Hawaiian & Pacific Collections

The below is quoted directly from a press release circulated by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. HONOLULU (April 25, 2013) --  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs today unveiled a new searchable online geographic information system, which makes data that once would have taken hours - if not days - to compile now available within seconds. Three years in the making, OHA's new Kīpuka Database provides easy access to a wide array of information, including more than 5,000 Native Hawaiian land awards, nearly 10,000 historic sites, and various ahupua'a boundaries. The database is expected to help complement OHA's other key research tools, such as the Native Hawaiian Data Book and the Papakilo Database, a digital library for Native Hawaiian historical and cultural information. "The Kīpuka database is the latest example of efforts by OHA to make the best possible Native Hawaiian historical and cultural land information widely available," said OHA Chief Executive Offi...

As a result of the construction project that is underway in Hamilton Library, the three elevators on the first floor that directly lead to the Hawaiian and Pacific Collections are currently inaccessible. However,  please note that the Hawaiian and Pacific Collections are open for normal business hours  (as are floors 2 through 4 below us). To reach our collections, please go to the second floor of "Phase I" of the library -- i.e., the part of the building that houses the main entrance to the library, the circulation counter, business office and etc. -- and then proceed to "Phase II" of the library (the portion that holds the Hawaiian and Pacific Collections). From there, take an elevator up to the fifth floor. The 2nd floor of Phase I can be reached either via the stairwell that is located adjacent to the first floor circulation counter, or via two remaining elevators in the Phase I side of the building (which service floors 1 through 3 only). Detour...

On Thursday, April 18 at 3:45 p.m. Pacific Collection librarian Eleanor Kleiber will join Danielle Niquet, a librarian at the University of French Polynesia, to discuss their experiences as librarians in Hawai'i and Tahiti, respectively. The discussion is open to the public, as is being co-sponsored by the UH-Manoa Library and Information Sciences Program; the American Library Association's UH Student Chapter; the Center for Pacific Islands Studies; and the Hawaiian and Pacific Collections. The event is free and open to the public; for more information click on the flyer at right.

A series of free events on the UH Manoa campus next week (4/18-20) will gather poets, filmmakers, musicians and playwrights. For more information click on the flyer at right, or visit the Pacific Literature at UHM Facebook page.

UH Manoa's Native Hawaiian Student Services organization is conducting a book drive to create a library for Hawaiian prisoners . The event takes place Monday, April 8 from 3-5 p.m. at the Kamakauokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies. For more information, click on the flyer at right.

An extensive construction project to update Hamilton Library’s air conditioning will begin on April 1. This multi-month project will impact different floors and sections of the Library at different times. Construction affecting the Hawaiian and Pacific Collections is scheduled to begin in mid-May. As a consequence,  the Hawaiian and Pacific Collections will be closed to the public as of May 11, 2013 . Construction in the Hawaiian and Pacific collections area of the library is expected to take up to eight weeks, but the timetable for reopening cannot be exactly determined owing to the complexity of the project.  During the closure period, materials in the Hawaiian and Pacific Collections will be completely inaccessible to all library users and all library staff. Materials that are checked out from the Hawaiian and Pacific Collections from April 28 onward will be given an extended due date. Although the Hawaiian and Pacific Collections reading room will be close...

The below is quoted from an email circulated by the UH-Manoa Center for Biographical Research :  "Hawaiian Music and Musicians, Revised and Updated." by John Berger, Author and Editor Thursday, March 14 noon - 1:15 p.m. Kuykendall 410 For more information, please contact   biograph@hawaii.edu , 956-3774, or   www.facebook.com/CBRHawaii John Berger has covered entertainment in Honolulu for 40 years. He has been writing about music, theatre and social events of all kinds for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser (formerly the Honolulu Star-Bulletin) since 1988. George S. Kanahele published his monumental  Hawaiian Music and Musicians: An Illustrated History  in 1979. Compiled with the assistance of a hundred contributors and the research of many more, it was immediately recognized as the most ambitious book ever written about Hawaiian music. The book is arranged alphabetically, with entries on Hawaiian music from its roots in ancient chants to the floweri...