University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Library and Information Science Program

Month: May 2018

  • 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.

  • Lori Chun Receives ADK Award

    Lori Chun Receives ADK Award

    Lori Chun, librarian at Kaimuki High School and an alumnus of the UHM LIS Program, is being awarded an Excellence in Education Award by Alpha Delta Kappa (ADK). She will be recognized at the ADK Northwest/Southwest Regional Conference in Anchorage, Alaska, in July. ADK is a national organization of women educators dedicated to educational excellence, altruism, and world understanding.

    The Excellence in Education Award is a biennium recognition of ADK members for their outstanding contributions to education. To be eligible, the nominee must be actively engaged in the education profession whether in teaching, administration, or some specialized field of education. Nominated by a colleague or parent, nominees’ adjudication is based on professional dedication, knowledge, skills, professional achievement and success, school and community involvement, contributions to the educational process and active participation in Alpha Delta Kappa.

  • Nānākuli Public Library, Hawaiʻi State Public Library System

    Location: 89-070 Farrington Highway, Waianae, HI 96792, United

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    Internship Description

    The internship will give the intern valuable experience with community outreach and programming in the Public Library setting. Interns will be expected to propose and conduct two programs or community outreach initiatives. Additionally, the intern will work the library’s reference desk and learn about the public library’s collection development process and initiatives.

    Library/Collection Description

    Nānākuli Public Library is the newest library branch in the Hawaiʻi State Public Library System. The library serves the communities of Māʻili and Nānākuli, a total population of about 26,500. The library offers a growing collection of roughly 25,000 books, DVDs, and CDs. Most of the library’s collection is comprised of popular/recent materials as well as a few classic titles. The library is unique in that it was built with a lot of community input and offers multiple meeting room spaces for the public to rent out and a recording studio designed to record oral histories of the community.

    Required Qualifications

    Successful completion of:

    • LIS 601 – Introduction to Reference & Information Services

    Desired Qualifications

    Interest in community outreach and programming in the Public Library setting.

    Weekly Schedule

    Mon 4-8, Wed 10-2, Saturday 10-2 (hours are flexible and can be tailored to the intern’s school schedule)

    Goals and Outcomes

    The intern will gain experience assessing the library’s service community, providing Reference Services, and planning and conducting targeted programs.

    Evaluation Methods

    Supervising librarian will give the intern a midterm evaluation and a final evaluation following the LIS 690 evaluation form.

    Evaluation Schedule

    Midterm evaluation will be given at the end of the eighth week and the final evaluation will be given at the end of internship.

    Contact Information

    Kelsey Domingo – Supervisor

    E-mail: kelsey.domingo@librarieshawaii.org

    Telephone: (808) 668-5844

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  • Dr. Irvin’s IMLS Grant

    Dr. Irvin’s IMLS Grant

    The Library and Information Science Program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has been awarded a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

    The $249,330 grant award will fund a 3-year professional development program involving collaborative projects with LIS (part of the Department of Information and Computer Sciences within the College of Natural Sciences), the Native Hawaiian Library of ALU LIKE, Inc., and professional public librarians of the Hawaiʻi State Public Library System. The project is called Hui ʻEkolu: Bridging Educational, Cultural, and Technical Exchange among Native and Public Libraries in Hawaiʻi.

    Vanessa Irvin, LIS assistant professor, is project director for Hui ʻEkolu. She said the award is a significant accomplishment within the field of library and information science.

    Creating a model to engage local communities with indigenous populations

    The funding will allow the hui ʻekolu (“three groups”) to collaborate to bring together pre-professionals, para-professionals and professionals in the library field. Thirteen teams will be formed (each with one pre-professional, para-professional and professional) to address and complete projects identified at various library sites. The cohorts will create opportunities for cross-learning between the participants while they work as a team to identify opportunities and create projects that benefit the local community at their assigned sites.

    The project will not only benefit its participants and local community, but will create a model for how cross-learning, particularly in areas with large indigenous populations, can be achieved and result in programming that is more responsive and engaged with the local community.

    “Hui ʻEkolu seeks to create a model for public librarian professional practice that positively situates native/indigenous knowledge as a framework for synthesizing LIS technical skills,” explained Irvin. “With this grant, Hui ʻEkolu will be able to create a professional development model for cross-learning, mentoring and professional development toward culturally competent and meaningful public library services in Hawaiʻi that can also be implemented in public library systems everywhere, particularly within native and indigenous communities.”