Faculty from the LIS Program and our new partners in the School of Communication and Information met in October and November to shape a vision for our new School as part of the College of Social Sciences. The LIS Program joins Communication, Communicology, Journalism and the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace as founding programs in a new School whose working mission is How information flows–among people and communities, through media and technologies, and across time and cultures.
Month: December 2022
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Andrew Wertheimer gives keynote at HLA Centennial
LIS Associate Professor Andrew Wertheimer gave a keynote address at the Hawaiʻi Library Association Centennial Conference at the Bishop Museum on the history of our library association. LIS students and full-time and adjunct faculty giving talks included:
- Carina Chernisky, “Bolstering OER Efforts: Developing a Collection of Support Resources for UH Faculty”
- Stanislava Gardasevic, “Library Metadata and Technologies Through Time”
- Rich Gazan, “How Information Flows: LIS and the Co-Creation of the New School of Communication & Information”
- Ikaika Keliiliki and Kylee Munro, “I Nā Au o Ka ‘Ike – In the Currents of Knowledge.”
- Stephanie Robertson, “Past, Present, Future of Low-Cost Materials: Creating Access to Encourage Life-Long Learning in the Academic Library”
- Jessika Ross, “Printing in Another Dimension: 3D Printing at the MCBH Library”
- Kapena Shim, “Voyage Across Time – The Eddie Kamae Songbook: A Musical Journey”
- Danielle Todd, “Navigating Librarianship Through the HLA Mentoring Program.”
Several other students took part in poster presentations, including Timothy Buckley, Kate Marsi, Kylee Munro, Jessika Ross, as well as adjunct faculty member Gwen Sinclair. LIS Professor Emerita Violet Harada and Instructor Meera Garud served on the organizing committee, and the LIS Program was a conference sponsor.