Alumni Board Donates Locks to Hui Dui

In fall semester 2010 the LIS Alumni Board purchased locker combination locks for the Hui Dui Student Association so that they could manage the library program’s student lockers and earn a little money. We just got a note from their president and would like to share an excerpt: …The board was so grateful to the […]

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Lynette Furuhashi Retires

Senior Pacific Specialist librarian Lynette Furuhashi has retired from the University of Hawaii-Manoa library, effective December 31, 2010. Lynette’s career as a librarian spanned more than 30 years, all of it in the library’s Pacific Collection. She began as an intern under the late Renee Heyum, who was the Collection’s first curator, and later joined […]

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LIS School Media Program Recognized

Congratulations to the LIS program, for their recognition in U.S. News and World Report. Learn more about this “feather in their cap” by clicking the links below: From the KGMB Hawaii News Now website From the University of Hawaii website From the U.S. News and World Report

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Burning Books and Dr. Knuth

Dr. Rebecca Knuth was recently interviewed by CBC News Online about the announcement to burn the Koran on September 11. She will be on BBC Radio World Service the evening of September 10. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/09/10/f-book-burning-timeline.html

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STORIES FROM SINGAPORE

Internship Experience at the National University of Singapore Central Library Where: Hamilton 301 When: Friday, September 10, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Who: Erenst Anip The Student Chapter of SLA-ASIST is hosting a presentation by Erenst Anip who works in DNS in Hamilton library and is in the UHM LIS program. Erenst will talk about […]

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