In late October, our American Library Association Student Chapter (ALAsc) hosted an online talk with ALA President Julius C. Jefferson Jr.. He discussed his career, experiences, and offered some advice to attendees. This special event was an annex to his national listening tour of the country, which ended in Hawaiʻi. Mr. Jefferson was so interested […]
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 […]