Hawaiian & Pacific Collections

Congratulations to Aaron J. Sal ā , who has been hired by the UH-Manoa Music Department. An alumnus of Kamehameha Schools, Aaron has  previously taught Hawaiian Studies and music courses at Manoa and Windward Community College. For a more complete bio, see  http://www.hawaii.edu/arthum/?page_id=1555

Each year, librarians in the Pacific Collection travel to one of the three cultural regions of the Pacific (Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia) on extended acquisitions trips. These trips multi-island trips (which are funded by a federal Title VI grant administered by the Center for Pacific Islands Studies) serve a variety of purposes, from ensuring that our Pacific Collection holdings are complete and up-to-date, to maintaining the collection's strong ties to publishers, librarians and archivists throughout the region.  During a recent acquisitions trip to Guam, Pacific Specialist Librarian Eleanor Kleiber paid a visit to the Glimpses of Guam offices to check up on various items produced by the publishing company. Little did she know that she would subsequently become part of the news cycle, as her visit was written up in Guam Business Magazine.

The below is quoted from a press release circulated by UH Libraries Outreach Coordinator, Teri Skillman: Contact:   Teri Skillman, (808) 956-8688   Outreach Coordinator, Library Services Jaimey Hamilton, Assistant Professor of Art History at UH Manoa, will give the first lecture in the Fall 2012 Faculty Lecture Series from 3:30-4:30 p.m. on Monday, September 10, 2012, in Hamilton Library Room 301.  Refreshments will be provided and admission is free.   "SPAM MAPS: Questions about Contemporary Asia Pacific Art" is an overview of the transformation of contemporary art in the Asian Pacific economy.  It will showcase conversations among the Asia-Pacific creative community who propose new “maps” and models of economic relationships in our community, the Pacific Islands and Asia.   Many of the people involved are widely recognized as innovators in the arts and culture of the region.  They include Wu Hung, Terry Smith...

The below is quoted directly from an email circulated by the UH-Manoa Center for Pacific Islands Studies. NORMAN   MELLER   RESEARCH   AWARD The Norman   Meller   Research   Award   o f $250.00 is given annually to the best MA research paper produced at the University of Hawai'i in the social sciences or humanities and focused on the Pacific Islands. Plan A theses, Plan B papers, or MA portfolios are eligible. Submissions may be made by students or by nominations from the faculty, and are not limited to students in the MA program in Pacific Islands Studies. The submissions are read by a panel of judges, who consider the overall quality of the submission, the depth of the research it represents, and the significance of the work in the field of Pacific Islands Studies. Of particular interest are submissions that employ interdisciplinary approaches and/or include indigenous epistemologies and perspectives. The judges reserve the right to recommend th...

The recently reconstructed and re-opened Manoa Public Library is currently hosting an exhibit titled The Hawai'i Internment Experience . Developed in conjunction with the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i, the exhibit runs through September 19. For more information, click on the poster at right.

The below is copied directly from a press release circulated by Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies and the Hawai'inuiakea School of Hawaiian Knowledge: UHM HAWAIIAN STUDIES MOUNTS A WEB SITE TO SERVE THE HAWAIIAN NATION IN LAND RESEARCH! We are proud to announce that the  AVAKONOHIKI.ORG  website is being published today in order to serve as a  Hoʻokupu no Ka Lāhui , a gift to the Hawaiian Nation, from the students of the  UHM Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies [KCHS] . Working on the AVA Konohiki project, funded by a federal grant from the  Administration of Native Americans [ANA], and through the Edith Kanakaʻole Foundation [EKF],  our Hawaiian students have created a web site to provide free and easy access to all 8,500 of the Hawaiian Kingdom Land Commission Awards [LCAs] and LCA Testimonies, as well as LCA maps for the 81 Ahupuaʻa of Oʻahu. They even have video webinars to walk you through LCA land and map research!...

The University of Otago is currently hosting Charting the Land on the Ocean: Pacific Exploration, 1520-1876 , an exhibit that features books and maps found in various of its campus library collections. The exhibit also includes an online component with samples of these same items, along with historical documentation. Many of these works can also be found in various forms (either the original publications, or facsimile copies) in the UH-Manoa Library's Hawaiian and Pacific Collections. Selected images from various rare materials in the Hawaiian and Pacific Collections are also available via this recently launched online collection:  http://digicoll.manoa.hawaii.edu/pacific/