University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Library and Information Science Program

Month: May 2023

  • Three LIS faculty join inaugural Hulihia: Indigenizing the Social Sciences Curriculum cohort

    LIS faculty members Meera Garud, Rich Gazan and Andrew Wertheimer were part of the first cohort of Hulihia: Indigenizing the Social Sciences Curriculum, along with Social Sciences instructors and faculty members Sanoe Burgess, Steven Bond-Smith and Subhashni Raj. Led by Kamakana Aquino, Hui ʻĀina Pilipili Coordinator for the College of Social Sciences, participants met weekly during the Spring 2023 semester in the LIS space to discuss and reflect on readings by Native Hawaiian researchers, culminating in a Hōʻike where each participant shared how they would change a specific course assignment to be more reflective of our place in Hawaiʻi. Hulihia refers to overturning, upheaval and transformative change, and the cohort experience contributes to our goal of becoming a Native Hawaiian place of learning.

    Mahalo Kamakana and Graduate Assistant Kawena Kapahua for creating an inspiring experience that we look forward to bringing into the LIS curriculum!

  • Stasha Gardasevic places third in UH Venture competition

    Stasha Gardasevic places third in UH Venture competition

    CIS PhD candidate and LIS Graduate Teaching Assistant Stanislava (Stasha) Gardasevic was awarded third place in the 2023 University of Hawaiʻi Venture Competition (UHVC) for LocaLinQs, a social and academic platform adapted from her dissertation research study that aggregates crowdsourced information and student and faculty publication data from multiple sources. Stasha’s team includes Valerie Iinuma, Colleen Milbury (business administration at UH Mānoa) and Milan “Miki” Cvetic, and their coach is Shidler College of Business Assistant Professor Caroline Fry.

    Sponsored by the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship, LocaLinQs beat out 40 other teams in earlier rounds of competition, and as the third place finisher was awarded more than $17,800.  More information and photos can be found in the UH News release.  Congratulations Stasha!

     

  • LIS 659 Students Process JCCH Papers

    Jill Sommer’s students in LIS 659: Archival Access, Representation and Use processed papers from the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i’s Archives. The class is shown with JCCH Archives Manager Gail Kuroda and Adjunct faculty Jill Sommer after making their final presentations. Students made recommendations for preservation, privacy protection, and how these collections could be used for research and outreach. The students drafted finding aids that eventually can be accessed using JCCH’s online catalog. The class presentations clearly demonstrated how important it is to have trained archivists with diverse local knowledge. In the photo: Gail Kuroda is directly behind the cart. From left to right behind Gail are Johanna Sadorra, Jasmine Malone, Jennifer Duncklee, Jill Sommer (Instructor), Alohalani Paakaula-Lozier, Hoʻoleina Ioane, and Ani Kawada.