LIS 693 projects

 

This is the projects page for LIS 693: - Special Topics in Librarianship
Resources in Hawaiian and Pacific Librarianship

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For this assignment,  the scenario was that I was a reference librarian responding to an email requesting information about Haleiwa Hotel. The questions were about when the hotel was opened and when it was demolished.  I was to show how to find the information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For this assignment, the scenario was that I was a reference librarian responding to an email from a UH-Manoa student requesting information on Fijian writer Vilsoni Hereniko.  I was to show how to find the information as well as a few work samples that can be found. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For this assignment, the scenario was that I was a librarian working for an inter-governmental organization in Fiji. I was to respond to an email looking for medical journal articles about diabetes affecting Pacific Islands people.  I was to show how to find the information, as well as a few sample abstracts.  I used the database PubMedCentral for this assignment. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For this assignment, the scenario was that I was a public librarian responding to an email requesting information about John Henry Wise.  Finding the requested information required searching biographical dictionaries, digital archives, as well as serial indexes. I was to show how to find the information requested as well as the answers to specific questions asked. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For this assignment, the scenario was that I was a reference librarian responding to an email from a desperate student on a last minute search for information about Waimalu.   I was to show how to find the information requested.

(note: the letter mentioned Waimalu is in "the district of Ewa".  This doesn't refer to just Ewa Beach, it also includes Kapolei, Waipahu and Pearl City according to this 'Oahu moku map http://www.avakonohiki.org/o699ahu.html ) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 This paper describes my experience at the Hoʻokele Naʻauao, a symposium related to Hawaiian and Pacific information resources. Everyone in our class attended the symposium as either an organizer, volunteer or audience member.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was a reaction paper related to a classroom discussion about ethics in library/archive collection management as well as what type of information should go online.  I wrote about my experiences as a mixed-race person with a lot of mystery about my family background, and my experiences searching for information related to my family background.