University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Congratulations 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, 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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The intern will get experience working in a prison environment. They will interact with the inmates and help them with their library needs. They will be handling mostly legal reference questions, such as locating case laws and statutes for inmates. They will learn to use the Lexis-Nexis legal database.
The Department of Public Safety has eight facilities and provides eight libraries, one in each facility. Oʻahu: Halawa Correctional Facility; Oʻahu Community Correctional Center; Women’s Community Correctional Center; Waiawa Correctional Facility; Hawaiʻi (Big Island): Hawaiʻi Community Correctional Center; Kulani Correctional Facility; Maui: Maui Community Correctional Center; Kauaʻi: Kauaʻi Community Correctional Center.
Know how to adhere to rules and regulations. Be comfortable working in groups.
Any time between 6:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
In the unique prison environment the intern will see how scheduling inmates is done and how to run a prison recreation library. Some basic cataloging using the Dewey Decimal Classification system. They will also learn how to keep statistics of library usage, and do report writing. The intern will come in close proximity with inmates and will learn how to handle inmates’ requests with close supervision by a librarian.
The intern will learn to work with different professionals: security, social workers, and administrative staff.
The intern will be evaluated on an ongoing basis; how she/he relates to the inmates, how she/he relates to the library staff, and how he adheres to the security measures in the facility.
There will be a verbal assessment, a discussion with the intern in the middle of the session followed with a written evaluation of the intern at the end of internship. The Branch librarian, after consulting with library staff, will sign the evaluation reports.
Hakon Bjerke / various – Supervisor
E-mail: hakon.bjerke@hawaii.gov
Telephone: (808) 587-1273, (808) 587-1274
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Inquiry and the Common Core: Librarians and Teachers Designing Teaching for Learning published by Libraries Unlimited has been awarded the 2015 LMC/ARBA Best in Reference Award in the “Best Professional Guide for School or Youth Librarians” category. Violet Harada, professor emerita in the LIS Program, and Sharon Coatney, book acquisitions editor for Libraries Unlimited, are the co-editors of the book that features contributions from some of the leading school library educators and award-winning media specialists. The authors provide essays and lessons that explain how the standards’ emphasis on in-depth investigations dovetail with inquiry-based learning activities. LIS alumni Carolyn Kirio, Sandy Yamamoto, and Elodie Arellano are among the contributors to this volume. (more…)
