Dr. Andrew Wertheimer is stepping down as ALA Councilor after a decade of service as an ambassador between the ALA Council and Hawaiʻi Library Association. During this time he’s tried to encourage HLA to keep working with students, including the appointment of a student representative on the board. He’s also worked with other leaders to […]
LIS faculty and students will again be well represented at next month’s HLA/HASL Annual Conference, which will be held virtually via Zoom this year. Students giving presentations and poster sessions include Minyoung Chung, Lilla Faint, Jason Ford, Ashley Forester, Halie Kerns, Stephanie Robertson and CIS student Stacy Naipo. Faculty presentations include Gwen Sinclair (“Capturing Library […]
Our own Dr. Tonia Sutherland recently presented the keynote for the 2020 International Conference on the History Of Records & Archives (ICHORA), entitled “Data, Death, and Dignity: Reflections on Archives and the Digital Afterlife.” You can now view this phenomenal presentation on YouTube until Nov. 16 (link above). The YouTube playlist (the entirety of which […]
Our very own student chapter of the Special Libraries Association has launched a YouTube-based podcast called “The Uncommon Library”, focusing on new and unique perspectives from people who work in non-traditional libraries. They are planning to release three episodes per semester. Be sure to subscribe/like and support these students! The first episode features SLA-SC President […]
To our students, alumni, friends and supporters, You may have seen Provost Bruno’s message to the campus today about reorganization discussions. The part of the proposal that involves us is to move LIS from the Information & Computer Sciences Department in the College of Natural Sciences to a new unit, tentatively called the School of […]
Libraries Unlimited has just released Radical Collaborations for Learning: School Librarians as Change Agents. The new publication, edited by Violet Harada and Sharon Coatney, takes an exciting look at how libraries join with other organizations to form unique and dynamic alliances. Three of the chapters feature LIS alumni as key players in creating transformative learning […]