LIS Program Survey

From the LIS Program: The University of Hawaii’s Library and Information Science (LIS) Program is in the process of re-examining its required core courses. We believe that feedback on this matter from information professionals in our community would be invaluable. This is a voluntary activity; however, we hope that members of the LIS Alumni Group [...]

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April Alumni Dinner Recap

The LIS Alumni Group held its annual reunion at EAT Catering & Café in the Gentry Pacific Design Center in Honolulu. Approximately 40 Alumni and friends reconnected and caught up with each other as they enjoyed a wonderful variety of delicious offerings prepared by Chef Dave. Highlights of the evening included guest speaker Catherine Toth, [...]

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We’re on Facebook

The UH LIS Alumni Association now has a Facebook page! If you’re on Facebook, “Like” our page and keep up-to-date with all the latest Alumni news. http://www.facebook.com/LibrarianFiveOh

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Spring 2011 Newsletter

The Spring 2011 edition of the LIS Alumni Newsletter, ‘Elele Waha ‘Ole, is now available online at the LIS Alumni website. Direct Link to PDF→ Please note that due to the high cost of printing & shipping, the Alumni newsletter will only be distributed electronically and no longer automatically mailed to members via USPS. However, [...]

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New Paint Job

Welcome to the improved LIS Alumni Blog! We’ve spruced the place up a bit and intend to make this a more dynamic and active venue for documenting what’s going on within the alumni group as well as the activities of our graduates.

“Holding Fast The Dream” on DVD

Miles M. Jackson wrote to alert us that “Holding Fast the Dream” is now available for purchase on DVD:

“Holding Fast The Dream: Hawaii’s African American Experience” chronicles their compelling stories: a young Black researcher whose scientific breakthrough in treating Hansen’s Disease was stolen, and who then died in obscurity…the tragedy of racism in a multicultural paradise…and the significant achievements of Hawai’i's African Americans in science, social justice, and the arts.

“Holding Fast The Dream” premiered at the 2010 Hawai’i International Film Festival. It was a featured selection of the 2011 San Diego Black Film Festival, and received its broadcast premiere in March 2011 on PBS Hawai’i.

UH Grads @ACRL

Our very own Margot Hanson (LIS, 2007) went to this year’s ACRL conference to present her poster “Competence vs. Confidence: Assessment Knockdown!”

For links to the conference materials, see below:

Handout: http://tinyurl.com/assessmentknockdown
Poster: http://www.slideshare.net/muumuulibrarian/competence-vs-confidence-assessment-knockdown

Congrats, Margot!

If anyone else went to ACRL to present or show their posters, let us know with the “Contact Us” link up above!

LIS Career Symposium

The SLA/ASIST student chapter is presenting an LIS Career symposium on Friday, April 15th that will feature several LIS alumni as speakers. Come join the fun!

Where: UH Sinclair Library Heritage Reading Room (2425 Campus Rd, Honolulu)
When: Friday, April 15, 2011, 9:30a – 12:30p

Light refreshments will be served.

For more information, see the Hamilton Library Facebook page!

E-Books

Have you had a chance to review writer and educator Jonathan Kranz’s (free!) eBook on how to write an eBook? While the content may be a bit skewed to a corporate audience, there’s some good information, tips and advice that could be useful to librarians… especially those looking to self-publish or create eBook material for their libraries/schools.

(With attribution to the iLibrarian blog for bringing this to my attention)

P.S. Have you seen the Taxonomy Folksonomy Cookbook? You can read it online at scribd.com, or download a copy for later (link on site).

Dr. Jacsó Receives Research Grant

Our very own Dr. Péter Jacsó is the recipient of a 2011 Emerald Research Grant!

Read more about it here: http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/ala/jacso-receives-rusa-brass-emerald-research-grant-business-reference-research