10 am - 2 pm; Heritage Reading Room, Sinclair Library.

Poster presentations by UHM LIS students.Opening ceremony December 11, 12:30 pm; posters will remain on display until December 18.

The Poster Mini-Conference 2009 is sponsored by the Special Libraries Association Hawaii-Pacific Chapter and by the Hawaii Library Association.

Poster

Essay Contest

Text Messaging in Libraries (Joseph Murphy, Yale University)

Joseph Murphy from Yale University is giving an informal
presentation (via Skype) about his experiences with text messaging in libraries

Text Messaging in Libraries (Joseph Murphy, Yale University)
Wednesday November 18, 2009 3:00pm-3:40pm
POST 318B (during Dr. Quiroga’s LIS 672 class)

Joe is a graduate of the UH LIS program and is currently a General Science 
Librarian and Instruction Coordinator at Yale University. Joe has a vast amount 
of experience with incorporating Web 2.0 technologies into libraries and will 
share with us his personal experiences with text messaging at Yale.

This event is being sponsored by SLA-ASIST Student Chapter.

If you have any questions please contact Sara Ajifu <sarata@hawaii.edu>

Dr. Knuth wins prestigious national award

Congratulations to Dr. Rebecca Knuth, recipient of the 2009 Library Journal Teaching Award, which “recognizes excellence in educating the next generation of librarians.”  The award comes with $5000 from ProQuest, which sponsors the award, along with an article in LJ (in the November 15 issue) and a party at Midwinter ALA in Boston.

LIS PROGRAM RECEIVES IMLS GRANT

The University of Hawaii’s Library and Information Science Program has received a National Leadership grant of $249,918 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services for a project entitled, “Pathways to Excellence and Achievement in Research and Learning (PEARL).”  Violet Harada, LIS professor, is the principal investigator. Co-investigators are Margit Watts, College of Education; Michael Brian Ogawa, College of Natural Sciences-Department of Information and Computer Sciences; Jodie Mattos, University of Hawaii Libraries; and Randy Hensley, Baruch College, New York.

The PEARL team will design and implement a training program for high school teachers and librarians to address “expectation gaps” between high school and post-high school pursuits. A training guide will be produced that focuses on the mastery of 21^st century skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, interpreting information, and analytic reasoning. The project will be cooperatively developed with the Hawaii Department of Education as part of the DOE’s Senior Project initiative.

IMLS is the primary source of federal funds for the nation’s museums and libraries. The National Leadership grant is considered the capstone program for IMLS, providing the agency’s highest level of support for innovative projects with national impact that create important research, tools, and models for library and museum programs across the country. For more information on the grant, visit http://www.imls.gov/news/2009/092409b.shtm

Banned Books Week Special Event in Second Life

In observance of Banned Books Week you are cordially invited to attend a Special Event in Second Life on Thursday, October 1, 2009, 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. HST (4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. SLT).  The event is produced by UH MLIS students of the Library and Information Science Student Union in SL, and hosted by the American Library Association on ALA Island in Banned Books Village Square <http://slurl.com/secondlife/ALA%20Island/195/32/61>.

The event  features a talk by Dr. Rebecca Knuth, Professor of Library and Information Science at UHM, and author of Libricide: The Regime-Sponsored Destruction of Books and Libraries in the Twentieth Century, and Burning Books and Leveling Libraries: Extremist Violence and Cultural Destruction.  Dr. Knuth will speak in front of a symbolic bonfire.  There will also be a DJ with great music and dancing, a hunt, photo contest and other activities.  Attend in costume representing a banned/challenged book or author if you like; but this is not required.  Free costumes available on site.

ALA-SC October 26 Research Seminar - Brendan Luyt

On October 26 at 12 pm in POST-318B, Brendan Luyt will be presenting a talk entitled “Developing a Public Library System for Singapore in the 1950s and 1960s.”

Brendan Luyt is an Assistant Professor in the School of Communication & Information at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

See the poster for more details.