The LIS Program is hosting our next LIS Research Forum on Thursday, September 5 at 11:30-12:30 in the LIS Program Area, Hamilton room 003F and on Zoom. We welcome UHM Natural Sciences Librarian Jonathan Young and current LIS student Morgan Lammert as they present “AI Text Analysis at Hamilton Science and Technology Reference : Transforming […]
Susan Murata Kazama, a 1986 graduate of the LIS Program, has been appointed as the interim chancellor at Hawai‘i Community College. She brings with her an amazing wealth of experiences that spans more than 35 years in higher education at five UH campuses. Among her achievements, Kazama served as interim vice chancellor of academic affairs […]
The LIS Program is pleased to announce the graduation of Dr. Shanye Kauwela Valeho-Novikoff. She completed her CIS dissertation “Aloha ʻĀina in the Library and Information Science Program: Understanding and Being a Hawaiian Place of Learning.” This is the first dissertation to focus on the intersection of librarianship and Hawaiian values, and should help guide […]
Current University of Hawaiʻi Maui College head librarian and LIS alumnus Shavonn Matsuda was recently featured in Library Journal as a 2023 Mover & Shaker for her work with Hawaiian knowledge organization. Shavonn is the project director for Ka Wai Hāpai, which is an IMLS-supported project to create a Hawaiian knowledge organization system and controlled […]
The LIS Program is hosting our next LIS Research Forum on Thursday, April 4 at 3:45-4:45 in the LIS Program Area, Hamilton room 003F and on Zoom. We welcome Kelly McDermott, Kalihi-Palama Public Library Children’s Librarian, current LIS student Brendan Urayanza, and Dr. MB Ogawa, Information and Computer Sciences and Assessment and Curriculum Support Center Specialist, as they present “From Student to Scholar: Our Journey to Publishing Our Research Via LIS 699”. Presentation Description: For graduate students, finding opportunities […]
LIS Students, Faculty, Alumni and other stakeholders are invited to attend the SCI Inaugural Open House In order to help our community to get to know our new school, SCI Chair Hye-Ryeon Lee is inviting LIS students, alumni, and other stakeholders to come to our first open house. It will be a chance to get […]