Category: News

On December 18, 2019, UHM Library Services and all other libraries in the UH system will go live with a new library services platform called Alma and its discovery layer called PrimoVE. The new system will replace our out-dated Voyager system and the front-end public access catalog Hawaiʻi Voyager. 

Alma will provide our libraries with an upgraded cloud-based experience to manage all library materials—electronic, digital and print—into one system. PrimoVE is the next version of Primo. You may already be familiar with Primo as this it is the main search on the homepage that we have branded as OneSearch.

About a month prior to the switchover, the library may provide limited services relating to the library system until we go-live with the new platform on Wednesday, December 18, 2019.

• Friday November 22, 2019 – The library ceases any updates in Voyager to ensure that all data is brought over in full to the new system. Patrons can continue to borrow books while searching and accessing rather static library information. The library may not accept purchase requests.
• Friday December 13, 2019 4:00pm – You will not be able to place any online requests for Hawaiian and Pacific Collection materials. If you need any items, please visit the collections on the 5th floor of Hamilton Library to make a manual request.
• Monday December 16 12:00am – You will not be able to place any online requests for all library materials and will not be able to access your library account. You may still check out and return materials at the main circulation desk. 
• Wednesday December 18, 12:00am – All the suspended library services will be restored on the new library services platform.
• Saturday December 28 – Sunday December 29 – Access to electronic resources and interlibrary loan will be unavailable for University of Hawaii at Manoa students, faculty and staff. This outage is necessary as part of the Library’s migration to a new Library Services Platform.  Please plan your research schedule for the winter break accordingly.  We apologize for the inconvenience.

As we draw closer to the changeover, the library will be offering video tutorial workshops to help you get familiar with PrimoVE. If you have any feedback such as questions, concerns, or suggestions about the new search, feel free to email assist@hawaii.edu.

Only Sinclair Library’s Grand Lobby, Heritage Reading Room, and ITS Wong Computer Lab will be accessible on Saturday, October 13, 2018. The rest of the building will be closed due to a planned power outage. Regular access to all study spaces are scheduled to resume on Sunday, October 14, 2018.

A diverse group of over 40 participants attended the 2nd Treasures at UH Hamilton Library Colloquia on November 1, 2017. The event was named “War, Languages, and Un/intended Consequences: from Diderot to after World War Two” and it introduced resources ranging from the 18th century encyclopedia (Diderot), to dictionaries and language learning textbooks across China, Japan, Korea, Russia, Southeast Asia, and the Philippines, as well as manuscripts and photos during the Occupation Period in Japan. Some participants commented that the event provided an opportunity to see firsthand the dynamic interactions and interwoven relationships among Asia and other parts of the world.

The event was made possible by: Debbie Dunn of the Preservation who showed the Diderot and shared the story about the historical encyclopedia from the Special Rare Collection, Yuma Totani, History Department, Pat Polansky, Russia Collection, the Asia Collection team (Dongyun Ni, Tokiko Bazzell, Jude Yang, Gwuihyun Kang, Yati Paseng, Elena Clariza, Etsuko Chopey, and Madoka Nagado), and the Library Administration team.

There will be an end-of-year BONUS colloquium by Debbie Dunn on December 6. Please stay tuned for a future announcement.

A selected collection of books, articles, maps, and Web sites from the vast and rich body of information available on coral reef ecosystems.​ ​In this exhibit learn the Hawaiian names for coral, identify the world’s oldest living marine species at Papahānaumokuākea, discover a new hermit crab species, and find out how YOU can participate in coral reef conservation.​ Exhibit bibliography: http://go.hawaii.edu/95j

The Pacific Collection has been awarded $1896 by the UH-M Office of Student Equity, Excellence and Diversity (SEED). The award will be used to help fund Ke Au Hou: Generations of Pacific Librarianship, an international conference that the Hawaiian & Pacific Collections are hosting in May 2018, in conjunction with the Center for Pacific Islands Studies (http://www.hawaii.edu/cpis/), the Hawai’inuiakea School of Hawaiian Knowledge (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/hshk/), Nā Hawaiʻi ʻImi Loa (http://nhil.weebly.com/), and the University of North Texas’ Library Education for the U.S. Affiliated Pacific (http://informationscience.unt.edu/apps/leap/). More information on this conference, which will also mark the 50th anniversary of the Pacific Collection, can be found at: https://guides.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/Plib2018

Special thanks to Lyn Nagoshi for her close reading and insightful comments on the draft SEED application, as well as for her ongoing help in administering the award.

