Associate Professor and Associate LIS Chair Dr. Vanessa Irvin will be joining the faculty of East Carolina University in Fall 2022. Since she arrived at LIS in 2015, we’ve all benefited from Dr. V’s dedication to the highest standards of LIS research, education and practice, and her efforts in building communities of reflective LIS professionals […]
The UHM LIS Program is sad to announce the passing of our former colleague Associate Professor Dr. Luz Marina Quiroga who taught at UH from 2000 until 2019 in areas related to Information Retrieval, Databases, Library Systems, and website design. She was born in 1947 in Manizales, Colombia, and earned a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering […]
In our last post, we shared the new LIS logo, which serves as a visual identity for the Program, bringing together faculty, alumni, and current students, while also drawing in potential students at first glance. The final design was created by Graphic Design student Jana Sasaki under Professor Chae Ho Lee (photo from the Art […]
While we’ve all got some free time on our hands, why not check out the newly revamped Hui Dui website? Hui Dui Officers and members Mandi Hull, Katherine Lang, Nargis Sultana, and Leticia Sisior decided to undertake this reconstruction as part of LIS 650 Management of Libraries & Information Science under Dr. Andrew Wertheimer. The […]
Congratulations to LIS student Minyoung Chung and LIS alumna Gailyn Bopp, winners of this year’s Hawaii Library Association Student and Professional Scholarships! This announcement would normally be made at the HLA Spring Meeting, but due to COVID-19 concerns, this year HLA has opted to share a short bio and information about the award for each […]
Prospective Students The deadline for Fall 2020 admissions applications has been extended to Aug. 1, 2020. Please review Graduate Division’s updated policy regarding submission formats due to stay-at-home orders. Please be aware of possible delays in the review of your application due to faculty working from different locations due to stay-at-home orders. If you are interested […]