(5 Jul 2023) Students and scholars at the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa (and worldwide) can now easily access and view the fine details of rare, hand-painted Japanese scrolls, made possible by UH Mānoa Library’s new state-of-the-art digitization lab. The scrolls titled 鯨魚鑬笑録 (Geigyo ranshōroku), or “A simple overview of whaling” were created in 1819 and…
Comprehensive collection of Asian and Pacific Studies titles created (30 January 2017) The University of Hawai‘i Press (UHP) and De Gruyter have formed a partnership for the worldwide sales of UHP’s electronic academic publications. This includes a frontlist of titles and a backlist of approximately 800 titles, which is expected to grow. De Gruyter will…
(12 June 2015) The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Library seeks an innovative, collaborative, and service-oriented librarian. Under the general direction of the Head of the Asia Department, the Librarian for Philippine Studies will work collaboratively to lead in collection development and management of all materials in all formats related to Philippine studies, provide research…
(6 November 2014) Duties include original and complex copy cataloging for library resources in Chinese (Mandarin) and other languages as necessary using RDA, LC-PCC PS, PCC standard record guidelines, LC classification and subject headings, and MARC21 formats. The CEAL website has the job description.
(10 October 2013) The University of Hawaii at Hilo, Edwin H. Mookini Library, Hawaii, is hiring an Access Services librarian. It’s a full time tenure track position. See the job ad here.
The collection launched by the Manoa Library at the University of Hawaii features 179 black/white and hand-colored images of the lantern slides, which were created and provided by the Nippon Rikkokai Foundation 日本力行会. The Nippon Rikkokai was founded by the late paster Hyodayu Shimanuki 島貫兵太夫 in 1897 to assist Japanese people who immigrated to other…