Asia Collection Department’s new exhibit, “Japanese Suicide Bombers, 1932” has been curated by our guest curators, Dr. Hanae Kramer of UHM School of Communications and Mr. Scott Kramer. Please come and learn part of history induced by World War II. The exhibit is from November 6, 2016 through January 12, 2018, on the 4th Floor of the Hamilton Library Asia Elevator Gallery. Please stay tuned for an announcement of Dr. Kramer’s gallery talk. Japanese Suicide Bombers, 1932

Three Japanese sappers became gunshin (war gods) when they blew themselves to pieces while attacking a Chinese military stronghold during the 1932 Shanghai Incident. When reports of their suicidal dash reached the home front, people across Japan began praying to them at Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. Parents viewed the three fallen soldiers as role models for impressionable boys. The media took every opportunity to extol their virtue and heroism, spreading the gospel of selfless patriotism. The legend of Nikudan san’yūshi (Three Flesh Bomb Heroes) was born from this social context. The commercialization of them followed shortly thereafter. Merchants pasted their likenesses on countless goods and advertisements. The scope of products they could endorse from beyond the grave was almost without limit: medicines to insecticides, kimonos to toiletries, pantry items to stationary supplies, children’s toys to hard liquor.

The public at large had no idea that the Nikudan san’yūshi narrative was a fabrication.

A diverse group of over 40 participants attended the 2^nd Treasures at UH Hamilton Library Colloquia on November 1, 2017. The event was named “War, Languages, and Un/intended Consequences: from Diderot to after World War Two” and it introduced resources ranging from the 18^th century encyclopedia (Diderot), to dictionaries and language learning textbooks across China, Japan, Korea, Russia, Southeast Asia, and the Philippines, as well as manuscripts and photos during the Occupation Period in Japan. Some participants commented that the event provided an opportunity to see firsthand the dynamic interactions and interwoven relationships among Asia and other parts of the world.

The event was made possible by: Debbie Dunn of the Preservation who showed the Diderot and shared the story about the historical encyclopedia from the Special Rare Collection, Yuma Totani, History Department, Pat Polansky, Russia Collection, the Asia Collection team (Dongyun Ni, Tokiko Bazzell, Jude Yang, Gwuihyun Kang, Yati Paseng, Elena Clariza, Etsuko Chopey, and Madoka Nagado), and the Library Administration team.

There will be an end-of-year BONUS colloquium by Debbie Dunn on December 6. Please stay tuned for a future announcement.

The UHM Library and the National Museum of Japanese History (NMJH) entered into another productive collaboration and executed an MOU on Thursday, September 7th (see the photo). UHM will loan nine primary materials from the Asia Collection’s Takazawa Collection for a special exhibit titled, “1968: A Time with Countless Questions.” The exhibit will be held from October 11 through December 10, 2017, at the NMJH in Japan. The Takazawa Collection consists of over 50,000 primary sources on social movements in Japan during the 1960s. The Library and NMJH have engaged in several previous collaborative projects: (1) The 1710 rare scroll restoration with the NMJH’s matching fund of $15,000 in 2006; (2) the special exhibit of the 1671 scroll and over 20 other rare woodblock prints in 2012, after which an exhibit catalog was published https://uhmanoa.lib.hawaii.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=3449046&sk=manoa, and (3) a UHM joint symposium and exhibit, “Interpreting Parades and Processions of Edo Japan,” in 2013. The collaborations have spurred NMJH-funded opportunities for UHM faculty and students to study and conduct research in Japan. The Interim University Librarian stated, “I hope that this collaboration will strengthen our close relations and lead to greater opportunities for our students and faculty.”

Much appreciation goes to: The Preservation Department for their help preparing the materials (see the photo), the Library Administration, and the Fiscal Administrator.

Earlier this month, Hamilton Library arranged for the Hawaii Peace Corps Banner collection to be sent to the Library of Congress in Washington DC for display during the Daniel K. Inouye Distinguished Lecture Series on May 18, 2017. This year’s lecture “Inspiring a Sense of Service and Idealism” focused on public service and civic engagement, for which the Peace Corps work in Hawaii perfectly exemplifies. The event was streamed live at the Richardson School of Law. A thank-you note from Daniel K. Inouye Institute expressed “They made quite a statement as people entered the auditorium, and provided the perfect context and backdrop for our discussion.”

Please see the attached photo of the banners on display at the Library of Congress at https://libstaff.manoa.hawaii.edu/library-information/weekly-recap/2017/photo-may-26-hawaii-peace-corps-banners-on-display-at-the-library-of-congress/Hawaii%20Peace%20Corps%20Banners%20at%20LoC%20%282%29.jpg/view.

The Hawaii Peace Corps Banner loan was made possible with the work of Myra Waddell, Chair of the Library Exhibits Committee, Jennifer Sabas and Sara Hamakawa from Daniel K. Inouye Institute and Hawaii Community Foundation, and Asako Shiba, Archivist for University Records.