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Librarians in the Asia Collection have been acquiring rare and unusual maps from antiquarian dealers with funds made available through the generosity of library donors. Numerous maps have been acquired for Northeast Asia that are in Russian, Japanese, and Chinese, which portray themes of interest to many countries – of note, is a recently purchased rare map of a Japanese castaway who lived in Russia Oranda Chikyuzu.

Recently acquired maps from the Asia collection. Organized by type or geographic area.

During the winter break, the UHM Library made a change to how OneSearch delivers search results to you. We changed the search results from its current "Expanded" mode to a more refined "Filtered" mode. For those who prefer the Expanded Search, the Filtered Search results can be changed to Expanded by clicking the "Expand My Results" toggle that will appear at the top of the search results on a desktop or laptop screen, or at the top of the Filter options when you click the Filter icon (shaped like a funnel). This change will only affect the "Everything" search scope, which is the default search scope. Searches using the "UHM Library" or "All UH Libraries" search scopes will be unaffected.

The library invites you to join us in commemorating World Digital Preservation Day (WDPD) on November 2, 2023.  The purpose of this day is to “create greater awareness of digital preservation” and the benefits and opportunities of “securing a sustainable future for our digital assets.”  It is an annual event organized by the Digital Preservation Coalition https://www.dpconline.org/

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library received two rare, and previously unknown, Japanese scrolls. They were donated by Deborah Rudolph to honor the memory of her late husband, John Harvard Hawley.

The scrolls titled 鯨魚鑬笑録 (Geigyo ranshōroku), or “A simple overview of whaling,” were created in 1819 with the comprehensive depiction of the hunting, processing, and rendering of whales during the Edo period (1600-1868).